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LadyK8 07:32 AM 07-10-2014
I'm re-doing my policies and payments and I want to accept part-time clients, but have no idea what to charge. Just wanted to get some ideas.
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MotherNature 08:08 AM 07-10-2014
I have no idea what DE rates are. I'm in Indy. I charge $100 for 2 and/or 3 days.$20 more for ft.
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Indoorvoice 08:12 AM 07-10-2014
I charge $150 a week for ft and $33 a day for pt. I charge pt a little more since they are potentially taking up a spot that could make me $150 a week. Drop in care is $35 a day.
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Second Home 08:34 AM 07-10-2014
It will vary with each location . I charge 30 per day for part time .
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Leigh 11:28 AM 07-10-2014
My part time rate is 65% of my full time rate, and more than 20 hours is full time at my house.
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llpa 11:46 AM 07-10-2014
I charge $25 for 4 1/2 hrs or less. I contract it just like ft. Their committment needs to be at least three days a week.
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earlystart 02:35 PM 07-10-2014
To give an idea, my full time rate is $200/week ($40/day). I do two part time schedules: Mon/Wed/Fri for $132/week ($44/day), and Tue/Thur for $96/week ($48/day). Drop-in would be $48/day, but I have rarely had any openings for drop-ins. And the rates are for full-day, no discounts for half-days. So you can see with the $40/$44/$48 I just increased the rate by $4 a day with each schedule, because I think you should pay a premium for using less days a week, because my life would be easier with all full-time clients, because I have extra paperwork, recordkeeping, conferences, and scrapbooks and such to maintain when there are two part-time kids splitting a full-time schedule.
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Blackcat31 03:32 PM 07-10-2014
Originally Posted by earlystart:
To give an idea, my full time rate is $200/week ($40/day). I do two part time schedules: Mon/Wed/Fri for $132/week ($44/day), and Tue/Thur for $96/week ($48/day). Drop-in would be $48/day, but I have rarely had any openings for drop-ins. And the rates are for full-day, no discounts for half-days. So you can see with the $40/$44/$48 I just increased the rate by $4 a day with each schedule, because I think you should pay a premium for using less days a week, because my life would be easier with all full-time clients, because I have extra paperwork, recordkeeping, conferences, and scrapbooks and such to maintain when there are two part-time kids splitting a full-time schedule.
This is similar to how I do it too.

I also adjust the rates for pick up times.
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