I will be a new provider home day care i would like to now if $145per wek per infants will be a good price?

Answer 1

Are you state liscened? (sp?) That made the biggest difference to me. I needed some one who was.
If it were me I'd call around and see the prices of the other daycares in your area and maybe in cities that touch your city.
I paid $210 for my infant but it was in a expensive town. If I would have had her where I lived it would have been around 125-150. I paid for convience (sp?) and do not regret it.

Answer 2

Either the mother or the father - or worse both - live in fear of everything (probably due to the news, or PTA stories of terrible people, crime, drugs, etc.) So the children are blanketed by protection 24/7. I think once 1 bad apple no matter if it's in another country or not scares some parents into action then this story spreads to affect other parents, and ruin the lives of innocent people. The closer to home the more scared they become. The choices with todays fast moving neighbors is ignore them, get to know them before they move again as your moving too. If you do move to suburbia - where you know everyone will be for awhile you really can meet your neighbors and have friendships that last. Can't peg down USA as it's so huge, this is referenced from San Francisco bay area point of view. There are huge numbers of people on the move in California, ties form quickly, but people move often. Relationships are hard to start, if you know you both will be moving soon. As for the treatment of gays and minorities - in fields that involve children - you can never guess how people will react, but I usually plan for the worst, if the Alpha parent of the school, or PTA, is happy then the flock will be too. Sad mental picture but I view people more as followers than individuals or leaders in these cases. You have to know the person before condemning them.

Answer 3

I am curremtly a licensed small family home child care provider in Los Angeles County and I charge only $120 per week. I am always full and I understand that young families cannot afford high child care rates especially single parents. Your rate is within a normal rate. You should charge according to your child care program you offer, experience, location, whether or not you have an A.A. or B.A. degree will let parents know that you have the education in Early Childhood Development that is a plus in our field today. I am currently working on my A.A. What county are you providing care in?

Answer 4

I think that is reasonable. Make sure your income covers your costs or you are wasting your time. Food, cleaning materials, supplies, etc, add up.

You might also contact the local child care management services to get an opinion on this. They may even ask you to get listed with them as a service provider.

Have you considered doing day habilitation with adults or children with disabilities???

One of the things many of us are desperate for is solid child care in a small setting for children with Autism and the like. Parents at wits ends neesing quality childcare:)

Answer 5

It depends on where you are located. In SouthWest Missouri that is an outrageous price but I know in other parts of the country, or even in St Louis and Kansas City that would not be all that bad. Check with other local daycares and see what the going rate is in your area.

Answer 6

To me that is a lot. The child development center I work at charges 100 a week, we are licensed and just recieved quality rating through the state dept. of education. But it does depend on where you live and what the wages are there.

Answer 7

I provide licensed childcare in Northern Nevada and I charge $160.00 for a full-time infant or $35.00 a day. I was licensed in California and charged $250.00 a week. I guess it just depends on where you are located.

Answer 8

Do some research. Call other home day care facilities and ask what they charge. Tell them you are interested in placing your child with a home day care and get as much information as possible.

If you don't know what to ask, ask them to tell you what you need to know. This is a good way to find out what your competition is offering.

Answer 9

yeah i think so my friend's mom charges $600 per month and it's around your price but $20 less. you should just do it by month cuz weeks go by pretty fast..and plus, someone needs ot take of them and most likely they're not just going to be needed to be taken care of for a week unless their family has a business trip situation or sumthing else like dat...yeh.

Answer 10

Maybe that's a little high. Try like $5.00 a day 7 days a week.