COVID-19 Financial Survival Strategies for Early Childhood Programs: Emergent Resources and Advice
2 PM - 3:30 PM EST
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Pre-recorded webinar available now!
In addition to experiencing a very traumatic worldwide health crisis, early childhood programs, (like other businesses) are struggling to survive financially due to COVID-19. Whether your program has been closed or remained open, the financial and logistical challenges of continuing to operate in our new normal are daunting. This pre-recorded webinar by child care financial expert and CPO of First Children’s Finance, Heidi Hagel Braid and Joanne Hurt, Executive Director of Wonders Learning, offers the advice and resources you need now. You will learn about federal and state relief programs, as well as the financial changes and personnel decisions you will need to consider make your program viable now and in the near future. The next two years are likely to be extraordinary problem-solving exercises the likes of which early childhood program leaders have never experienced before. We are a resourceful group of business leaders and nurturers who are up to the task. This webinar will offer the insight and advice to help you begin to tackle the challenges.
Join us to learn:
How to use financial data to inform decisions
Managing a program with reduced enrollment/operations
Managing the temporary closure of a program
Planning for the re-opening of your business
Explore access to emergency operating capital
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