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familyschoolcare 04:04 PM 06-30-2011
I live in cal and it took a little more than three months

1. had to wait 2 weeks before taking the origination class required to before you could apply. Apparently here in Santa Clara county English is not the most popular language of home day care providers. LOL

2. signed up for CPR/first aid and health and safety (waste of my time did not learn anything my research on the internet did not already tell me) and turned in application saying when i was taking the class was told this was o.k. person call one week before i was taking the asking where the proof was, explained the dates and she said oh yes i see that now i will wait for you to fax me the proof next week then.

3. Faxed the proof. A week later (a week really) she calls and says she can not read the fax so i drive it in to the office in person.

4. A week and half later i get a letter in the mail saying that i forgot to put the name of the major cross street on my application. Why thy need that and direction and the exact address I do not know. (you could not have look at that 3 weeks ago when you first got the paper work really)

5. filled out and turned back in, in person then 2 more weeks and my rep called and said hi I am calling to let you know that I will be at your house in two days at 9:00 but i might be late so wait for me (really I do not get a say in when you set an appointment with me, at this point I just wanted the process over so arranged my schedule to fit hers)

6. Then when the rep did show up she was late because she could not find my house. She put San Jose in her GPS, I have a Los Gatos address. Why does the application ask for an exact address, a zip code and the major cross streets if the reps are not going to read that apart)

7. Then the rep tells me my house is too cluttered looking around trying to see what she could be referring to she points out that the recycle been in the kitchen is almost full, and the neatly stacked water bottles that my family washes and reuse are almost falling over because they barely fit where they are at. The she says this would be o.K. if you did not know I was coming but when you know we are coming we expect the house to be perfectly clean.

8. Had to wait for her to come back a week later. (She could not come sooner because her calendar was already full of appointment)

Any way my advice is ....
1. triple check the application
2. do not turn it in until you have proof of taking all the class they need you to.
3. Do not fax anything
4.make sure your house sparkles when the rep comes

Was told at origination that the process could be as short as 3 weeks from the time you turn in the paper work.

Best of luck to you
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