How It Works

Share basic information about your church, religious school, ministry campus, former school, education wing, fellowship building, or other available space. We typically begin with the property address, approximate available square footage, current uses, parking, outdoor areas, photographs, and any floor plans that may be available.

We review the property at a high level to understand its potential for child care use. This may include available classroom space, building configuration, entrances, parking and drop-off patterns, outdoor space, restrooms, food-service areas, security considerations, and how the facility is used by your organization.

If the facility appears promising, we look more closely at the opportunity. That can include the potential use of the space, local child care demand and market characteristics, preliminary facility considerations, possible capacity, and other factors that may affect feasibility. The goal is to determine whether the property merits the next level of discussion.

Faith Facility Partners helps identify child care operators whose expansion plans, operating model, geographic interests, and facility needs may align with the opportunity. We do not assume that one provider is right for every property. The objective is to find potential alignment between the facility and an appropriate operator.

When there is mutual interest, we facilitate introductions between the faith organization and prospective child care operator. Initial conversations allow both organizations to learn about one another, discuss the property and community, and determine whether there is a basis for moving forward.

If both parties want to continue, the discussion becomes more specific. Potential topics can include rent or other consideration, areas of the property to be used, improvements, maintenance, utilities, insurance, access, shared-use arrangements, responsibilities, project costs, timelines, and how the relationship could function in practice. The final structure is determined by the participating organizations and their professional advisors.

Once an arrangement is established, the selected child care operator and applicable professionals move the project through the development and approval process. Depending on the property and project, this may involve architects, contractors, building and fire officials, legal advisors, insurance professionals, and child care licensing authorities. Faith Facility Partners can continue coordinating the relationship, while the appropriate parties remain responsible for their respective professional, regulatory, and licensing obligations.

After the necessary agreements, facility work, approvals, licensing, staffing, and operational preparations are completed, the selected child care provider opens and operates the center under the resulting agreements. The faith organization continues its property relationship while the operator assumes responsibility for running the child care program.