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Household staffing agencies in business for less than 3 years can become Affiliate Members of the Association of Premier Nanny Agencies - A Household Staffing Alliance (APNA)

New 2007 tax laws allow parents to deduct nanny placement agency fees as a childcare expense on federal tax returns. BUT …

If your client wants a civil litigation check on a potential employee, you should be prepared to do so.

Click on the title above for the letter APNA sent to ABC’s “The View” after a guest stated that the online nanny service Sittercity allowed parents to “go through all the same steps that really expensive placement agencies do.”
APNA’s Board of Directors sent a similar letter to NBC’s Today show after a segment the day before that touted the benefits of online only nanny services. The segment did not mention the additional background checks and other services provided by top notch household staffing agencies.

By Lynn Peterson, President of PFC Information Services, Inc.
The quality of criminal background checks conducted by nanny agencies varies greatly. Agency A’s standard background check is a “National Criminal File” search. Agency B’s standard check includes county level criminal checks in the location or locations where the applicant has lived. It sounds as if Agency […]

   APNA Agencies are Experts at Digging into Someone’s Past
     (January 2, 2008) –  The Georgia parents who hired the nanny under investigation for abusing their 13-month old boy had paid for a background check on her.  “What they didn’t know is that the $10 computer background search the online nanny service conducted on their behalf […]

When moving to a new area the first thing you do is find a place to live.  The next thing you do, if you are a parent, is look for good reliable childcare.
In my opinion, having been in the childcare business for over 22 years, the best option, especially for a child under three, is […]

Legally Nanny’s Bob King, was recently interviewed by the Los Angeles ABC News regarding websites and blogs for reporting nanny behavior. 
“Many nannies post ads on Craig’s List. You can do that, but you never know who’s going to show up at your door. They haven’t been vetted, they haven’t been matched and it’s perilous for both […]

(October 2007) – Agencies help ensure a nanny’s safety. Nanny Katherine Olson’s apparent murder is prompting this APNA alert. Olson responded to an online ad for a nanny job.