How to start a day care in louisiana?

Need steps on how to start a day care in louisiana?

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  For the licenses and requirements in your state, the Administration for Children and Families provide a state by state listing of contacts for licensing and regulations governing child care businesses: http://www.nccic.org/statedata/dirs/regoffic.html In Louisiana, you contact Louisiana Department of Social Services Executive Office of the Secretary Bureau of Licensing 2751 Wooddele Blvd. P.O. Box 3078 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Phone: 225-922-0015 Fax: 225-922-0014 Web site: http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/os/Licensing_.html The above website contains detailed regulations for the following classes of daycare centers. Read those that are applicable to you Class A Child Day Care Center http://www.dss.state.la.us/Documents/OS/Final_Rule-2003ClassADC.pdf Class B Child Day Care Center http://www.dss.state.la.us/Documents/OS/ClassBChildCare.pdf Class A Child Residential Care Facility http://www.dss.state.la.us/Documents/OS/Child_Residential.pdf Class B Child Residential Care Facility http://www.dss.state.la.us/Documents/OS/ClassBChildResidential.pdf 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.doc http://www.misbtdc.org/documents/BPWORKBK.pdf http://www.misbtdc.org/documents/CDCPLAN.pdf 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/daycare.htm 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. Other articles you may want to read: Starting a Child Day Care Business http://www.libsci.sc.edu/BOB/class/clis748/Studentwebguides/ss02/pollack2.htm Childcare.net http://childcare.net/indexnew.shtml Starting a child-care services business http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,290241,00.html HOW TO START A QUALITY CHILD CARE BUSINESS http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-29.pdf For in-depth information, I suggest checking out the following books: - Start and Run a Profitable Home Day Care - The Daycare Provider's Workbook - Start Your Own At-Home Child Care Business - So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center : Everything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program 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/industries/content/0,,id=99878,00.html