COACH Act

SBA guide for child care providers

This bill would require the SBA Administrator to publish a resource guide for small business child care providers within 1 year of enactment. The guide would be reviewed and updated at least every 5 years. It would cover operations, marketing and management planning, finances, payroll, insurance, and legal compliance, including the Internal Revenue Code and this Act. It would also include training and safety, equipment and materials, and quality, including eligibility for Child Care and Development Block Grant funding. Before each publication or update, the Administrator would consult HHS, State CCDBG lead agencies, local or regional child care resource and referral groups, and other relevant entities. The guide would be posted on a public SBA website in English and the ten most commonly spoken non-English U.S. languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and Korean. The Administrator would distribute it to SBA offices and consulted entities. Women's Business Centers, Small Business Development Centers, SCORE chapters, and Veteran Business Outreach Centers would be required to distribute the guide and other relevant resources to small child care businesses, sole proprietors, and providers with limited administrative capacity.