APNA is celebrating our 30th Anniversary! Throughout the year we will be introducing you to our amazing members. Get to know Shenandoah Davis and Brandy Schultz, Adventure Nannies.  How long have you owned the business? 10 years (Brandy) and 5 years (Shenandoah) How Long have you been an APNA Member?  2016 – 6 years! What...Read More

From our experience working with hundreds of childcare agencies, we’ve seen that agencies usually lose the most time on four activities: Creating Candidate Profiles You should not be chasing applicants for lousy resumes or creating portfolios for them in Canva. The reality is that most caregivers are not the best at Microsoft Word, so many...Read More

While nannies fall under the umbrella of childcare providers, their role, workplace, and responsibilities are certainly unique. Childcare trainings designed for daycare workers, center-based providers, and early childhood educators certainly cover content that nannies can apply to their work but does not always take into consideration the special challenges, circumstances, and situations that nannies regularly...Read More

Summer is here and it is a time when many of us travel with friends and family. When you go on vacation, do you find yourself still working and having difficulty truly unplugging during that time away? When owning a small business, it can feel incredibly difficult to truly take time off. You might not...Read More

APNA is committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse community of household staffing business owners. While our goal has always been, and will continue to be, to support all small business owners within our industry and provide access to the tools required to achieve longevity and profitability, we must acknowledge one important fact: it...Read More

APNA has prepared this handy COVID-19 Risk Tolerance Scale you can use in your office and share with parents and nannies. Download Your Complimentary Copy here.  Read More

Dear APNA Members and Friends, Greetings from the new world order…What a sea change we are all experiencing as agency owners, affiliates, and human beings in 2020. While struggling to do business in the time of COVID-19, APNA has come to play an important role as a timely source of great information for our members....Read More

One of APNA’s main objectives as an organization is “to develop and maintain high ethical and professional standards of service” for our industry. We would be remiss if we did not address the racism and inequities facing our nation; issues that not only threaten our values and ethics as individuals, but APNA’s as an organization....Read More

Throughout the pandemic, the nanny community has voiced concerns about payment, unemployment, going into work, and more. We’ve gathered answers to a few common questions we’ve seen emerge since lock-downs began in various cities and states. While the information provided here is general, an APNA agency in your area can help with more city or...Read More

APNA agencies have always been committed to creating successful and happy relationships between employees and families which includes advising on HR best practices. Last November, Philadelphia passed landmark legislation, the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights providing for legal protections for all in home employees. The bill goes into effect in May of 2020.  These bills...Read More