FAQ
What are the advantages of choosing family child care over a child care center?
Family child care is conveniently available within neighborhoods
where parents live and work.
Because family child care is so unique to each community,the type of care available is very diverse and may more
closely match the child’s home environment.
The foundation of family child care is relationships.Relationships between parents and providers, providers
and the children, and the children with each other.
Family child care fosters emotionally secure interpersonal
relationships with all families involved in care.
Family child care providers care for multi-aged groups ofchildren allowing children to remain with one caregiver for
many years. This develops trust and security in children.
In multi-aged settings, siblings are able to stay togetherand learn from one another.
Family child care tends to offer smaller ratios of children toadults, often allowing early intervention and special needs
care to be more readily available.
Family child care providers can offer parents moreflexibility with hours of operation such as including odd
hour care, evening, weekend and/or overnight care.
Infant care tends to be more readily available in familychild care programs and the benefits of this form of care
are tremendously advantageous to very young children.
As many children remain in family child care when theybegin school, before and after school care is also generally
available within the same early care program.
What are your business hours?
My hours are based on the hours you need child care, or available openings. For example: If your work begins at 8:00 a.m. and it takes you 20 mintues to get to work you can drop off by 7:30 a.m. Pick up times are handled the same way.
What are your prices?
I offer competitive market rates.
Do you give a sibling discount?
Yes, but only for parents that prepay for their child care.
When is payment due?
Based on which method you choose. It is due on the by or before the 1st if monthly. On Friday before services are rendored if bi-weekly or weekly.