Julie's Daycare | Application Preview
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General Information
Business Registration Number: 10705
Location: Onawa, IA, United States
Length of Operation: 11plus
Number of Employees: 1-10 Employees
Annual Gross Income: Less than $100k
Annual Gross Expense: Less than $100k
Open to Loans: NO
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Funding Usage
With the funds from the grant, I plan to repair the toy room, and I need to buy three cribs. I will purchase new nap-time mats as well as blankets for the children. I will buy two high chairs and more developmentally age-appropriate toys for different age groups to help build their small and large motor skills. I also would use the funds to fix their outside playground and add turf under the swings and slides.
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Business Plan
I hope to be able to continue my Early Childhood Education so I can offer a preschool curriculum for families who can not get their child/ren to a preschool and back to daycare due to work hours and for any family who prefers their child to be able to stay in one place during the day. I would also like to add a full-time employee in the summer to help more families by providing a summer program for school kids. You should invest in me because, at this time, it's tough to find childcare. Many families need childcare, and there are not enough daycares to provide childcare for all the families in need. Families with young children need quality childcare so that they may work, and children deserve a quality daycare that can meet all their developmental needs. I help many families by providing long hours, opening at 5 a.m. and closing at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. I am also very affordable for families. I believe it is essential to our economy to provide affordable care so people can stay in the workforce. A lot of families struggle to pay childcare with the high prices of it today. In the last 20 years that I've owned my daycare, I have only raised rates .50 cents.
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Self Identified Competition
My in-home daycare, Julie's Daycare, the daycare center Magic Depot, Christy's Daycare also an in-home daycare, and Anita's in-home daycare are the top daycares in our town. All of us have a waiting list. I feel like I am different from my competitors because I am open earlier for parents. Many people have a 30-minute to over an hour commute to their jobs. Onawa is between Omaha, NE, and Sioux City, IA, so many people have positions in the bigger cities and need commuting time. I am flexible with my hours and even open at 4 a.m. some days for people in the medical field who must work very early for surgeries, etc. I have started Early Childhood Education classes in hopes that someday I will be able to incorporate a preschool curriculum into my childcare program. It is important to me to provide quality, safe, fun, and affordable daycare for families, and to do that, I need some financial help, or I will need to raise my rates or close my doors. Both options would hurt the 13 families I provide childcare for and could affect their work status.
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