I had one family use me for a month (ya ya, I know I got paid so they didn't technically "use" me but you know what I mean!) until the moms friend opened up a hdc. They didn't share this piece of info with me when I signed them on so it annoyed me. Not much you can do though....it's understandable that people will look out for themselves first!

I now ask during the interview, face to face, if this is a long term plan for them. If it's short term that is sometimes fine too but I like to have an idea of how long a family plans on staying if everything works out nicely. If they were to find they didn't like it here of course I'd expect them to leave sooner though!