160 pages packed with expert advice on every aspect of money management, including long-range planning, fundraising, financial reporting, cash flow analysis, audits, salary schedules, fee policies, collection techniques, and management software. A comprehensive guide to one of the most important aspects of center management.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Basic Money Management Tools

• Managing Money As If Your Center Depended Upon It by Roger Neugebauer
• Budgeting for Quality and Survival in the 21st Century by R. Ann Whitehead
• Looking At Revenue In A Different Way: Playing the Slots! by Bob Siegel
• Cost-Benefit Analysis: Tools for Decision Making by Gary Bess
• Fourteen Steps to More Effective Cash Flow Management by Roger Neugebauer
• Child Care Administrative Software by Michael Kalinowski

Financial Evaluation Tools

• Financial Management Assessment Guide by Roger Neugebauer
• Number Crunching: Monitoring Your True Enrollment by L. Steven Sternberg
• The True Cost of Quality in Early Care and Education Programs by Billie Young
• Five Fundamentals of Financial Health by Mary R. Brower and Theresa M. Sull
• Surviving Tight Times by Roger Neugebauer
• Losing Money/Making Money by Lynne Meservey

Financial Policies and Procedures

• Guidelines for Fine Tuning Your Salary Schedule by Roger Neugebauer
• Designing a Job Classification and Wage Scale System by Mary Ann Anthony
• State-of-the-Art Thinking on Parent Fee Policies by Roger Neugebauer
• Establishing and Managing A Tuition Aid Program by Teresa Vast
• Tried and True Techniques for Collecting Fees — Ideas from center directors
• How Centers Spend Money on Quality by John Morris and Suzanne Helburn

Fundraising Strategies

• Where the Bucks Are: Sources for Funds to Grow Your Child Care Business by Keith Stephens
• Keys to Success in Raising Funds by Roger Neugebauer
• Circles of Support by Kathy Hines
• Securing Funds Through Grant Writing by Fredalene D. Bowers
• Fishing for Dollars in Philanthropic Waters by Anne Mitchell
• Keys to Maintaining a Good Banking Relationship by Keith Stephens

Fundraising Success Stories

• Putting the "Fun" Back in Fundraising by Dawn Marie Barhyte
• Directors' Fundraising Hits — Ideas from center directors
• Fundraising Ideas That Work by Roger Neugebauer
• Ask and Ye Shall Receive: A Primer for Large-Scale Fundraising by Patricia Berl
• People Giving to People: Executing an Annual Giving Campaign by Patricia Berl
• Step by Step to a Successful Annual Giving Telephone Campaign by Jane Ewing and Susan Morris

Long Range Planning

• How to Prepare a Business Plan by Keith Stephens
• Guidelines for Selling Your Child Care Business by Keith Stephens
• Valuing Your Child Care Business by Dave Linsmeier with Dick Richards and Ed Routzon

Basic Money Management Tools

Managing Money As If Your Center Depended Upon It
by Roger Neugebauer (March 1986)

Step-by-Step Guide to the Budget Process
by Thomas Wolf (March 1984)

Preparing and Using Monthly Financial Status Reports
by Roger Neugebauer (March 1981)

How to Perform Cash Flow Analysis
by Roger Neugebauer (May 1981)

Step-by-Step Guide to Break Even Analysis
by Keith Stephens (March 1991)

Child Care Center Management Software Buying Guide
by Roger Neugebauer (July 1995)

Financial Evaluation Tools

ISBN: 9780942702433