Start Up Kit

B2C2 has developed a series of resources to assist you in starting your new Early Learning and Child Care Program. You may not need to undertake all the steps listed below, nor will they necessarily take place in the same order. We have attempted to identify the main steps that many large-scale projects will at least need to consider.

Each step and areas of consideration are described in the following sections. Under each section we have subdivided the information into further sections to make the information as accessible as possible.

• Acknowledgements and Introduction
• Getting Started
  • Identifying your Project
  • Information Gathering
  • Forming a Planning Committee
  • Assessing the Need for the Project
  • Developing the Vision and Mission
  • Establishing Goals and Objectives
  • Describing the Operational Model
• Developing Governance (Organizational) Structure
  • Determining the Organizational Structure - who is the operator?
  • Governing a not-for-profit Early Learning and Child Care Program
  • The Board
    • Considerations when establishing your Board
    • Steps for Effective Board Operations
  • Developing Partnerships for integrated, merged or amalgamated programs
  • Integrating Rural ELCC Services
• Financial Planning
  • Financial Planning
  • Financial Management
  • Fundraising
• Design and Development Process
• The Importance of the Physical Space
• Establishing the Building Committee
• Ten Steps in the Development and Design Process
• • Securing Professional Expertise
    • - The Project Manager
    • - The Architect
  • Developing a Vision for the Physical Environment
  • Developing the Functional Program
  • Feasibility Analysis
  • Schematic Design
  • Detailed Design Phase
  • Preparing Bid Documents
  • Tendering
  • Construction Phase
  • Post-Construction Phase
• Preparing to Open
  • Action Plan Checklist
  • The Business Plan
  • Critical Path
  • Opening the Doors
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Building Blocks for Child Care (B2C2) exists to promote the expansion of high quality, accessible non-profit child care; actively promote the growth, stability and potential of community-based early learning and child care and to unite, represent and serve the community of non-profit early learning and child care programs across Canada.

Annual Report

Our 2006 Annual Report is now available for download.

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