1. Child care center name, address, and phone number.

2. Name of the owner, director, and any other people in management or leadership
3. Hours/Days of operation
4. Holidays/ Other days child care Center/home is closed
5. Ages served
6. Fees/Payment policies and procedures (including acceptable form of payment and
late fees)
7. Termination of care (under what situations you will refuse to continue caring for
children)
8. Philosophy of care (overall goal of child care center/home)
9. Discipline (How you will deal with behavioral issues)
10. Items that cannot be brought to your center/home
11. Items that are needed for the different age groups
12. Program summaries (brief description of your different classrooms/programs/age
groups) - you may want to have a separate sheet or booklet each parent gets as
their child moves from one classroom/age group to the next-
13. Required forms needed before child can begin attending
14. Table of contents and/or index