Greetings! In September at the APNA conference ‘Evolve + Elevate’, I spoke about the importance of being resilient. Now I am warming to the idea of being hopeful. COVID-19 has been all-consuming for months and remains so, but there is now light at the end of this long tunnel.  As small businesses, nanny agencies have...Read More

If you’re like many staffing leaders, you’re probably planning your end of year leadership team meeting.  You know, the one where everyone sits around a conference room table and you do a presentation on the hits and misses of the year then unveil next year’s budget and watch the faces fall? Then you have lunch...Read More

Greetings! November is a favorite month in many households. I know it is in mine. While it’s dark way too early these days, the promise of a large gathering of extended family and friends for a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast is a time to anticipate and treasure—most years. Oh, COVID, how you have changed our lives!...Read More

APNA is thrilled to introduce the APNA Toolkits. Over two years in the making and in collaboration with many of our member agencies and industry professionals, the toolkits are a series of documents to assist you in the day-to-day operations of your agency. These toolkits are designed to take the guesswork out of contracts, PR,...Read More

Greetings, Did you hear that loud collective sigh of relief the APNA Board let out when Conference 2020 Evolve & Elevate was over? There was a lot of anxiety on our part about how it was all going to work. But we think it did work! We certainly missed being in-person with our industry friends...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

Many nanny staffing agencies have temporary divisions to staff anything from a Friday night babysitter for a private family, to a substitute caregiver for a local church’s Sunday childcare program.  While it is well established that nannies placed through the permanent division of the agency are the employees of the families they work for, what...Read More

The new year is in full swing and you have established goals for your placement agency for 2019. Now comes the juggling act of working to achieve growth while staying motivated and balanced at the same time. Here, we offer you some helpful tips on how to manage everything so you can achieve success without...Read More

As a small business did you know there are hundreds of tax strategies that can be used to legally reduce your taxes and are underutilized by most tax professionals? During the webinar, Tax Saving Professionals will introduce you to tax strategies you can use to maximize your deductions and can help you begin to uncover...Read More