Zero to Five Montana Wants to Hear from You!
Child Care Business Owner & Director Survey

Zero to Five Montana is gathering input from child care business owners and directors to better understand challenges and identify opportunities for solutions. Your perspective is important and will help shape our advocacy efforts. This survey takes about 10–15 minutes to complete.

How your input will be used
Your responses will inform our policy and advocacy work with the Montana Legislature and other decision-makers.

Your privacy
Contact information will only be used by our team for follow-up questions and will not be shared.

Questions?
Please contact Alex DuBois at alexd@zerotofive.org or (406) 513-1115.

Thank you
To thank you for your time, all completed surveys will be entered into a drawing to win a $50 gift card.

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* 1. Your Name and Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Business/Program

Job Title

City/Town

Email Address

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* 2. Which of the following BEST describes your program?

Licensed Child Care Center

Registered Family/Group

Family, Friend, & Neighbor Caregiver

Relative Care Exempt

School-based Preschool Program

School-Age Program

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What age group(s) do you serve? Select all that apply.

Infants

Younger Toddlers (12 months - 24 months)

Older Toddlers (25 months - 36 months)

Preschool (3 - 5 years)

School Age (6 - 12 years)

Policy Brainstorm

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* 4. What are the top challenges your program currently faces? Select up to three.

Staffing and recruitment

Staff wages and benefits

Affordability for families

Licensing or regulatory requirements

Access to professional development

Facility or operating costs

Caring for children with special needs

Other (please specify)

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* 5. If you had a magic wand and were able to pass any state policy to address a challenge, which would be the highest priority? Please rank the following ideas by dragging or dropping the list items below (top=highest priority).

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* 6. Do you have a working relationship with one or more of the public schools in your local area?

Yes

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* 7. Has the implementation of a school-based early literacy intervention program for 4-year olds impacted your program?

Yes

Zero to Five Montana Wants to Hear from You!Child Care Business Owner & Director Survey

Question Title

* 1. Your Name and Contact Information

Question Title

* 2. Which of the following BEST describes your program?

Question Title

* 3. What age group(s) do you serve? Select all that apply.

Question Title

* 4. What are the top challenges your program currently faces? Select up to three.

Question Title

* 5. If you had a magic wand and were able to pass any state policy to address a challenge, which would be the highest priority? Please rank the following ideas by dragging or dropping the list items below (top=highest priority).

Question Title

* 6. Do you have a working relationship with one or more of the public schools in your local area?

Question Title

* 7. Has the implementation of a school-based early literacy intervention program for 4-year olds impacted your program?

Zero to Five Montana Wants to Hear from You!
Child Care Business Owner & Director Survey