Home Based Early Childhood Educators
Shared Services

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* 1. Which of the following best describes your program?

Group Home Child Care

Family Home Child Care

Unlicensed/Unregulated Family Child Care

Regulated Family, Friend or Neighbor Child Care

Other (please specify)

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* 2. In what region is your facility or who is your regional R&R agency?

Region 1: The Nurturing Center

Region 2: Child Care Resources (CCR)

Region 3: Butte 4-C's

Region 4: Child Care Connections (CCC)

Region 5: Family Connections

Region 6: Family Connections

Region 7: HRDC-7

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* 3. How many hours per week is your program open?

More than 50 hours

40-50 hours

25-39 hours

Less than 25 hours

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* 4. Which shifts do you offer child care services? (Select the answer that most closely matches your program)

First Shift (6:00 am - 6:00 pm)

Second Shift (2:00 pm - 2:00 am)

Third Shift (10:00 pm - 10:00 am)

24 Hour Care

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* 5. How many children do you have enrolled as of today?

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* 6. What funding do you receive? Check all that apply

Parent Fees

CACFP (The Food Program)

Best Beginnings Subsidy

STARS Incentive

Mini Grants

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What type of child care software, if any, do you use? (ex. ProCare, Oncare, Smartcare, etc.) Please type N/A if you do not use a child care software. If you use more than one, please list all.

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* 8. Which of the following business aspects do you manage with this software

Child and family information

Enrollment

Attendance

Health Information/Immunization records

Parent communication

Billing

Accounting

CACFP (The food program)

I do not use a software program

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

	Cost	Time	Expertise
Billing and collecting fees from parents	Billing and collecting fees from parents Cost	Billing and collecting fees from parents Time	Billing and collecting fees from parents Expertise
Billing and collecting Best Beginnings subsidy	Billing and collecting Best Beginnings subsidy Cost	Billing and collecting Best Beginnings subsidy Time	Billing and collecting Best Beginnings subsidy Expertise
Budgeting and managing budgets	Budgeting and managing budgets Cost	Budgeting and managing budgets Time	Budgeting and managing budgets Expertise
Record keeping	Record keeping Cost	Record keeping Time	Record keeping Expertise
Tax Preparation and filing	Tax Preparation and filing Cost	Tax Preparation and filing Time	Tax Preparation and filing Expertise
Payroll Processing	Payroll Processing Cost	Payroll Processing Time	Payroll Processing Expertise

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* 10. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

	Cost	Time	Expertise
Finding and keeping good staff	Finding and keeping good staff Cost	Finding and keeping good staff Time	Finding and keeping good staff Expertise
Affording to pay for quality staff	Affording to pay for quality staff Cost	Affording to pay for quality staff Time	Affording to pay for quality staff Expertise
Supervising and scheduling staff	Supervising and scheduling staff Cost	Supervising and scheduling staff Time	Supervising and scheduling staff Expertise
Having substitutes available	Having substitutes available Cost	Having substitutes available Time	Having substitutes available Expertise
Affording/ paying for training	Affording/ paying for training Cost	Affording/ paying for training Time	Affording/ paying for training Expertise
Finding training that works with your schedule	Finding training that works with your schedule Cost	Finding training that works with your schedule Time	Finding training that works with your schedule Expertise
Meeting licensure standards for training requirements	Meeting licensure standards for training requirements Cost	Meeting licensure standards for training requirements Time	Meeting licensure standards for training requirements Expertise

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* 11. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

	Cost	Time	Expertise
Providing staff benefits like health insurance and retirement	Providing staff benefits like health insurance and retirement Cost	Providing staff benefits like health insurance and retirement Time	Providing staff benefits like health insurance and retirement Expertise
Finding affordable janitorial and maintenance services	Finding affordable janitorial and maintenance services Cost	Finding affordable janitorial and maintenance services Time	Finding affordable janitorial and maintenance services Expertise
Affording/ paying for toys, books, and materials for the program	Affording/ paying for toys, books, and materials for the program Cost	Affording/ paying for toys, books, and materials for the program Time	Affording/ paying for toys, books, and materials for the program Expertise
Affording liability insurance	Affording liability insurance Cost	Affording liability insurance Time	Affording liability insurance Expertise
Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc.	Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc. Cost	Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc. Time	Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc. Expertise

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* 12. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

