Nanny for foster kids

[Anonymous]

How does that work?

I have a friend who wants to foster but she has a job and they use a nanny for childcare.

We are aware that she can get day care aid for a state approved place but I assume that doesn’t extend to nanny care?

Assuming they would be paying out of pocket for their nanny, how does that work?

does her hourly pay go up when a child is added to the home and back down when one leaves?

[Anonymous]

They would need to have the nanny cleared by the child welfare agency when they go through the home study If the nanny quit/replaced they'd have to find someone willing to do it again. I doubt the state will pay for a nanny so it would be out of pocket or through the stipend they receive for the child. They should pay one rate and if a child comes in/out continue the rate as the nanny relies on that income and they never know when a kid is coming as often it is short notice. Reality is they should expect to take a few days off with each new placement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They would need to have the nanny cleared by the child welfare agency when they go through the home study If the nanny quit/replaced they'd have to find someone willing to do it again. I doubt the state will pay for a nanny so it would be out of pocket or through the stipend they receive for the child. They should pay one rate and if a child comes in/out continue the rate as the nanny relies on that income and they never know when a kid is coming as often it is short notice. Reality is they should expect to take a few days off with each new placement.

This. State only pays for licensed daycare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They would need to have the nanny cleared by the child welfare agency when they go through the home study If the nanny quit/replaced they'd have to find someone willing to do it again. I doubt the state will pay for a nanny so it would be out of pocket or through the stipend they receive for the child. They should pay one rate and if a child comes in/out continue the rate as the nanny relies on that income and they never know when a kid is coming as often it is short notice. Reality is they should expect to take a few days off with each new placement.

This! I’ve talked with a social worker as the potential nanny, and they are far more likely to place kids with a family who employs a nanny if the nanny is a live-in, that way they run the nanny’s paperwork as a third adult in the household and the nanny does the same training the parents do. There’s no stipend for the nanny from the state, but it can be used for whichever daycare the child attended prior to going to that family, which may involve nanny driving the child a good distance and the child being at the familiar daycare for 2-3 hours per day (for consistency, this is what the family who wanted to hire me wanted to do).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They would need to have the nanny cleared by the child welfare agency when they go through the home study If the nanny quit/replaced they'd have to find someone willing to do it again. I doubt the state will pay for a nanny so it would be out of pocket or through the stipend they receive for the child. They should pay one rate and if a child comes in/out continue the rate as the nanny relies on that income and they never know when a kid is coming as often it is short notice. Reality is they should expect to take a few days off with each new placement.

This! I’ve talked with a social worker as the potential nanny, and they are far more likely to place kids with a family who employs a nanny if the nanny is a live-in, that way they run the nanny’s paperwork as a third adult in the household and the nanny does the same training the parents do. There’s no stipend for the nanny from the state, but it can be used for whichever daycare the child attended prior to going to that family, which may involve nanny driving the child a good distance and the child being at the familiar daycare for 2-3 hours per day (for consistency, this is what the family who wanted to hire me wanted to do).

Kids don't usually stay at the same day care and some counties/states pay for child care and others don't. You do have to do the training and clearances/background checks.

[Anonymous]

I'm a foster parent, and we have a nanny. Honestly- it doesn't work great.
Our nanny did not have to go through Pride training- but we are pretty well established foster parents. She did have to get fingerprinted/background checked.
The county does not pay her for care. When we have had additional kids (beyond our children who she is always responsible for) we have kept them in their regular daycare to the extent feasible- or said they needed some kind of care. Then I have paid her a 'bonus' for any additional work she incurred from the extra kids.