The Business of Early Care & Education
Early Care and Education professionals have the difficult task of providing quality care with limited resources. PACCA helps child care professionals increase the quality of care and run their businesses more effectively. This page provides some resources to help you in your work. (Updated 7/1/2022)
Starting a child care program
Helping children grow and reach their potential can be one of the most rewarding jobs in the world, but starting and running a child care program is definitely hard work. Here are some resources to help you survey the need for services in your community and get up to speed on state regulations for childcare providers and subsidies for low-income children.
Starting a child care program
Helping children grow and reach their potential can be one of the most rewarding jobs in the world, but starting and running a child care program is definitely hard work. Here are some resources to help you survey the need for services in your community and get up to speed on state regulations for childcare providers and subsidies for low-income children.
- NEW -- Starting and Operating a Child Care Center (pdf) -- State Capacity Building Center, Office of Child Care, Administration for Children & Families
- UPDATED -- What are the current provider payment rates (Maximum Child Care Allowances) for serving children receiving subsidized child care? 1/1/2022
- What does it take to operate a child care facility?
- Business Resource Center for Child Care Providers
- How to Determine An Area’s Child Care Market Need
- Requirements for Regulated child care facilities (PA Dept. Of Human Services)
- Pennsylvania Early Learning Providers Requirements -- regulations
- Orientation Training for Child Care Providers
- Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development & Early Learning (Includes links to information on Training, Grants, Subsidies, Etc.)
- Keystone STARS Quality Improvement Initiative – a state-funded program to offer child care providers grants and technical assistance to improve their quality.
- Child Care Aware: 2019 Child Care in the State of Pennsylvania
- Getting to Positive Outcomes for Children in Child Care: A Summary of Two Workshops (2001) (National Academy Press)