I'm in the process of still establishing my space for home childcare. There are some renos and decluttering I must do. However, I placed myself on a list from my children's school and was told that a parent will be needing care for her child. I met with her and gave her a tour of my home. She said she is in 'training' and needs care for her 5 yr old from 12 to 6. I gave her my rate but told her that I would need for her to sign a contract. I wondered how she would pay if she was in training. Sounded like volunteer work since she mentioned to my husband that she has yet to be employed by this company. During the conversation a few red flags came up. She used to have subsidy but no longer has it. She said she no longer qualified because of training. I recall reading about subsidy and a parent can still qualify when they are training. This led me to think that she probably needed to a job to start paying. I offered her numbers of people I know that might be interested as I felt uneasy about her. During the visit my daughter offered her child strawberries and said "all you have are strawberries"? Rude I said to myself. Long story short I decided if she was still interested I would have to tell her that I am still trying to establish my homecare and my rate to her was very cheap and so I disrespected myself in this way. She didn't call back so I think I'm good. My question is do any of you have clients that are not subsdized and in school or training? If so are your rates low for these cases?
Thank you