Where Does Your Money Go?
 
by Jennifer M. Nyblom (Licensed Family Child Care Provider)
My Little Bear Daycare

What you pay will buy quality child care, nutritious meals, and a nurturing environment for your child. Your fees must provide my income, including taxes and social security. Beyond that, your fees pay for special child care insurances, training, food, toys, equipment, art supplies, services needed to keep the home in good condition and other items your child will use or get benefit from.

Like other self-employed workers, Family Child Care Providers do not receive benefits many employees take for granted. These include health/dental, life insurance, retirement/pensions, workman’s comp, flexible time off, and unemployment insurance. Those benefits can often add up to 35% of an employee’s salary. In Family Child Care, there is no room for growth, the State dictates the size of my business, and therefore potential income increases are very limited.

To protect my rights and income, you will find that a guaranteed wage is part of my contract. To protect precious time with my family, you will find late fees in this contract. Most people work a 40-hour workweek. Mine is at least 55 hours. That does not include training classes, preparations, bookkeeping, paper work, shopping, planning of curriculums and meals, and cleaning! That adds close to 15 or more hours per week to my job. I really DO NOT want the extra fees, but it is unfair to have clients cutting into my already limited family time. I do hope that this gives you a better picture of the true costs of child care.

 

Thank You

 

 

 

Ms. Julie's Family Daycare
9052 Rosewall Court
Springfield, VA 22152
703-451-2595