Bill 10 letter to parents.

[CrazyEight]

Haven't heard anything about that, but we DO need to inform parents that we are unlicensed. Most providers have already notified their clients (because a lot of us have to let one or more children go, or eliminate part-time spaces or raise rates, etc) but I don't know of any regulation saying we NEED to. In the Bill it states that unlicensed providers must inform their clients that they are unlicensed (ie, not working for an agency), supposedly because the Ministry of Education thinks that parents don't understand that.

Personally, I've revamped my contract for the new school year (raising rates, eliminating sick days, etc, unfortunately) and have attached something along the lines of:
"[Daycare Name] is a private, legal, unlicensed home daycare. In Ontario, home daycare providers have the option of remaining legally private ("unlicensed") or working under the umbrella of a licensed childcare Agency. I have no intention of working for an Agency, and as such, as of Jan. 1, 2016, will be complying with the new rules and regulations set forth in the Childcare Modernization Act ("Bill 10"), which include new ratios of no more 5 children under the age of 13 in care at one time, including my own children under age 6, and no more than 2 under age 2 at any given time. [Daycare Name] will always be run as a legal, legitimate business, and I will keep my clients informed of any and all changes to home daycare laws in Ontario as I become aware of them."

Or something close to that, my contract isn't in front of me. Just because you have to say you're unlicensed, doesn't mean your clients can't understand that we can't BE individually licensed. My current clients of course understand this, but for any new clients, especially first-time parents that may not understand the laws, I feel it's important to educate them a bit on why I have chosen to remain private, and it's not just a simply matter of applying for a license from the government. But that's just my opinion. By law, you just need to have them sign SOMETHING that says they understand you are a private business and therefore not affiliated with any licensed agency.