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Family Child Care Contracts and Policies: |
by Tom Copeland
Instructions: Before the workshop begins, please take a moment to answer the questions below in the first column, by circling your answer. At the end of the workshop answer the same questions again in the second column.
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Answer before workshop begins |
Answer after workshop begins |
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True(T) |
False(F) |
Don’t Know (DK) |
True(T) |
False(F) |
Don’t Know (DK) |
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| 1) |
As a family child care provider you can refuse to offer care to a family because of their religion |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 2) |
Providers are free to offer a lot of religious activities in their own program |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 3) | If you care for toddlers you must charge the same rates for toddlers to all parents | T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 4) |
A verbal contract is enforceable in court |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 5) |
A written contract must be signed by both parties before it is enforceable in court |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 6) |
Providers can require private pay parents to pay a week in advance |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 7) |
A provider can require a parent to give a two-week notice to end the contract but can terminate the parent without such notice |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 8) |
A provider can have as many or as few policies as she wants about how she will operate her business |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 9) |
Provider policies must be the same for every parent |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
| 10) |
The best way to enforce a contract is to have a consequence for a parent who does not follow the rules |
T | F | DK | T | F | DK |
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