[blparent] Intro

[Melissa Ann Riccobono]

In my experience, it's just a day care thing--having to pay even if your
child does not go. Yes, it is inconvenient, but it makes sense. Basically,
you are paying, when your child does not attend, for his or her spot to
remain open when he or she is ready to come back to day care. If you don't
pay, then that spot could, and probably would, be offered to someone else
who will pay. A lot of day cares have waiting lists, so it's purely a
financial thing for them. They need the income to stay open. They are
counting on the income, and if you don't pay, then they will assume you are
not coming back and give the spot away to someone who will pay. I agree,
this is a pain, especially when you have a sick child and would love to have
that money in your pocket, but, again, the day care is counting on that
money, and without it, their employees won't be paid, or perhaps they won't
be able to pay other bills or buy supplies.
	Some day cares will give you a week of unpaid "vacation" with your
child. At least, the in home day care we use offers us this service. But, we
definitely have to give them notice a month in advance. The two women who
run the day care we use are single moms, so they need to know when we will
be gone so they can factor the loss of income into their budget. I'm not
sure if day care centers offer this purk. This probably varies from center
to center.
Melissa

-----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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