Hi Playfelt Thanx for the reply..I contemplate leaving the agency, but wonder how the families who need subsidy will ever find care if there are no more licensed subsidzed spots open..?? Especially the schoolagers, because the centres do not get them to school..and where I am only one school has care on site..also unfortunatly, The county said we cannot charge any additional fees on top of what they set fees at because they set the fees and we are not aloud to charge any extra..they say they already gave the parent a needs assessment and are told to pay what they can,,that they cant pay any more so we arent aloud to charge them. although I do charge a tiny amount to drive them to school..if i left the agency I could charge less and have more children in care...but not sure if charging less is better if there are too many children...sigh..I would love to see a big pay increase and ratios changed so they dont lose us licensed homes..