Kiddie Kollege Learning Center | Application Preview
Kiddie Kollege Learning Center is applying for government grants to enhance its operations and adapt to ongoing challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The requested funding will be allocated to various needs, including new classroom supplies, hiring additional staff, socially distant desks, plexiglass installations, a new playground, improved signage, floor repairs, new changing tables, cribs, and parking lot maintenance. The center aims to set aside funds for emergencies, like delayed reimbursements from government programs.
With eight years of experience, the center plans to hire two new employees to address staffing shortages and capitalize on the importance of quality teachers in attracting families. Marketing strategies include greater use of social media to showcase children's progress and activities, communicating daily routines and needs efficiently to parents through apps. The center will also invest in flyers and updated signage to attract new families, while focusing on financial reserves for unexpected challenges.
Kiddie Kollege has faced hardships during the pandemic, reducing its capacity and impacting operations. Despite this, the center has developed strong relationships in the community, with many families returning for additional services as they grow. The center differentiates itself from two local competitors with its prime location and strong community ties, ensuring a supportive environment for children and parents alike.
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General Information
Business Registration Number: 47-1532557
Location: Edcouch, TX, United States
Length of Operation: 8 years
Number of Employees:
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Open to Loans: YES
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Funding Usage
New supplies for classes hire 2 more employees starting off with 1 first to open back up another class new desks to help keep children seats socially distant. plexiglass for desks and front reception office new playground new sign need to fix some of the floors and buy new center rugs new changing tables cribs parking lot and drive way has several pot holes need to be refilled with black top and plan to have money saved for a rainy day again with money left over for example in past if theyres any government shut downs I sometimes dont get funded or sometimes get reinburstment late by either workforce or food program funded by government
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Business Plan
Plan to hire 2 new employees that i am currently short staffed i have been in business for 8 yrs and threw my expierence in this business i have learned that hiring great teachers is the biggest way to advertise my learning center, we use social media to showcase our students learning and reading from as early as 3-4 years old and posting it on our social media's so parents and all other people from this town to see... I plan to use more social media / apps access to parents that allows for our center to show what theyre kids are doing daily where we can show pictures/videos and also letting them know via social media app what theyre eating for breakfast lunch snack supper we can also give parents more information like if they took theyre naps temperture checks daily when infants have been changed and if children are missing any pampers wipes or any homework or supplies. Plan to advertise more by flyers and by updating our signs and playground outside that is the first thing people driving by see. And plan to save money left over to insure i have incase any problem should occur example if government shuts down n i dont get funded or if i get funded late for example by my food program or workforce which has occured in the past. We are just having a hardship through these times of covid before this period we were doing great we were fully staffed and had expanded and added a game room for older kids although kids are slowly coming back Our center is currently still struggling by not being at capacity like before our children love coming here for years and we have had infants come in as early as 6months and have been with us for years or parents have have additional kids and have also brought them to our child care center we are a small community and weve grown to be like family we plan to keep striving to keep our child care facility open doing whatever it takes to keep our children and parents happy and get more children added back to our center and making parents feel as comfortable as possible bringing theyre children in through out these hardship times of covid.
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Self Identified Competition
In this town of Edcouch Texas i only know of 2 child care centers ours Kiddie Kollege Learning Center and 1 other ours is in prime location right off busy road which is highway 107 on commercial property other location is not. in the next town over called LaVilla TX theyre is no daycares as of yet opened which he have several kids from that town next door. As for our 3rd competitor id say maybe a school district but we offer services to pick up children after school for school aged children but during this time of covid school districts here are still closed and the school age child that are currently coming full time they do theyre online classes here in our center. Our center is in a prime location loved by many in the community we have helped raise and teach several kids from several families here and they continue to bring theyre new born children as parents have continue to grow theyre familes. This is a very tight net community we feel like family here.
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