Me again! I made 2 posts because they were completely different topics.
I'm having trouble staying full. Potential families love me, but what's happening is they love me and try to make ends meet and that both can't happen. I get a lot of very low income potentials that after the 4th or 5th week have to actually ask me if they can skip a week or only come 2 or 3 days and use a free family member for the rest (even though my rate is $150 per week FT, reguardless of attendance). I also get a lot of moms that have been SAHM and are returning to work and asking me to move payments BACK a week until they get paid! No no no. No. No.
SO, I have 2 DCK FT. These families are juuuust fine in their financial dept. No problems. One family even has paid until February already. *LOVE* them.
So heres what I've been thinking up this extra long, extra lazy and wonderful holiday weekend: I think I may lower my rates. I think I'd rather be slap full (5 kids + my own) at $130 each child per week than be sooo bored watching the clock until 6 with only 2 kids at $150 per week. Its $20. It's not much but over a month, $80 is a big difference to those who are paycheck to paycheck. Heck, that's a water bill!
My question: is it wrong to still charge $150 to existing DCF? Granted they have no problen affording it, but even if I was wealthy.. I still wouldn't want to pay $80 more than I have to each month. Do I even have to tell them? I mean, I'm going to start advertising that price so they'll have to see eventually. Could I say its a sliding scale or something??
Thoughts please. Advice, or give me some info on what you do!
I'm having trouble staying full. Potential families love me, but what's happening is they love me and try to make ends meet and that both can't happen. I get a lot of very low income potentials that after the 4th or 5th week have to actually ask me if they can skip a week or only come 2 or 3 days and use a free family member for the rest (even though my rate is $150 per week FT, reguardless of attendance). I also get a lot of moms that have been SAHM and are returning to work and asking me to move payments BACK a week until they get paid! No no no. No. No.
SO, I have 2 DCK FT. These families are juuuust fine in their financial dept. No problems. One family even has paid until February already. *LOVE* them.
So heres what I've been thinking up this extra long, extra lazy and wonderful holiday weekend: I think I may lower my rates. I think I'd rather be slap full (5 kids + my own) at $130 each child per week than be sooo bored watching the clock until 6 with only 2 kids at $150 per week. Its $20. It's not much but over a month, $80 is a big difference to those who are paycheck to paycheck. Heck, that's a water bill!
My question: is it wrong to still charge $150 to existing DCF? Granted they have no problen affording it, but even if I was wealthy.. I still wouldn't want to pay $80 more than I have to each month. Do I even have to tell them? I mean, I'm going to start advertising that price so they'll have to see eventually. Could I say its a sliding scale or something??
Thoughts please. Advice, or give me some info on what you do!
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