The family contacted me and asked if they could come for an interview on monday and asked for my rates. This is the response I have typed out, but haven't sent it yet.

Hi,

Because I usually just have a firm price for child care, no matter what hours child care is needed, I had a hard time trying to find a way to accomodate to your family's needs. Usually the way dayhomes operate is that each family pays for a space in the dayhome, regardless of the days the children attend. Providers are only allowed to have a certain number of children enrolled. So if a provider enrolls a child who's attendance is unpredictable the provider isn't able to enroll another child to be there on the days that the other child doesn't attend, because the provider has to always have space for that child to come whenever child care is needed. That is why providers usually charge for the space that child is using in the dayhome, instead of days child care is needed.


But I try very hard to accomodate to my family's individual needs and understand how difficult it is to pay the full amount when your child will only attend my dayhome a few days on some months. This is why I have decided to give your family a special rate.

I am offering these prices for your particular situation. These prices include all agency fees, meals, etc.:

-$300 for enrollment (charged to all parents at enrollment)
-50 or less hours a month: $295/month (a special rate I am giving your family)
-50 to 100 hours a month: $434/month (my part time rate)
-100 or more hours a month: $650/month (my full time rate)

My dayhome is open from 7:30 to 5:30. If you need child care outside of those hours, you would be charged my extended hours fees with your monthly bill. These are my extended hours rates:

If you use less than 10 hours a month of extended child care hours = $30/month
11 or more hours/month of extended hours = $3.50/hour

Your family is more than welcome to come meet me and see our place on Monday after 7 pm.

Have a wonderful weekend,
xxxxxxx



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