$100 Tuition Credit for Each New Full-Time

Private Pay Enrollment

2011 Rates 

Full-Time Weekly (reserved spaces, up to 12 hours per day):
Infants / Toddlers (6 weeks to 24 months) = $135.00
Pre-School (2 years to 5 years) = $130.00
School Age - Full Day (kindergarten to 12th grade) = $105.00
Additional Child (sibling) Discount = $10.00 off full-time weekly rate
(Sibling discounts are applied to the siblings attending the least amount of time.)
(Full time is 5-12 hours per day, five days per week pre-paid.)

Half-Time Weekly (reserved spaces, up to 5 hours per day)
Infants / Toddlers = $75.00
Pre-School = $70.00
School Age = $55.00
Additional Child (sibling) Discount = $5.00 off half-time weekly rate
(Half-time is up to five hours per day, five days per week pre-paid, with regular hours in the morning, afternoon or evening. If your hours will vary, your child cannot reserve a half-time space. School-age care includes before and after school for a reserved half-time space.  Children enrolled half-time that are present for five or more hours in a day, including school age children present for longer than five hours due to school delay or early out, will need to purchase a unit of drop-in care.)
 
Drop-In (per 5 hour unit):
Infants / Toddlers = $14.50
Pre-School = $14.00
School Age = $11.50
School Age, No School Day = $11.50 for additional half day
Additional Child (sibling) Discount = $1.00 per unit
(One unit is up to five hours.  5 to 12 hours is two units. $5 per child late fee applies for each 15 minutes of care beyond the number of units purchased.)

After Hours Respite (by appointment only):
$5.00 per hour for all ages

Skilled Care (IMMT, Respite, etc):
$11.95 per hour

School Transportation Fee:
$1.00 per trip, per child (free for children attending daycare on day transportation is provided)

Payment:

Tuition for full-time and half-time care and reserved spaces is due each Friday prior to the week the child will be attending.  If payment is not received by Monday morning, your child will not be allowed to attend until your account is paid in full.  Unless prior arrangements are made, a $5.00 late fee will be applied for each seven days payment is late.  A $20.00 fee will be charged for returned checks.  The returned check fee will be waived up to three times per year if the check amount, plus any bank fees charged to the daycare provider, are paid in cash within 24 hours of notification.

Drop-In and after hours Respite fees are due at the time the child is picked up.  If the child will be attending for more than one day in a week, payment is due on the last day of attendance for that week.

Fees for children receiving care funded by Medicaid HCBS Waivers, DHS Title XX Child Care Assistance, or Promise Jobs will be billed directly to the appropriate agency.  Any fees not covered by other funding sources are due on each Friday prior to the week of service.  Parents are responsible for enrollment fees and any claims denied by the third party payer.  Child care assistance per-unit co-payments will be tallied at the end of each billing period, and are due by the 15^th of the following month.  Parents of children requiring 1:1 supervision need to contact their social worker or case manager to arrange funding and staffing for this service.  If a current notice of decision from DHS is not on file at the daycare, private pay tuition will apply.

Absences / Holidays:

Full-time and half-time tuition is not discounted for holidays or absences.  The daycare is closed on major holidays.  If a holiday falls on a weekend, the daycare will be closed on an adjacent weekday in observation of that holiday.  If a child misses five consecutive business operation days for any reason, you will only be responsible for half the tuition for that week.   You may take up to four discounted weeks per calendar year.  Drop-in children are not charged for missed days.  Notification of absence is appreciated so that drop-in children may use the available space.  If notification of  absence is not received within one hour after your child’s anticipated arrival time, you will be called to confirm your child’s absence.

For families utilizing child care assistance or other third party payers, payment for non-reimbursed absences will be the responsibility of the parents. Absences are determined by your enrollment status.  DHS Child Care Assistance reimburses for up to four absences per month.  Vacation rates will apply if five consecutive days are missed, up to a total of four discounted weeks per year.  If fewer than five non-reimbursed days are missed in a week, the drop-in rate will apply.  Failure to pay for non-reimbursed absences or to make payment arrangements by the beginning of the following week will result in loss of your child’s reserved space.  Your child may return to daycare after your account is paid in full, if space is available.