	Cost	Time	Expertise
Pre-licensing/licensing process	Pre-licensing/licensing process Cost	Pre-licensing/licensing process Time	Pre-licensing/licensing process Expertise
Staying fully enrolled/managing enrollment ups and downs	Staying fully enrolled/managing enrollment ups and downs Cost	Staying fully enrolled/managing enrollment ups and downs Time	Staying fully enrolled/managing enrollment ups and downs Expertise
Using the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)	Using the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Cost	Using the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Time	Using the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Expertise
Access to microloans or grants for business start-up or equipment/expansion	Access to microloans or grants for business start-up or equipment/expansion Cost	Access to microloans or grants for business start-up or equipment/expansion Time	Access to microloans or grants for business start-up or equipment/expansion Expertise
Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc.	Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc. Cost	Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc. Time	Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc. Expertise

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* 13. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

	Cost	Time	Expertise
Fencing outdoor play space or providing outdoor equipment	Fencing outdoor play space or providing outdoor equipment Cost	Fencing outdoor play space or providing outdoor equipment Time	Fencing outdoor play space or providing outdoor equipment Expertise
Acquiring and maintaining space appropriate for child development or a child facility	Acquiring and maintaining space appropriate for child development or a child facility Cost	Acquiring and maintaining space appropriate for child development or a child facility Time	Acquiring and maintaining space appropriate for child development or a child facility Expertise
Access to high speed Internet services	Access to high speed Internet services Cost	Access to high speed Internet services Time	Access to high speed Internet services Expertise

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Please select your top 3 challenges from the list below.

Pre-licensing/licensing process

Staying fully enrolled/managing enrollment ups and downs

Billing and collecting fees from parents

Billing and collecting Best beginnings subsidy payments

Using the Child and Adult Care Food Program

Finding and keeping good staff

Having substitutes available

Meeting licensure standards for training and teacher qualifications

Providing staff benefits like health insurance and retirement

Supervising and scheduling staff

Record keeping

Acquiring and maintaining space appropriate for child development or child facility

Finding affordable janitorial and maintenance services

Tax preparation and filing

Affording liability insurance

Budgeting and managing budgets

Affording/paying for toys, books and materials for the program

Fencing outdoor pay space or providing outdoor equipment

Affording/paying for training

Getting the best prices on food items, cleaning supplies, etc.

Access to high speed Internet services

Access to microloans or grants for business start-up or equipment/expansion

Payroll Processing

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Below is a list of services that shared service networks often provide. Check your interest level on any of these services:

A shared staff recruitment/screening/orientation strategy

Substitue Pool

Sharing people to do janitorial or maintenance related work.

Support for HR legal issues, help developing benefits packages, perhaps sharing a health care navigator so that child care providers can access health care

Marketing and Recruitment support

A shared back office that focused on the business side of ECE -- billing families, collecting fees, payroll processing, calculating cost per child, monitoring cash flow

CACFP administration

Shared purchasing of goods and services, food supplies, and equipment

Shared contract for auditing, information technology, payroll services, etc.

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* 16. The following activities take time after the hours you serve children and your time is valuable. Which might you be willing to pay something towards in order to have time for your personal lie and family?

HR support for legal issues, help developing benefits package, sharing health care navigator

Marketing and recruiting families

A shared back office that focused on the business side of ECE -- billing families, collecting fees, payroll processing, calculating cost per child, monitoring cash flow.

CACFP administration

Shared purchasing of goods and services

Home Based Early Childhood EducatorsShared Services

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* 1. Which of the following best describes your program?

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* 2. In what region is your facility or who is your regional R&R agency?

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* 3. How many hours per week is your program open?

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* 4. Which shifts do you offer child care services? (Se﻿lect the answer that most closely matches you﻿r program)

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* 5. How many children do you have enrolled as of today?

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* 6. What funding do you receive? Check all that apply

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* 7. What type of child care software, if any, do you use? (ex. ProCare, Oncare, Smartcare, etc.) Please type N/A if you do not use a child care software. If you use more than one, please list all.

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* 8. Which of the following business aspects do you manage with this software

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* 9. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

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* 10. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

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* 11. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

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* 12. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

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* 13. Which of the following are challenging for you in terms of cost, time and/or expertise

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* 14. Please select your top 3 challenges from the list below.

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* 15. Below is a list of services that shared service networks often provide. Check your interest level on any of these services:

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* 16. The following activities take time after the hours you serve children and your time is valuable. Which might you be willing to pay something towards in order to have time for your personal lie and family?

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* 17. Please share any additional information you think would be beneficial for us to know.

Home Based Early Childhood Educators
Shared Services

* 4. Which shifts do you offer child care services? (Select the answer that most closely matches your program)