Managing money in early childhood organizations

Summary: This comprehensive hands-on series of books examines every aspect of effective center management from A to Z. Offering the best advice and thinking from recognized experts on program administration, these books are designed to be comprehensive, hands-on training texts as well as ongoing reference tools for center administrators. The ideas presented are practical; the strategies are proven to work.

Record details

ISBN: 9780942702637 (softcover)
Physical Description: 139 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Publisher: Redmond, WA : Exchange Press, Incorporated, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Managing money as if your center depended upon it / Roger Neugebauer -- Chapter 1: Financial management principles and practices -- Financial management in early childhood programs / Lori Harris -- Budgeting for quality and survival in the 21st century / R. Ann Whitehead -- Looking at revenue in a different way: playing the slots! / Bob Siegel -- Numero uno / Dennis Vicars -- Is your center in good financial health? / Mary Brower and Theresa Sull -- To own or to lease? / Kathy Ligon and Shawn Riley -- To profit or not to profit / Roger Neugebauer -- Chapter 2: Financial management strategies and tools -- Using metrics to strengthen business leadership: focus on enrollment / Louise Stoney and Libbie Poppick -- Monitoring fee collection and cost-per-child / Louise Stoney and Libbie Poppick -- Using metrics to influence policy decisions / Louise Stoney and Libbie Poppick -- Insurance for child care providers / Holly Myers -- Accounts receivable management / Kathy Ligon -- Fourteen steps to cash flow management / Roger Neugebauer -- Nine steps to fee collections: ideas from the field -- Surviving tight times / Roger Neugebauer -- Establishing and managing a tuition aid program / Teresa Vast -- Staffing at the child care center / Lori Harris -- Chapter 3: Raising funds to support quality -- Secrets of successful fundraisers / Dawn Marie Barhyte -- Fundraising success stories / Roger Neugebauer -- Securing funds through grant writing / Fredalene Bowers -- Fishing for dollars in philanthropic waters / Anne Mitchell -- Confessions of a former funder / Anne O'Brien -- Fundraising for your center: an opportunity to build community / Vicky Tsakoyias-Mendes -- Securing and managing child care subsidies / Judith Bordin -- Ask and ye shall receive: a primer for large-scale fundraising / Patricia Scallan Berl -- People giving to people: executing an annual giving campaign / Patricia Scallan Berl -- Shared services: a powerful strategy to support sustainability of ECE businesses / Louise Stoney.