Quote Originally Posted by AmandaKDT View Post
I don't provide food, and am not interested in providing it. With being licensed I can't charge any more than the rates set by the government, so I don't provide food as I could not afford to do so.
Hi,
I didn't want to get off topic, and you may already know this, but just in case you ever want to change things...
I provide all the food here, to keep any gluten crumbs away from my daughter. It keeps my stress level down if I don't have to worry about crumbs/gluten. Anyways, during the process of getting licensed, I had to submit a sample menu for approval. After that was approved, my coordinator mentioned that I'm allowed to charge for meals, as long as the parents have the option of sending their own food. So in my policy, I explain that I provide the meals for $x, or parents can send their own food, as long as it's gluten free, meets the canada food guide standards, and doesn't contain any other foods that my regular daycare kids are allergic too.
I mentioned this to my accountant, and she's got her kids in a licensed home daycare as well. Her daycare charges almost $5 per day for food.