What the program actually teaches
Nine modules in the order you would really do the work — decide, get licensed, get legal, get compliant, get staff, get clients, get paid, then scale. Every lesson ends with a document you fill in, so finishing the course leaves you holding a licensing file rather than notes.
Written for all fifty states
Each lesson teaches the rule that holds everywhere, then shows you how to find your own state’s version. No lesson depends on one state’s fee schedule.
Honest about who should stop
Module 1 ends in a decision, and the course says plainly that some students should not proceed this year. Nobody is talked into anything.
Gated on comprehension
Ten questions after every lesson, eight correct to move on. Questions and answers reshuffle on each retake, so the way through is understanding it.
The Home Care Starter Path
Decide whether this business is for you, and know what it really takes.
- F1Should you actually do this?9 min
- F2What a home care agency actually does all day9 min
- F3What it really costs to start10 min
- F4The three business models9 min
- F5Your next step8 min
Ships withThe Starter Path decision sheet
Choose Your Model & Market
By the end you know which of three businesses you are starting, who pays you, whether your county can support you, what you may legally offer, and whether to proceed at all.
- 1.1The three doors10 min
- 1.2Who actually pays10 min
- 1.3Sizing your market for free9 min
- 1.4Your service menu10 min
- 1.5Go / no-go9 min
Ships withModel Selection Worksheet · Payer Comparison Matrix · County Market Sizing Sheet · Service Menu Legality Checklist
Your State’s Licensing Path
By the end you know your state’s regulator, the exact document you must file, what it costs, how long it takes, and what would get you rejected.
- 2.1How US home care regulation actually works10 min
- 2.2Find your regulator in fifteen minutes12 min
- 2.3Reading the statute without a lawyer11 min
- 2.4The nine things every application asks for15 min
- 2.5Fees, bonds and timelines10 min
- 2.6What gets applications rejected12 min
- 2.7States that don’t license — and hard states10 min
Ships withState Licensing Worksheet (9 fields) · Regulator Lookup Guide · Application Pre-Flight Checklist · Rejection Risk Audit
Entity, Insurance & Money
By the end your business legally exists, is insured to the level your state requires, and you know exactly how much cash you need before your first client.
- 3.1Entity structure for a care business9 min
- 3.2The registration stack10 min
- 3.3The insurance you cannot open without12 min
- 3.4Banking and the working-capital gap11 min
- 3.5Your first six-month budget11 min
Ships withEntity & Registration Checklist · Insurance Requirement Comparison · Working Capital Calculator · Six-Month Startup Budget
Policies, Procedures & Compliance
By the end you have a policy and procedure manual your state will accept, and a compliance calendar so nothing lapses.
- 4.1What a P&P manual is and why they want it9 min
- 4.2The required sections14 min
- 4.3Building yours from the template12 min
- 4.4HIPAA for a small agency10 min
- 4.5Labor law that catches new owners12 min
- 4.6Your compliance calendar8 min
Ships withEditable P&P Manual · HIPAA Starter Pack · Employee vs Contractor Decision Tree · Compliance Calendar
Recruiting & Keeping Caregivers
By the end you can fill a shift. This is the constraint that decides whether your agency grows.
- 5.1The turnover problem, honestly9 min
- 5.2Where caregivers actually come from12 min
- 5.3Screening that protects your license13 min
- 5.4Onboarding and required training11 min
- 5.5Scheduling, pay and the retention levers that cost nothing12 min
Ships withJob Post templates · Interview Scorecard · Screening Checklist · Caregiver Employment Agreement · Onboarding Program · Competency Skills Checklist
Getting Clients
By the end you have a referral pipeline and a repeatable intake process. Your first ten clients do not come from advertising.
- 6.1The six referral sources that matter12 min
- 6.2How to actually get in front of a discharge planner12 min
- 6.3The intake call11 min
- 6.4The in-home assessment and the close11 min
- 6.5Private pay versus waiver-program client acquisition10 min
- 6.6Digital, in the right order9 min
Ships withReferral Source Map · Discharge Planner Leave-Behind · Intake Call Script · In-Home Assessment Form · Service Agreement · Care Plan template
Pricing, Billing & Margin
By the end you know your bill rate, your true labor cost, and the margin you actually keep — before you underprice yourself into failure.
- 7.1Setting your bill rate12 min
- 7.2Fully loaded labor cost12 min
- 7.3Where the margin actually goes11 min
- 7.4Invoicing and collections11 min
- 7.5Getting paid by institutional payers13 min
Ships withBill Rate Calculator · Fully Loaded Labor Cost model · Margin Waterfall · Invoice & Collections templates · Payer Onboarding Checklist
Systems, Scale & Exit
By the end you have the operating systems to run the agency without living in it, and a view of what it is worth.
- 8.1Your software stack11 min
- 8.2Your first office hire10 min
- 8.3Quality assurance and surveys10 min
- 8.4Growth stages10 min
- 8.5Building something sellable10 min
Ships withSoftware Comparison Sheet · Org Chart by Revenue Stage · QA Program & Supervisory Visit form · Survey Readiness Checklist · Valuation Worksheet
Who it is for
Nurses and aides who want to own rather than work a shift, people leaving a job that will not stretch further, and anyone who has been quoted a five-figure consulting fee to do what this course walks through.
What it is not
Not legal advice, and not a shortcut through licensure. It teaches you to read your own state’s rule and produce the filings yourself, which is slower to say and faster to do.
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The Home Care Starter Path
The first five lessons are free and open. They cover whether this business suits you, what an owner actually does all day, what it really costs to start, the three business models, and how to decide whether to go further. No payment details required.