how to start a home day care in chicago?

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i need to know exact details about what are the requirements.

Answer 1

There is an excellent book, How to Start and Run A Home Day Care Business, by Carolyn Argyle, that gives all the information you will need including business startup info, drumming up business, lesson plans, and more. You can find it on Amazon.

Answer 2

In Illinois, the agency responsible for daycare licensing and other requirements is the Department of Children & Family Services. Here is the contact information:

Department of Children & Family Services
Office of Licensing
406 E. Monroe Street, Station 60
Springfield, IL 62701-1498
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web site: http://www.dhs.state.il.us/ts/
ccfs/ccd/indexbackup10-28-03.a...
Email: [e-mail]

The first step is to prepare a business plan. Even if you will not be applying for a bank loan, a business plan helps you to think through your business - what it needs, who it will benefit, how much it will cost, and what is its potential. Here are free business plans on childcare business that you may want to look into:

http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-30.do...
http://www.misbtdc.org/documents/bpworkb...
http://www.misbtdc.org/documents/cdcplan...
http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/sbic/bplans.htm...

You may want to read the free article "How To Start Your Own Day Care Center" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycar... It covers various aspects of starting and running a daycare center including the demand for daycare centers, how to start this business, shoestring strategies, how to operate a daycare center, tips on caring for the children, income potential, how to manage your daycare, marketing your business and other additional income potential. There are so many things to learn about the business that the first step is to read everything you can find.

It is also important that you learn the tax rules affecting daycare centers, especially if you are going to open one from your home. Here is the IRS page on child care centers: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/indu...

Answer 3

First check to see if your city / county requires licensing and what the local health and safety guides are.

Answer 4

.check with your local county courthouse for registration and your city hall for licensing

Answer 5

there are many things you need to make legal first,

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