I will be a new provider home day care i would like to now if $145per wek per infants will be a good price?

Question

I will be a new provider home day care i would like to now if $145per wek per infants will be a good price?

Answer 1

It would all depend where you live. $145 is pretty steep for the average or below average income worker in my opinion.

Answer 2

I provide licensed childcare in Northern Nevada and I charge $160.00 for a full-time infant or $35.00 a day. I was licensed in California and charged $250.00 a week. I guess it just depends on where you are located.

Answer 3

yeah i think so my friend's mom charges $600 per month and it's around your price but $20 less. you should just do it by month cuz weeks go by pretty fast..and plus, someone needs ot take of them and most likely they're not just going to be needed to be taken care of for a week unless their family has a business trip situation or sumthing else like dat...yeh.

Answer 4

Do some research. Call other home day care facilities and ask what they charge. Tell them you are interested in placing your child with a home day care and get as much information as possible.

If you don't know what to ask, ask them to tell you what you need to know. This is a good way to find out what your competition is offering.

Answer 5

Maybe that's a little high.  Try like $5.00 a day 7 days a week.

Answer 6

To me that is a lot. The child development center I work at charges 100 a week, we are licensed and just recieved quality rating through the state dept. of education. But it does depend on where you live and what the wages are there.

Answer 7

It depends on where you are located. In SouthWest Missouri that is an outrageous price but I know in other parts of the country, or even in St Louis and Kansas City that would not be all that bad. Check with other local daycares and see what the going rate is in your area.

Answer 8

I think that is reasonable.   Make sure your income covers your costs or you are wasting your time.  Food, cleaning materials, supplies, etc, add up.

You might also contact the local child care management services to get an opinion on this.  They may even ask you to get listed with them as a service provider.

Have you considered doing day habilitation with adults or children with disabilities???  

One of the things many of us are desperate for is solid child care in a small setting for children with Autism and the like.  Parents at wits ends neesing quality childcare:)

Answer 9

I am curremtly a licensed small family home child care provider in Los Angeles County and I charge only $120 per week. I am always full and I understand that young families cannot afford high child care rates especially single parents. Your rate is within a normal rate. You should charge according to your child care program you offer, experience, location, whether or not you have an A.A. or B.A. degree will let parents know that you have the education in Early Childhood Development that is a plus in our field today. I am currently working on my A.A.  What county are you providing care in?

Answer 10

Are you state liscened? (sp?) That made the biggest difference to me. I needed some one who was.

If it were me I'd call around and see the prices of the other daycares in your area and maybe in cities that touch your city.

I paid $210 for my infant but it was in a expensive town. If I would have had her where I lived it would have been around 125-150. I paid for convience (sp?) and do not regret it.