[blparent] Intro

[Brandy W., with Discovery Toys]

Hi, I run a daycare so can explain the pay whether you go or not stuff to
you. You are paying for your child's spot along with their care. Just
because you say oops we are sick she won't be coming the daycare can't fill
your spot for just a week. Because of ratios there is only limited spots in
the center, and they can only care for so many children so you have to pay
for her place regardless. There is also your Childs teacher involved and she
is still needed for the other children, and if you don't pay for your spot
than they can't pay the teacher. It would be like your work telling you we
don't need you today so you won't be paid at random. No one can run a
business like that. If you only wanted to pay when you came you would have
to use a drop in center which costs way more, and the quality of care isn't
anywhere as good. By paying a fixed rate you save quite a bit of money. Drop
in care is often $7 an hour or more, so for $150 a week or $70 a day you end
up paying less by having a fixed rate.

I hope that helps make things clearer. They aren't trying to be unfair, but
actually help you in this way.

Bran
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jodie and
Kahlan
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:24 AM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blparent] Intro

Hi Jessica. We send our daughter to day care three days a week for
socialization because, unfortunately, there is no funding in our town for
play groups or Mommy and Me groups. Kahlan loves day care! We live in
Vermont and I don't know how it works from state to state, but we get child
care subsidy, which means we only pay part of the cost because we're
currently on SSI. Without the subsidy, it would be a hundred and fifty
dollars a week. There are weeks when we have to pay even if she doesn't go.
For example, we kept her home one week in the beginning of January because
we were all sick. We still had to pay for that week because it was a week
when the day care place was opened. 
That's the part I don't like about it, but that's the way the state, or
maybe it's the feds, does things. I don't know if it's a state or federal
thing that you have to pay even if the child doesn't go for a week. Hope
this helps, and I hope you and your husband get to have your baby soon!

--
Hugs from Jodie and kahlan
"Only a fool walks into the future backward."
Terry Goodkind

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