Long Term Contract

[Shylos13]

In many states once a child attends for MORE than 24 continuous hours, the child is no longer considered a child care child and is more or less under the guardianship of the provider.

Since you will have this child for more than 24 continuous hours I would not treat this as a child care or business transaction and would instead treat it like a temporary custodial situation....including documentation and a legal agreement from an ATTORNEY that clearly outlines BOTH yours and the parent's responsibilities and intentions.

The "good" part that I can see is that the child may not count in your ratios/capacity (??) since they will be considered a resident of the home

"When at least one child receives care for compensation, all children, exclusive of the provider's own children and children who reside in the home, who are in the care and supervision of a provider, count in the licensed capacity."

Interpretation § 40 B: The home‘s hours of operation or business hours are on the provider‘s application for licensure and listed on the department‘s public website.

Anytime the provider cares for at least one child for compensation (whether during the stated business hours or not), all children except the provider‘s own children and children who reside in the home are considered to be receiving care.

If six or more children (except the provider‘s own children and children who reside in the home) are receiving care outside the home‘s business hours, the home is subject to the requirements of these standards.

Thank you for your concern, but that does not apply to me in this situation. In our policy book, I cannot get penalized, nor can the parent when it is mission essential. I am providing a much needed service to one of our service members, and should be compensated. I am not looking to get rich, just earn a little extra for taking on the responsibility.

[Blackcat31]

Thank you for your concern, but that does not apply to me in this situation. In our policy book, I cannot get penalized, nor can the parent when it is mission essential. I am providing a much needed service to one of our service members, and should be compensated. I am not looking to get rich, just earn a little extra for taking on the responsibility.

Okay now I am confused... Nothing I stated was about being penalized for anything..

Aren't you in Virginia? If so, what I posted is a state licensing rule so I posted it as an FYI and a positive that if you assume legal guardianship when the parent is deployed you wont have to count him in your ratios/capacity.

Also the state licensing regulations state a child in care more than 24 hours is a "resident" so just another piece of info I came across when reading.

If you are a military provider that serve military families on base etc...then none of that may apply but you didnt say that so it was not immediately known.

However.... I think you are doing an extremely generous thing and should be commended for it....I (and others) are simply concerned about you possibly being taken advantage of or given the short end of the stick.

[Shylos13]

Update

I asked the parent what he thought would be a fair price for, what I called, child support. He gave me a number, and when I added the normal pay, plus what he offered, I thought it was fair at $1420 until school begins in the fall, and then $1280 once school begins.

Thank you for all of your feedback!

[Controlled Chaos]

I asked the parent what he thought would be a fair price for, what I called, child support. He gave me a number, and when I added the normal pay, plus what he offered, I thought it was fair at $1420 until school begins in the fall, and then $1280 once school begins.

Thank you for all of your feedback!

I am glad you worked out a price that works for you
Hope it goes well.