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Child Care and the New Economy: Part I--Three Pillars of the New Economy
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Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
Late in 2008, when it was becoming apparent that the economic downturn was not a simple blip but a serious recession, Warren Buffet confidently predicted that the American economy would bounce back and be as strong as ever. However, he observed, "the economy that emerges will not be the same economy that entered the downturn." Since then, one…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Child Care, Money Management, Risk Management
Managing Your Money: Avoiding the Pitfalls.
Neugebauer, Roger – Day Care and Early Education, 1979
Discusses five of the most common money management pitfalls in operating child care centers and suggests some ways to avoid these pitfalls. (MP)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Financial Problems
Fourteen Steps to More Effective Cash Flow Management
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Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2004
Managing cash flow is an incredibly important skill for a center director. Even a center with an annual budget showing a healthy surplus may experience brief periods where funds in the checkbook are insufficient to pay all the bills. To discover how successful directors manage cash flow in tight times, the author surveyed members of the "Exchange…
Descriptors: Money Management, Educational Finance, Child Care Centers, Preschool Education
The Pitfalls of Managing Money: Common Problems and Practical Solutions.
Neugebauer, Roger – 1979
The five most common pitfalls of money management in child care programs are described along with proposed remedies. These pitfalls involve: (1) failure to account for shortfalls in income due to declining enrollments; (2) failure to put cost-cutting efforts into perspective and to choose the most feasible areas for cost savings; (3) failure to…
Descriptors: After School Day Care, Budgeting, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Surviving Tight Times or What to Do When the Money Runs Out.
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Recommends strategies to help for-profit and non-profit child care centers survive financial crises. These strategies include discovering the source of the problem; monitoring cash flow; trimming the budget; slowing cash outflow; speeding cash inflow; exploring new income sources; enduring the strain effectively; and avoiding crisis repetition.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Computer Bits: 1988 Child Care Center Management Software Buying Guide.
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1988
Offers information on financial and data management computer software programs designed specifically for day care centers. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Day Care Centers
Do You Have a Healthy Organization?
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Provides a checklist of 40 criteria for an effective child care organization. Criteria involve the areas of planning and evaluation, motivation and control, group functioning, staff development, decision making and problem solving, financial management, and environmental interaction. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Decision Making
Nine Steps to Headache-Free Fee Collections.
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
Adoption of strict fee policies, and enforcing them consistently, lessens conflicts with parents and loss of income. To make fee collection easier explain fee policies clearly; keep in touch with parents; make paying easy; collect fees in advance; collect a deposit; enforce late payment penalties; act quickly when problems occur; stop providing…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration
Surviving Tight Times.
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 2002
Discusses several strategies recommended by small business experts to help for-profit and non-profit child care centers survive a financial crisis. Strategies include: identifying the source of the problem, monitoring cash flow, reducing or deferring expenditures, expediting regular income and exploring new sources of income, patiently working…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Credit (Finance)