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When searching for child care, parents sometimes prefer having someone provide care in the child's home. In-home care is convenient. It can include all children in the family and can be flexible if the children are sick or if a parent has an unusual work schedule. The range of services offered can include full and part-time care, back-up care, sick care, special needs care and live-in care. In-home child care is also typically the most expensive type of care.
Before making a selection, parents should contact several agencies. 4C encourages parents to ask how caregivers are screened and trained, what insurance the agency carries, how long the agency has been in operation and request references from families using the service. It is often helpful to request written information about current fees and services offered.
Something else to consider, if you pay someone to care for your child in your home, you may be creating an employer/employee arrangement. By law as an "employer," you may have to pay employee taxes and benefits including, but not limited to, social security (FICA) and federal unempoyment tax as well as state unemployment and workers' compensation costs. Ask for advice from your tax consultant before choosing in-home care.
In-Home Agencies Au Pairs
Au Pairs are young people, aged 18-26, often from
European countries. In exchange for providing 40-50 hours
of child care per week and performing light housekeeping
tasks related to the children's needs, Au Pairs receive
room and board and weekly payments. European Au Pairs travel
to the U.S. as part of a one-year cultural exchange program
using a J-1 tourist visa. They may or may not have previous
child care experience.
Nannies
Nannies
are employed by the family on a live-in
or live-out basis to undertake all domestic tasks related
to the care of children. Nannies' work weeks typically range
from 40-60 hours per week. Nannies often work unsupervised.
They may or may not have had formal child care training though often
nannies have had a good deal of work experience. Payment
is typically $400-$600 per week.
Back-Up Care
Back-up care is any kind of child care that fills gaps resulting from illness, school holidays, caregiver vacations or any other breakdown in regular care. Backup care can also include times when the regular center or family child care provider is not open for business such as during evenings and weekends.
Local Nanny, Au
Pair and Back-up Care Agencies:
Bedbugs & Tattletales Elite Nanny Placement & Babysitting Service, LLC
Child Care Professionals, Inc.
Family Tree Care Services
Home Management Services
Jack and Jill Babysitting Service
Nanny Placement Service
Professional Sitting and Occasional Services
Women's Center (University of Cincinnati)
National Nanny and Au
Pair Agencies:
Au Pair in America
Au Pair Care
Au Pair USA
Cutural Care Au Pair
Sick and Special Needs Agencies:
AM & PM Health Care, Inc. II
American Nursing Care
Child Care Professionals, Inc.
Family Tree Care Services
 Local Nanny, Au Pair and Back-up Care Agencies
Bedbugs & Tattletales Elite Nanny Placement & Babysitting Service, LLC
2322 Half Hill Road
Bethel, OH 45106
Jamie Ingram, 513-734-1428
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Caregiver Requirements: Face-to-face interview, background and reference checks.
Type of Care: Nanny services full/part time, summer nannies, travel & vacation, housekeepers, babbysitters and transporters
Fees: $100 application fee; PT placement is first month's gross salary; FT placement is first month's gross salary and a one year guarantee; free replacement
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
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Child Care Professionals, Inc.
www.childcareprofessionals.com
6576 Madeira Hills
Cincinnati, OH 45243
Susan Dineen, 513-561-4810 |
Caregiver Requirements: Experience with children, training and education preferred. Infant and child CPR training, police check, reliable transportation and good driving record. Must be a non-smoker and at least 21 years old.
Type of Care: Occasional, temporary, part-time, full-time, live-out/live-in.
Fees: Non-refundable $100 registration fee; placement fee of one month's salary or $1,000 for part-time and $1,800 for full-time. Full-time care, $450.00-$600.00 per week; part-time care $10-$15 per hour.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
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Family Tree Care Services
www.famtree.net
P.O. Box 9397
Cincinnati, OH 45209
513-289-7339
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Caregiver Requirements: Experience with children preferred, but not required. Must have police check, two non-relative references, face-to-face interview and at least 18 years old with high school diploma.
Type of Care: Nanny services, sick care, special needs care, in-home babysitting, elder care, housekeeping, substitute caregivers, transporation, hotel sitting and house sitting.
Fees: $600 placement fee; $8 per hour for temporary care; $10-$15 per hour for permanent care.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
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Home Management Services
homemanagementserv.com
8070 Beechmont Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45255
Caren Burger, RN
513-474-6886
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Caregiver Requirements: Experience with children and police check required. Must be at least 18 years old with high school diploma and First Aid/CPR training required.
Type of Care: Full-time and part-time nanny placement, temporary care, overnight newborn care, housekeepers, cooks, and elder care.
Fees: $100 non-refundable deposit; $1,100 placement fee; $10-$25 per hour care depending on needs.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
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Jack and Jill Babysitting Service
6252 Beechmont Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45230
513-731-5261
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Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers must have several years of child care experience, drug testing, police check required (if requested by client), and First Aid/CPR training preferable. Must be at least 21 years old.
Type of Care: Full-time, part-time, overnight, emergency, group sitting (churches, hotels, schools, in-home)
Fees: $20 one-time membership fee; $7-$8 per hour depending on the number of children and an $8 transportation fee.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati, Clermont County and Northern Kentucky. |
Nanny Placement Service
www.nannyplaceohio.com
2677 Montana Ave. # 12
Cincinnati, OH 45211
513-661-4245
888-539-8119 (toll free) |
Caregiver Requirements: Must be at least 18 years old with high school diploma, two years child care experience, First Aid/CPR training, three references and police check.
