Resources to help develop positive communications with your staff, families and the community.

Communication with Families

• Sample Calendar of Events
• Sample Welcome Letter

Parent Handbooks

• Sample Parent Handbook List
• OPQ Handbook Checklist
• Risk Management Checklist for Parent and Staff Handbooks
• Model Parent Handbook Table of Contents
• Parent Handbook Suggestions

Family Surveys

• Sample  Family Survey
• Sample Family Survey 2 for Family Home Providers
• Sample Survey 3
• NAEYC Family Survey
• OPQ Family Survey

Sample Policies, Forms and Permissions

• First Children’s Finance:
• Contracts and Policies for Family Child Care
• Who is Authorized to Pick Up Your Child
• Sample Policy on Custody and Drinking

Marketing Your Program

• Is This the Right Place for My Child? 38 Research-Based Indicators of High-Quality Child Care
• Sample Table of Contents for a yearly/marketing calendar
• Sample Yearly Calendar
• Blank Yearly Calendar
• Blank Marketing Calendar
• Parent Event Template
• First Children’s Finance
• Marketing for Family Child
• Marketing Tools for Child Care Centers
• 12 Low Cost Marketing Ideas