I take a deposit, equal to one week's fee, that is non refundable except to use towards the last week of childcare when proper notice of termination has been given by either party. It protects me and my business from unexpected departures, which protects my income. If a family has done something so heinous that I must terminate immediately then they lose the right to that deposit, as this is an unexpected departure...exactly what the deposit protects me from. It gives me a paid week to get my info out there to fill that spot asap.

Once I did return the deposit because I wanted the family to gtfo asap.

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