How to open your home care franchise with us
Five steps take you from a first call to a signed franchise agreement. Then ARHC Momentum, our launch program, takes you from signing to opening day.
Five steps before you sign
Nothing here commits you to anything until the last step. Take each one at your own pace, and ask us anything along the way.
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A first call
Tell us about your work, your goals and where you'd like to open. We'll explain how our agencies run and answer your first questions. If it isn't a good fit, we'll tell you so.
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An ownership meeting
On a video call, we go deeper: what the investment looks like, what a week of running an agency involves, and which open territories suit you.
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Discovery Day
Join us at our headquarters in Marlboro, New Jersey, or online. Meet the leadership team, see how our own agency works, and ask the questions that are easier to ask face to face.
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Your Franchise Disclosure Document
We give you our FDD and walk you through it. Federal rules give you at least 14 days with it before you sign a binding agreement or pay us anything, and it's worth having a franchise attorney and an accountant read it too.
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Signing
When you're ready, you sign the franchise agreement and pay the initial fee. ARHC Momentum, our launch program, starts from there.
ARHC Momentum, from signing to opening day
Our Franchise Disclosure Document puts the typical time from signing to opening at 2 to 6 months. An onboarding specialist guides you through each part of it.
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A virtual kickoff
We start online and hand you our operations manuals, the written version of how our own agency runs.
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Two days at our headquarters
Hands-on training in Marlboro, New Jersey, with the people who run our own agency.
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Setting up your office
A step-by-step checklist takes you through licensing, vendors, software and the policies you need in place before your first client.
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Our training platform
Online training that our founder designed, alongside the in-person days.
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A two-day practice run
A simulation of real client and payroll work, so your first week isn't the first time you've done it.
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Coaching while you prepare
One-on-one coaching, and a group text with our team for the questions that can't wait.
After your grand opening, Launch Lab, our marketing program for new owners, helps you find your first clients and get known locally. Through your first year we meet with you regularly on finances and recruiting, and you get to know other owners through mastermind groups, webinars and annual conferences.
Two videos worth watching first
One explains what a Franchise Disclosure Document is. The other shows the training program you'll go through after you sign.
What is ARHC Momentum?
ARHC Momentum is our launch program for new owners, from signing to opening day. It starts with a virtual kickoff and two days of hands-on training at our headquarters in Marlboro, New Jersey, then takes you through setting up your office, our online training platform, and a two-day simulation of real client and payroll work, with one-on-one coaching along the way.
When do I get the Franchise Disclosure Document?
We give it to you during the process and walk you through it. Federal rules require that you have it at least 14 calendar days before you sign a binding agreement or pay us any money. Use that time to read it with a franchise attorney and an accountant.
Where is Discovery Day held?
At our headquarters in Marlboro, New Jersey, or online. Either way, you meet the leadership team and see how our own agency works. You can also watch our Virtual Discovery Day video at any time before then.
Can I talk to current owners before I decide?
Yes, and we encourage it. Item 20 of our Franchise Disclosure Document lists our current owners and how to reach them, so you can ask them directly what it's like to work with us.
Start with a first call
Tell us about your background and where you'd like to open, and ask whatever you want to know. You can book a video call from our contact page.