It's definitely useful to learn that you are in the States. On this forum you will find the majority are from Ontario, and most others across Canada. I think you are only the third US provider I have come across on this forum since joining 2 1/2 years ago when the forum got up and running. I can only speak for Ontario providers, not other provinces, but there is no licensing in our province so there is no pre screening that is mandatory unless you sign up with an agency which is from my impression little more than a referral agent providing a dcp with more restrictions and issues than help. It would be helpful if your location was posted, as Playfelt requests on a regular basis, as in cases like this it's quick for people to assume a poster is from Canada as this is a Canadian forum and is aware of the laws and regulations and if we new otherwise then we could respond and comment more accordingly.