I have been an in-home provider for 8 years, and I have one child care parent who constantly changes from state pay to self pay, and I am really getting fed up. Just last month she reapplied for state help, after losing their help in December, and so far her case has been pending for 17 days. I finally told her today (it's my pay day, and I have no idea if DSHS is going to cover her bill or not)that she needs to pay me in cash for the remaining portion owed from last month and for the first week of this month, and each week after this one until I get authorization from DSHS in writing stating that they are going to pay her bill. I also told her that I would not refund her $ anymore when this happens, but that I would not be charging DSHS for the days that she had paid me for already. Boy was she mad. She wants me to wait for DSHS to make a decision or promise to refund her for any days that DSHS is willing to pay for (evenutually). I just can't understand how I can be asked to make so many accommodations in my own budget. This happens All the time, and I have let this parent pay me in installments and I have worked around her needs for far too long. Has anyone else experienced parents like this? I just felt like telling her to come and get her kids after she used the f bomb over the phone today. It is not my fault that her live-in boyfriend can't keep a job and screws up her state benefits. She should kick his behind to the curb. Anyway, I feel so used, like its no big deal if I have to wait forever to get paid. I have four kids of my own, and I have to pay the bills. I just can't stand people who take advantage of me. It wouldn't be so bad if this same thing hadn't happened like 6 times in the past year and a half. If any of you are paid by the state, you know that these kinds of issues can leave you waiting for income for over a month while they figure things out and get you an invoice. Not ok in these hard times. I am wrong to want to get paid for the services I provide? Not to mention that this parent's children are badly behaved, and cause me the most frustration of any children I care for. It hardly seems worth it. What do you do with parents who cause issues and are unappreciative of how flexible you have tried to be, and who freak out on you when you decide enough is enough?
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