Type of Care: Nanny services, housekeepers, personal assistants, elder care, night nurses, and companions.
Fees: $100 retainer fee for full-time care, deducted from total fee; placement fee is one month's salary or $1800 (full-time), $500 (part-time) whichever is greater; $10-$15 per hour depending on needs.
Areas Served: Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
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Professional Sitting and Occasional Services
P.O. Box 176095
Ft. Mitchell, KY
859-291-0941 |
Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers have police checks and TB tests, at least 18 years old, high school equivalent and experience required.
Type of Care: Live-in or live-out caregivers. Provides overnight sitting with newborns, pet sitting, home parties, vacation sitters, house sitting, nanny services, au pair caregivers, occasional services, church nursery, hotels and conventions.
Fees: $60 registration; $45 renewal; $10-$15 per hour per family.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. |
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Women's Center (University of Cincinnati)
Student Life Pavilion South
PO Box 210179
Cincinnati, OH 45221
513-556-4401
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Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers are current college students with child care experience preferred, minimum age 18. Parents handle screening. Some caregivers do not have transportation.
Type of Care: After family submits application, service provides phone numbers of college students who then state their availability to provide care.
Fees: Caregivers set own rates. No deposit, registration or placement fee.
Areas Served: Service focuses on serving UC faculty and students. Affiliated with the University of Cincinnati.
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National
Nanny and Au Pair Agencies
Au Pair in America
www.aupairinamerica.com
3820 Dakota Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
Mary Rose Boyle
513-
221-7248 |
Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers are 18-26 years old with high school diploma or equivalent, police check and physical required. Caregivers must have child care experience with references and First Aid/CPR training required. Caregivers are insured.
Type of Care: Live-in caregiver up to 45 hours per week.
Fees: Contact company for complete fee information including but not limited to application, placement, weekly and other costs.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati, Daton, Ohio and Northern Kentucky
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Au Pair Care
www.aupaircare.com
600 California Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
800-4-AUPAIR
Local Contact: Erin Hoerig
937-684-4606
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Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers are age 18-26, must have high school diploma or equivalent, police check and TB test required. Caregivers are insured. Must have child care experience and training provided.
Type of Care: Live-in caregivers
Fees: Contact company for complete fee information including but not limited to application, placement, weekly and other costs.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati and Dayton, OH
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Au Pair USA
www.aupairusa.org
161 Sixth Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10013
800-AUPAIRS |
Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers (male or female) are age 18-26, high school diploma or equivalent required. Must have police check, TB test, medical history, child care experience and child care references. Caregivers are insured.
Type of Care: Live-in caregiver up to 45 hours per week.
Fees: Contact company for complete fee information including but not limited to application, placement, weekly and other costs.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Cleveland, and Northern Kentucky.
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Cultural Care Au Pair
www.culturalcare.com
1 Education Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
800-333-6056
Cincinnati: Julie Weeden
513-683-5245 |
Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers are insured, have police
checks, physicals, 18-26 years old, secondary education, previous child care experience, references and child care training. Caregivers are required to have international driver's licenses.
Type of Care: Live-in caregivers
Fees: Contact company for complete fee information including but not limited to application, placement, weekly and other costs.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky and
entire U.S.
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Sick and Special Needs Agencies
AM & PM Health Care, Inc.
II
P.O. Box 371
Miamitown, OH 45041
Brandi Cole
513-941-2663 |
Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers must have at least one-year experience providing child care, be at least 18 years old and have a police check. Caregivers are bonded.
Type of Care: Full-time and part-time care, special needs care, sick care.
Fees: No deposit, no registration fee. One child: $16 per hour Monday-Friday, $17.50 per hour Saturday and Sunday. Two children: $16.50 per hour Monday-Friday, $18 per hour Saturday and Sunday. Fees subject to change. Payment due at time of service.
Areas Served: Western Hamilton County and Southeast Indiana
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American Nursing Care
www.americannursingcare.com
4750 Wesley Ave, Suite L
Cincinnati, OH 45212
513-731-4600 |
Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers are bonded,
have police checks and TB tests. Minimum age 18 years old, high school equivalent and First Aid/CPR training.
Type of Care: Full-time or Part-time. Affiliated
with Tri-Health (Good Samaritan, Bethesda Oak and Bethesda
North).
Listed with the Better Business Bureau. Licensed. Provides home health aides, homemakers, housekeepers,
companions, and a special maternal child program. RNs
on staff.
Fees: Credit check; no placement fee; fees vary
with number of children; four hour minimum; $19.50 per hour is average.
Areas Served: Greater Cincinnati
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American Nursing Care
www.americannursingcare.com
7711 Ewing Boulevard, Suite D
Florence, KY 41042
859-283-1500
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Caregiver Requirements: Caregivers are bonded, have police checks and TB tests. Minimum age 18 years old, high school equivalent and First Aid/CPR training.
Type of Care: Full-time or Part-time. Affiliated with Tri-Health (Good Samaritan, Bethesda Oak and Bethesda North). Listed with the Better Business Bureau. Licensed. Provides home health aides, homemakers, housekeepers, companions, and a special maternal child program. RNs on staff.
Fees: Credit check; no placement fee; $15 per hour.
Areas Served: Kenton, Campbell and Boone counties in Kentucky.
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Family Tree Care Services
www.famtree.net
618 Buttermilk Pike
Crescent Springs, KY. 41017
(502) 895-9998 |
See Nanny and Au Pair Agencies above
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