Sitters/CHILDCARE

Log on to any criminal searches website and type the name of the person you want to hire as a babysitter, handyman, tutor or anyone you want to check up on. If he/she  has committed a crime that is in the public records it will show up

www.sittercity.com If you are looking for a babysitter, pet sitter, house sitter, tutor, or someone to help care for an elderly relative, then Sitter City might be a good place to start.  At Sitter City, you can look at profiles in each of these categories.  You can also see if anyone has left a review of the sitter, or if a background check has been done.  Sitters can register and list themselves for free, as long as they are at least 17-yrs-old.  People who would like to make contact with a sitter can either pay an annual fee or go monthly. 

Childcare.gov : Are you looking for quality child care in your state? Childcare.gov has a lot of information about help paying for child care, what to look for when choosing a provider, and selecting a program that works best for your family. 

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Our Babysitting Club: We save a lot on babysitting by belonging to a babysitting co-op. We have a group of families (that we know very well), and we exchange points instead of paying. It is a fairly easy system. We have a bookkeeper and a chairperson, who are "paid" in points each month that they hold their positions. It really helps to know that I can just call on these people to watch my children and pay them points, which I can earn back by sitting with someone else's kids at another time. Judi