Is This The Right Thing To Do?

[daycare]

I think being flexible and changing with the times is necessary to stay in business sometimes. I know you said you teach preschool/kindy readiness but if you aren't getting the phone calls for what you need;you may have to change what you are looking for....kwim?

IME, if you make exceptions for the money then you will end up feeling resentful and unhappy later.

It is easier to make changes versus exceptions.

I do not take the little ones either but I still do a preschool curriculum wiht the ones who are preschool age. I just do not require the littles to participate or join in (unless they want to).

IME, if you make exceptions for the money then you will end up feeling resentful and unhappy later.
this is my fear. I love the way things are now with this family and don't want to mess things up so that I will resent things later...
My husband is going to medical school come fall and I will be the only one working. I know that I am stressing right now about money, but I am just trying to bend with the times like you said.

[nannyde]

If you were in a good market for in home preschool, then you would be full.
If you were in a good market for in home preschool, you would be turning private pay clients away. The market dictates your business model. Illegals are typically an inexpensive option. Your market wants cheap. Lots of county pay typically means economical repressed areas, minorities, single parent families, working class. Your market needs flexibility with hours/low cost enrichment/ability to accept those on assistance. It might not be what you want for your child care, but the market doesn't lie.

See above

I talked to my CCRC yesterday and they said they have so many providers starting child care that they have a huge waiting list to even get them through the required two hour session to be reffered by them.

The market here is FLOODED with child care providers. We have to accept that and realize that the game has changed.

[daycare]

See above

I talked to my CCRC yesterday and they said they have so many providers starting child care that they have a huge waiting list to even get them through the required two hour session to be reffered by them.

The market here is FLOODED with child care providers. We have to accept that and realize that the game has changed.

gotta say I agree with this...But if the market wants cheap well then my phone should be ringing off the hook. I know hands down that I am cheaper than all the listed DCs in my area but one. Most of them don't even offer a school program....

[Meeko]

How are you listed with your CCRR?

When I did child care in the military I had a hard time getting filling up. My friend Rachel said her phone rang off the hook. She would sent folks my way if she could. Then we figured out the obvious!

The provider list given to all personnel was alphabetical. Her last name began with B

mine's W..........people were going down the list and finding care before they called me.

Darn that alphabet!!

[MarinaVanessa]

HOw do I find out if there is a local DC assoc.? I have never heard of one in my area.
I was listed with the local R&R, but I asked they take me off their list becuase the only clients they were sending was state paid and I only take private pay.

I have tried to call a few providers, only one has offered to work with me, but that is only to send infants to that I wont take.

I found mine through my local R&R. You can call them and ask if they know of one near you. There may not be one in your area but it's worth a try. You can also go on google maps and look up your address then search for daycare associations nearby. If there is an association, odds are that they are listed.

Good luck!!