Early Education and Care Consulting

Public Consulting Group (PCG) offers a wide range of consulting solutions to improve early education and
child care programs and operations and to better serve children in the care of these facilities. Consulting
services include:

• State and Regional System Consulting
• Audit Preparation
• Emergency Preparedness Planning
• Federal Funds Reporting and Claiming
• Funds Management and Maximization

With more than two decades of experience in management consulting for state and local government agencies and with an expertise in child care operational and program consulting, PCG offers an array of services to meet the unique needs of child care service providers. Consulting services include:

State and Regional System Consulting
Nationally, as states move to unify their early education and child care systems and align them with other education and health and human service systems, several questions arise: What role will each level of government play? How will success be defined and measured? How will service delivery, standards, and policy duplication be eliminated while quality and access are maintained for families? PCG has the expertise necessary to help guide state systems through this decision process.

Audit Preparation
Audits on various states' child care systems reveal startlingly high numbers of administrative, client, and provider errors. In preparation for a state's audit, PCG offers preventive measures against inaccuracies, improper payments, and fraudulent behavior in eligibility and claiming processes. PCG consulting staff can help states quickly identify areas of deficiency, develop tools for record-keeping, and implement solutions to ensure that child care facilities meet both federal and state compliance regulations, well before an audit is performed.

Emergency Preparedness Planning
PCG’s Child Care Emergency Preparedness Planning covers the full cycle of emergency management services including:

• Emergency Preparedness Planning
• Training Plans and Exercises
• Continuity of Operations
• GIS Capable Child Care Registry

PCG’s emergency preparedness planning covers all hazards, from weather emergencies to bomb threats and other violent situations.
Our planning is coordinated with local first responders and delineates specific, detailed responses for each emergency situation, including evacuation, shelter in place, and lockdown procedures. PCG’s Child Care Registry is GIS capable, providing critical information to first responders and child care agencies on child care facilities within a disaster or emergency zone.

Federal Funds Reporting and Claiming
PCG has experience in assisting early education and child care systems to prepare federal reports and fulfill federal accounting
requirements.

Funds Management and Maximization
Early education and child care services can be funded from many sources. Systems must determine how to best maximize these
sources while ensuring that compliance and eligibility standards for all funds are met. PCG has expertise in the rules and regulations governing these funds and has a proven record of success in assisting states to maximize revenue.

PCG is a national leader in providing child care fiscal, regulatory, programmatic, and operational advice and assistance. Contact PCG to learn more about solutions to your agency’s early education and child care challenges.