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Knowing and understanding what is expected in your relationship with the families for whom you care can help to create a positive situation for all.

Identiy and address the unique challenges a childcare provider faces when caring for children of various ages.

This article gives you good information you can use in deciding whether or not to invest in commercial daycare insurance.

This is a brief overview of the importance of good communication between parents and childcare providers.

Basic information on how to write a childcare policy and why it is important to the success of your business.

An article that answers the question of when to and when not to enforce daycare policies.

Tips to help you create a monthly newsletter for your child care families.

A postable note that suggests to flex plan participants that they spend out their dependent care account by the end of their plan year by giving the unused amount to their child care provider.

Discover how sutainable practices can benefit your childcare business.

How manage your daycare "staff" with a sense of humor.

A brief overview for establishing good communication between parents and caregivers.

What a provider can do to promote their child care with regards to price, convenience, care and more.

Tips to help you take control of your finances.

Its important to start saving early for retirement. This article gives reasons for saving and good advice to help you achieve financial retirement security.

Sensible advice from an experienced child care provider on how to deal with setting operational hours for your childcare business.

Helpful tips on coping with Family Childcare Tax Laws (including links to IRS resources for family child care).

Providers Choice would like to encourage all of our providers to help spread the word about the Earned Income Credit (EIC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). By doing so you will help low and moderate income workers take advantage of tax benefits they have earned, but are often unaware of and therefore miss out on.

Helpful information to help you decide when its okay to allow sick children into your daycare and when its not.

PCI Providers: Did You Know!!
You can Enroll children online to get the 2-digit child numbers you need for your claiming records. Just log in to PCI Members Only and click the "Enroll Kids" link.

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