How to Keep Parents from Messing Up Your Licenses...

[Cat Herder]

The best way to keep parents from getting your business in hot water is to not let them.

No.

No is a complete sentence. You should never feel guilt, pressure or be in a position where their family's needs outranks your family's needs.

I have been told this becomes more sticky when clients are on subsidy? OP is this why you were not "allowed" to terminate this family's contract? Are they a state subsidy client?

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

it is not the same.

In my state it is not legal. I may not have unvaccinated kids here.
Do you inform parents that you enroll unvaccinated kids?

Does the grocery store or public school post a notice that unvaccinated people walk around there? Totally unnecessary. However, I become friends with ALL of my clients and they are ALL aware. When asked about vaccinations during interviews I inform incoming clients that I am like a public school and enroll children who are both vaccinated and unvaccinated. That is perfectly legal in my state.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

The best way to keep parents from getting your business in hot water is to not let them.

No.

No is a complete sentence. You should never feel guilt, pressure or be in a position where their family's needs outranks your family's needs.

I have been told this becomes more sticky when clients are on subsidy? OP is this why you were not "allowed" to terminate this family's contract? Are they a state subsidy client?

Agreed. Hope this works out for you.

[ColorfulSunburst]

Does the grocery store or public school post a notice that unvaccinated people walk around there? Totally unnecessary. However, I become friends with ALL of my clients and they are ALL aware. When asked about vaccinations during interviews I inform incoming clients that I am like a public school and enroll children who are both vaccinated and unvaccinated. That is perfectly legal in my state.

I just hope you do not take infants.

[CityGarden]

In California, parents can no longer decline required vaccines. The child would have to get a medical exemption. There are very few states this strict.

This is NEW to California. While I am not personally anti-vax I delayed and spread out vaccinations for my own dd (it is a pain to do it but I don't regret it). One thing my daughter's pediatrician noted when we (the doctor and I decided on this approach) was to note that this choice of delayed vax was a luxury I had by being a SAHM and not needing my dd in daycare.

People were really freaked out by the measles outbreak that was traced back to Disneyland and I feel the policy change was based out of fear.

I would not take anti-vax families especially if it put your license at risk. I would be willing to take delayed vax if they were up to date on the ones required at the time they entered my care.

[LysesKids]

Can you either copy and paste the licensing rules in regards to this process (being given a provisional license) and the rules that say why they (the state) can do that based on parents? Or link to your state rules so we can read what it says.

Re-reading your post, I am thinking this isnt the parents fault at all. Maybe for not submitting paperwork when you asked but most state licensing agencies don't "punish" the provider when the parents don't submit paperwork UNLESS the provider continued to allow attendance KNOWING the family hadn't completed all the required paperwork.

If I didn't receive the required paperwork for a family upon enrollment I would not allow them to attend and the state could not cite me for it because I followed the regulations....however if I still allowed them to attend KNOWING they didnt have all the required paperwork then that would fall on ME and the state could cite me for it.

THAT ^^^^ is what I think is going on here.

If that is the case, you are placing blame on the wrong party.

See this is me... I consider a copy of immunizations/alternate schedule or written state waiver part of the registration paperwork I need before the first day a child attends...I don't get that paper, they get no care, but they still have to pay while their child is excluded (it's part of my contract and it states it in policies they get before signing); the only exception is a 6 week old infant that won't get their first set until 8-10 weeks (at least around here).