Anonymous
Post 11/10/2021 08:50     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
Anonymous wrote:Hopping on this thread - our LCC holds all the monthly meetings on a weekday morning at a coffee shop (I guess the thinking is that the kids are in school then). Is this common? I thought the meetings were supposed to be on weekends so they could do fun outings.


Ours rotates around between weekends and evenings, so that more girls can come if they have different schedules. That said, I’ve hosted for 7 years and none of our au pairs have gone to more than 3-4 meetings and it’s been totally a non-issue. They check in with the lcc if they miss the meeting and she doesn’t seem to care.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2021 19:25     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
Hopping on this thread - our LCC holds all the monthly meetings on a weekday morning at a coffee shop (I guess the thinking is that the kids are in school then). Is this common? I thought the meetings were supposed to be on weekends so they could do fun outings.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2021 13:37     Subject: Re:Monthly AP Meetings
We are in DC and our AP is with APIA. Our LCC is in Chevy Chase.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2021 12:05     Subject: Re:Monthly AP Meetings
I would definitely inquire more about this. The LCC should be having meetings near where the au pairs are located, not near where she lives.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2021 11:44     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
Suspect they dont have as many au pairs in PG county and so are trying to even out the number of families the LCCs are handling. Push back!
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2021 19:51     Subject: Re:Monthly AP Meetings
That's a good point. I hadn't thought about that. Any idea why she wouldn't have been placed with her closest counselor? I'm new to the program.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2021 16:14     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
Bad idea to let them put you in a cluster where the other APs arent in your neighborhood - will make it harder for your AP to make friends. I'd push here - its worth it/important.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2021 10:12     Subject: Re:Monthly AP Meetings
1. Ride with another AP, offer to split gas.
2. Pay for her Uber.
3. Drive her yourself, and make arrangements to do something fun with kids if it works with the schedule.

Definitely contact Apia and ask for a LCC who is closer. They’re required to be a maximum of 100 miles away, so it works technically, but there are enough in the dc area that you shouldn’t have a problem getting it switched.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2021 12:39     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
Yeah I think paying for an Uber will be our solution if it ends up being far away.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2021 17:18     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
You can pay for an uber. it's once/month
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2021 14:15     Subject: Re:Monthly AP Meetings
You can drop her off and pick her off. It's will be 4 hrs but only one a month. Drop her off and hang out in Bowie while is time to pick her up.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2021 18:12     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
That's good to hear. I hope so! It's not a huge deal but would be a bit of a drag for us and our AP if she had to travel far for those meetings.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2021 16:48     Subject: Re:Monthly AP Meetings
I agree with PP. there must be a cluster closer. There are lot of au pairs in DC with APIA.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2021 16:38     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
Anonymous wrote:We are considering an AP who does not drive. This works for us since we are in DC proper but I realized the monthly meetings our AP must have with her community counselor could be tricky. Her counselor is based in Bowie, MD, which would be a one hour drive each way for us. That would be four hours spent driving if it was a long meeting and we had to drop her off, drive back home, and then pick her up. Can anyone provide some insight on how these meetings work in the DC area? Our AP would be with Au Pair in America. Thanks!


That is very odd. APIA has neighborhood clusters for all LCCs in DC. There are no LCCs in Bowie that serve DC residents...
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2021 11:30     Subject: Monthly AP Meetings
We are considering an AP who does not drive. This works for us since we are in DC proper but I realized the monthly meetings our AP must have with her community counselor could be tricky. Her counselor is based in Bowie, MD, which would be a one hour drive each way for us. That would be four hours spent driving if it was a long meeting and we had to drop her off, drive back home, and then pick her up. Can anyone provide some insight on how these meetings work in the DC area? Our AP would be with Au Pair in America. Thanks!