FCF Training: Child Care Business Boot Camp – “Starting and Running a Successful Child Care Business” PART 1 & PART 2

Join us for another training hosted by First Children's Finance! Develop the basic skills for starting and running a successful child care business. Learn the skills needed to refine your child care business idea, manage finances, develop a budget, create a marketing plan, and identify business policies that contribute to the sustainability and growth of […]

FCF Training: Developing Scholarship and Tuition Assistance Programs

Join us for another training hosted by First Children's Finance! Identify practical strategies for establishing a tuition assistance program. Explore how to establish an internal scholarship model for low-income families. Understand how to balance quality child care and level of financial risk to the child care business model.  When: July 30 1:00-3:00pm 2 hours ECP […]

FCF Training: Leveraging Technology for Child Care Businesses

Join us for another training hosted by First Children's Finance! In this session, providers will focus on business management technology and increase their knowledge to support the financial operations of their business.  Participants will assess their understanding and skills in software and hardware literacy, learn various hardware and software requirements, connectivity, budget determination, and recommendations […]

FCF Training: Managing Enrollment in your Child Care Center

Join us for another training hosted by First Children's Finance! Learn how to understand enrollment in a child care center and develop your skills to create realistic enrollment projections and how to track current enrollment and future openings. Create action steps to maintain and grow enrollment.  When: August 27 1:00-3:00pm 2 hours ECP credit Register […]

All Our Kin Business Series

Are you a family or group child care owner? Have you wanted to strengthen your business skills?  This class is for you!    The All Our Kin 10-week Business Series, starting Jan. 14, is designed specifically for family and group child care providers who love what they do and also want a sustainable business.  Upon completing […]

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Tiny Trainings: Shared Services

Our Tiny Trainings series is back! Starting Jan. 16, please join us for our weekly micro-learning webinars for the busy business owner. Offered 1:30-2 p.m. every other Thursday. Are you looking for business solutions to help your child care business run smoothly? Montana Child Care Business Connect offers shared services to help. Enroll in this […]

Leaders Revitalizing Recruitment & Retention

Applications are open! Montana Child Care Workforce Business Consultant Beth Branam will provide technical assistance, resources, and other support across cohorts to create, implement, and support sustainable practices specific to workforce recruitment and retention. The goal of this initiative is to increase employee retention across child care businesses and develop a replicable model of evidence-based recruitment and […]

Community Child Care Capacity Building Cohort Opportunity

Community Child Care Capacity Building Cohort Opportunity - Applications are open! Zero to Five Montana is excited to announce the third Community Child Care Capacity Building Cohort opportunity to support communities in Montana grow their community’s child care landscape. The Community Child Care Capacity Building Opportunity will help communities design and implement an action plan […]

RECORDING: Community Child Care Capacity Building Cohort 2025 Webinar and Q&A

Missed the webinar and Q&A session on the latest Community Child Care Capacity Building Cohort opportunity? Watch the recording! This program is designed to support communities in Montana grow their community’s child care landscape! Communities will work on designing and implementing a child care action plan informed by local needs to increase awareness and drive […]