If the child care provider will be absent, advanced notice will be given whenever possible to allow you to find alternate childcare arrangements.  It is advisable that back-up childcare is arranged prior to a need arising in case of an emergency that would prevent me from giving you advanced notice of a daycare closure.  If available, a DHS approved substitute will be provided when the daycare provider is absent.  If no substitute is available, the daycare will be closed.  Tuition for the days the daycare is closed will be credited towards the next week’s tuition.  The daycare may be closed up to four weeks per year for the daycare provider to take vacation.  No tuition will be due during the provider’s vacation.

Registration:

$20.00 registration fee per family

All children, including drop-in, will pay a one-time registration fee at the time of registration to cover administrative costs.  Your child’s space cannot be reserved until the registration fee is paid.  All registration forms, including immunization record and DHS notice of decision, if applicable, must be turned in before your child can attend.

When the registration fee is paid, your child’s space can be held for up to two weeks.  After that, you may use the four discounted vacation/illness weeks at half tuition to hold your child’s space.  After that you will need to pay the full tuition to continue to hold your child’s space.  If it will be longer than two weeks before your child will start daycare, you can elect to pass on the space without loosing your spot on the waiting list.

At the time of registration, you will need to select full-time or drop-in status.  Drop-in hours are not reserved, and are on a first-come basis.  Drop-in spaces may be reserved up to one week in advance by paying the tuition for the reserved days on the previous Friday.  Unused reserved days will not be refunded.  Two drop-in children may be present at a time, for up to a combined total drop-in hours of 180 hours per month.  Additional drop-in children may attend when full-time or half-time children are absent.

Your space will be reserved based on the status of your registration, and fees are charged according to that status.  If a full-time child attends less than five hours per day, the full-time fee will still be applied since that is the space that is being reserved for your child.  If you elect to change to a drop-in or half-time status and then wish to return to a full-time status, you will need to place your child on the waiting list for a full-time space.  Your child can continue to attend as a drop-in while on the waiting list for a full-time space.  Drop-in children do not have a reserved space, and will only be accepted if the number of children present will not exceed the limit allowed by my registration.

School-aged children attending before and after school automatically change to full-time status when school is out for the entire week.  Full-time tuition will be due unless you notify the daycare the prior week that your will not be attending full-time.  If your child will not be attending the entire week, the half-off discount will be taken off from your child’s usual rate and not the full-time rate.  During the summer, the full-time rate will be considered your child’s usual rate.  At least one week advanced notice is required for attendance on no-school days so that appropriate staffing can be arranged.  If additional staffing is not available, school-aged children will not accepted when it will cause the number of children present to exceed the limit allowed by my registration.  You will not be charged for days your child is not accepted due to staffing shortages.

Late Fees:

$1.00 per child for each minute child is present before 6:00 am or after 6:00 pm and for each minute of care beyond the number of units purchased.

Late fees may be waived at the administrator’s discretion in emergency situations.  Prompt notification of late pick-ups is appreciated.  $5.00 per child per hour respite fee will be applied for emergency late pick-ups lasting 30 minutes or longer.  Late fees are to be paid by the end of the week when tuition is due.  Failure to pay late fees will be considered non-payment of tuition, and your child will not be able to attend until your account is brought up to date.

Waiting List:

There is no fee for a child to be placed on the waiting list.  The date the waiting list intake form is received is the date your child is placed on the waiting list.  Children with special needs, disabilities and/or Medicaid Waivers are given priority on the waiting list, followed by siblings of children already attending.  When a full-time space becomes available, it will be offered first to children with special needs based on the date on the intake form, then to siblings of children already attending, then general intake.  Drop-in children may use vacant full-time spaces until the space is filled.

Tipton Adaptive Daycare reserves the right to refuse service to anyone, and I may limit the number and/or ages of children I accept to ensure I am able to meet the needs of the children in my care. I may also refuse future services to any child already enrolled if the presence of that child impairs my ability to meet the needs of the other children in my care.