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How to Choose the Best Child Care Center for You!

Fact: Finding a new child care provider is a big decision! Your child’s first five years are so important to building confidence for life, because they’re learning every day and in every way. So, picking the best center for their development—and the well-being of your family—might feel a bit overwhelming. But we’re here to help make this decision a little bit easier with our top 6 things to consider as you try to find your perfect place.

1. Health & safety

Health and safety have never been more top-of-mind for parents and caregivers alike. The child care provider you choose should have health and safety policies that are in line with the CDC and local government. Classrooms should be squeaky-clean, meals should be allergy-safe, and teachers should be dedicated to nurturing healthy bodies, happy hearts, and growing minds! We’ve gone a step further, too. We’ve earned the WELL Health-Safety Rating™ certifying that our centers are clean and safe places where children can thrive.

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2. Caring teachers

Great teachers love kids and have a natural ability to connect with every child in their care. Ask to observe a class so you can watch the teachers! Are they ready to get their hands dirty with crayons and glue sticks? Can they jump from reading a story to the whole class to helping a child find their lovie in a single bound?

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3. Well-rounded curriculum

Make sure your provider’s approach to curriculum focuses on your child’s happy heart and growing mind—from learning how to share, making friends, and expressing feelings to building STEM skills, exploring music, developing literacy, and even becoming familiar with anti-bias principles. Ask your providers if they have proof of how your child will thrive and be set up for success in kindergarten and beyond. Year after year, the power of KinderCare’s programs is clear: The longer kids stay with us, the more prepared they are for elementary school!

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4. Local & convenient

Set your family up for success by choosing a provider that is right in your neighborhood! That way, you have a few more minutes to make breakfast or prep for that meeting in the morning. Plus, ask about full- and part-time options so that you end up with a solution that truly meets your unique needs.

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5. Accreditation

You’ve probably heard of licensing and expect every care provider to have this credential. But make sure the center you’re inquiring about has earned individual third-party accreditation. That means an outside agency has validated the teachers, environments, and curriculum to make sure your family is getting an exceptional child care experience.

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6. Your intuition

Time for a gut check. How did your center visit feel? Can you picture your kiddo playing and learning there? Did you feel listened to and understood? Was it warm and welcoming? If your heart is saying KinderCare’s the one, enrolling is the next step!

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Childcare in Washington ranked 8th most expensive in nation

By Olivia LaVoice

Published April 29, 2021

Updated 7:26AM

Washington

Q13 FOX

SEATTLE – Part of President Biden’s proposal announced Wednesday would provide federal financial resources for childcare, which many parents and childcare workers alike say is much needed. That’s especially true in Washington, which is ranked the 8th most expensive state in the country for childcare.

“A word I hear a lot is wow. It’s like paying rent,” says Felicia Wray, the center director for Kindercare in South Seattle.

“You have to start saving. I mean that’s our biggest expense, childcare – over our mortgage, over food -anything,” says Mike Moe, a father with two children in Kindercare childcare.

Moe speaks for many parents when he says childcare costs are jarring.

“When you go into something like having a child that’s not what you’re thinking about necessarily and just to have that expense, it’s huge.”

Some parents say they simply they can’t afford to work, because they can’t pay for the childcare.

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“Some families have to make that choice, and it’s really tough especially on women,” says Moe.

 “It’s a lot of really difficult emotional math that you have to do to decide how you’re going to make it work,” says mother Kerry Beckman.

Beckman says she’s one of the lucky ones who gets financial assistance for her son’s childcare through her PhD program at the University of Washington. But she’s about to graduate, which means she’ll have to pay $900 more each month.

“It’s a looming cost at all times, and you think, OK I’ve been training to have this career for many many years now, all through several layers of graduate programs, and at what point do I say, ‘OK can we afford childcare or can we not,'” says Beckman.

Many families find their salary is just enough to cover childcare and nothing more. Statistically, many women give up their careers for this reason.

“I have seen many families, many moms that have broken down here in our lobby crying because there’s no other choice,” says Wray.

Wray says Kindercare does everything they can to help families find financial resources, but says they’re limited. She says the lowest price for childcare in Washington state is about $1,000, ranging all the way to $2,300 a month for one child.

“You have the financial stress and then you have the emotional part of it as well,” says Wray.

Kindercare, which is considered reasonably priced, costs roughly $1,600 a month for care for an infant. The national average is $1,200, showing how much pricier Washington is.

“We need our moms out there contributing to the economy,” says Wray.

Parents we spoke with say the president’s proposal is crucial and will ultimately benefit everyone.

“It’s key because we need a labor workforce and we need for people to want to go out and get jobs and if they can’t afford to, then it makes it really tough,” says Moe.

While state resources are limited, if you need assistance getting childcare, resources are listed here.

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Compensation for child care expenses

Childcare reimbursement will support parents if the parental allowance has ended and the child is not yet in kindergarten. The amount of the allowance in 2022 is up to 200 euros per child per month, plus a food allowance and an additional allowance for a child with special educational needs (see below for more details).

All of the following conditions must be met to receive benefits.

• Child care is purchased from a licensed service provider.
• The registered place of residence of the parent or guardian of the child is Tallinn (exception: Tallinn as a registered place of residence is not a mandatory condition for the foster family, in this case it is sufficient if the foster family has entered into a contract of care with Tallinn).
• According to the Population Register, the place of residence of the child for whom the child care service is purchased is Tallinn.
• Payment of parental allowance for a child has been terminated.
• The child is not listed in any of the municipal or private kindergartens. (However, the child may be on the waiting list for kindergarten, i. e. while the child is still waiting to attend kindergarten, the family is entitled to reimbursement for the cost of caring for him.)

The benefit is paid as follows:

1. 100% of the benefit (i.e. 200 euros) if the cost of the service exceeds the compensation by more than one and a half times, i.e. if the amount paid for the service in a particular month, is 300 euros or more;

2. 50% of benefit (i.e. 100 euros) if the service was paid in an amount equal to or less than one and a half times the reimbursement, i.e. if the amount paid for the service in a particular month , ranges from 200 to 300 euros;

3. if the amount paid for the service in a particular month is less than 200 euros, the benefit is not paid.

The following amounts are additionally reimbursed: food allowance up to 1.8 euros per day for a child up to 3 years and up to 2 euros per day for a child aged 3 years and over

• supplementary allowance for a child with special educational needs using the child care service, on the recommendation of the preschool counseling group (hereinafter referred to as supplementary allowance for a child with special educational needs) (€71. 25 per month)

in order to receive child support with special educational needs , the applicant must make a note in the application and attach a copy of the decision of the advisory committee.

The food allowance and supplementary allowance for a child with special educational needs accompanying the childcare allowance are applied for simultaneously with the application for the general childcare allowance, parents do not have to submit an additional application. However, to receive additional benefits, the parent must provide the following information on the child care bill.

For food allowance

• number of meals days (how many days the child ate while providing child care services)
• food cost per day (daily food price)
• Meal amount per month (how much the parent pays per month)

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