I call the local centers approx 2 times per year asking rates. I don't tell them who I am, I am only checking on rates. I have never called a home provider and done this. I have only talked with a couple others from our area and we do share rates. Unless you ask, how do you really know what the going rates are in the area. Calling the county, like we would do here, is not going to give you a true reflection of home daycare rates, as these rates are what the state pays, and around here we don't get paid that much for home daycares. Every business bases, to some point, on what others in similar businesses charge. It is ridiculous to suggest that someone opening a business, in this case a daycare, can not find out what the going rates are in their local area. We all offer different things and different types of programs, which would affect the cost.

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