I Love My Licensor

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I love her. I really do. She always shares a personal story with me, tells me everything looks beautiful, tells me my paperwork is perfect, and shows a lot of sympathy if something has happened (she came around shortly after my 3rd miscarriage last year and asked how the pregnancy was going and she asked my my soon to be ex husband was today).

I feel more appreciated by her than I do a lot of my clients. :: Love her!!!! Wish everyone had as great of a licensor as her. Unfortunately, she plans to retire within the next year.

[Heidi]

Wow!

My first licenser was awesome. She retired years ago, though.

My current licenser is a nice lady, and she used to be a dcp. She's as cool as she can be, but our DCF is very, very "by the book", and the licensers have no leway for anything.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I've honestly never needed leeway with anything so I'm not sure how lenient she is when a rule is broken or not followed.

I love rules. ::

[CedarCreek]

I'm so glad yours is awesome! Mine is less than awesome.... I swear she fights me on everything!

[lovemykidstoo]

How often do you see your licensor? I moved into our house 6 years ago and had an audit then and last time I did my renewal she didn't come out. This time I just renewed my license and she is coming. Mine is by the book for sure, but I respect that. She got me on one thing last time and that was that our back shed didn't have a padlock on it. Not bad for my licenser.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

How often do you see your licensor? I moved into our house 6 years ago and had an audit then and last time I did my renewal she didn't come out. This time I just renewed my license and she is coming. Mine is by the book for sure, but I respect that. She got me on one thing last time and that was that our back shed didn't have a padlock on it. Not bad for my licenser.

I opened in March of last year and have seen her 4-5 times now.

[lovemykidstoo]

I opened in March of last year and have seen her 4-5 times now.

Holy cow!! This is your state licensor? Not your food rep right?

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Holy cow!! This is your state licensor? Not your food rep right?

My food rep has only come 3-4 times in the past year. She comes a lot less frequently. happyface

[lovemykidstoo]

why does your state rep come so often? Are you a family daycare for 6?

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

why does your state rep come so often? Are you a family daycare for 6?

I'm a licensed daycare and can have 12. I have 10. They check up on new daycares often in our state. Licensed daycares have to adhere to the most policies (there is listed, registered, and licensed) so I imagine that is why she comes so much. She always says she loves seeing me, so maybe she comes because she loves me. I've never had any marks made against me.

Each time it is something different and she rotates through the things. It takes her about an hour each time to 1.5 hours.
Paperwork one time, checking facilities another, checking how I interact with the kids another, etc.

[lovemykidstoo]

I'm a licensed daycare and can have 12. I have 10. They check up on new daycares often in our state. Licensed daycares have to adhere to the most policies (there is listed, registered, and licensed) so I imagine that is why she comes so much. She always says she loves seeing me, so maybe she comes because she loves me. I've never had any marks made against me.

Each time it is something different and she rotates through the things. It takes her about an hour each time to 1.5 hours.
Paperwork one time, checking facilities another, checking how I interact with the kids another, etc.

That's great, thanks for explaining it for me. I think it would be interesting to see how often everyones licensers come. I quite frankly think it's strange that I only see mine every 6 years. Very interesting that there different types (listd, registered and licensed) in your state. I had no doubt that you haven't had any violations happyface

[Country Kids]

We only see ours every 2 years. FCC, Certified childcares and centers are all two years unless someone calls in a complaint.

[Meeko]

We see ours twice a year. One scheduled, one unannounced.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

That's great, thanks for explaining it for me. I think it would be interesting to see how often everyones licensers come. I quite frankly think it's strange that I only see mine every 6 years. Very interesting that there different types (listd, registered and licensed) in your state. I had no doubt that you haven't had any violations happyface

Ohhh every 6 years! That is crazy to me! ::

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

We only see ours every 2 years. FCC, Certified childcares and centers are all two years unless someone calls in a complaint.

I would be seeing mine way more if there was a complaint!

None of ours past our initial one are scheduled. They are all unannounced.