Build, launch, and grow your own healthcare business with confidence. Our Healthcare Business Startup & Success programs are designed for nurses and healthcare professionals who want to start a home care agency, open a healthcare training company, or expand into entrepreneurship. These workshops provide step‑by‑step guidance, licensing and compliance insight, business planning support, marketing strategies, and proven systems from experienced industry leaders. Whether you’re preparing to launch or ready to scale, you’ll gain the tools, templates, and roadmap needed to build a profitable, sustainable healthcare business.
Built to Care
Led by Dawn Beninghove, RN — Home Care Owner & Industry Expert
Hosted by Virginia Adult Care Education (VACE) & Empowering Health Care Professionals Training LLC
Course Overview
Learning Objectives
• Develop a compliant business plan and policies
• Build systems for staffing, service delivery, and documentation
• Learn marketing and referral growth strategies
• Identify common pitfalls and best practices
• Build confidence to transition from caregiver/nurse to CEO
2-Day Agenda
• Built to Care Mindset
• Home Care vs. Home Health
• VDH Licensing Requirements
• Creating a Compliant Business Plan
• Organizational Structure (LLC, EIN, etc.)
• Building Systems & Policies
Day 2 – Building for Success
• Recruiting & Retaining Caregivers
• Financial Foundations
• Compliance & Quality Assurance
• Leadership Lessons from 20 Years in Home Care
• First 90-Day Action Plan
• Q&A + Closing
How to Start Your Own Training Program Business
Are you interested in starting a training business? Do you want to learn the tricks of the trade from the experts in this area? Our instructor has successfully formed and managed top of the line entry level healthcare training programs for over a decade and is a leader in the industry in the area of training programs and will share their years of work with you. You will not be disappointed.
This one-day dynamic course designed for healthcare entrepreneurs who desire to start and manage a successful training program business. The course will focus on formulating a state approved training program. It will cover the following objectives:
- Examine need for training programs.
- List Ten steps to starting your own business.
- Identify costs necessary to start.
- Examine what supplies and other essentials are needed.
- Review Policy & Procedure samples.
- Identify effective marketing strategies.
- Complete the Virginia Board of Nursing application process.

