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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 […]

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 […]

APNA agencies are experts at screening employers and potential employees, so job seekers have a better chance of finding what they are looking for, and your odds of hiring someone to work in your home that can meet your needs are greatly increased.

As seen in ParentsMagazine.com
1. Know what you’re looking for. If you want this choice position, have a cheery disposition…. Do those words sound familiar? They’re the first lines of the most famous Help Wanted ad ever written — the one that resulted in the employment of Mary Poppins herself. So, just like little Jane and […]

The board of the National Alliance of Professional Nanny Agencies has changed APNA’s name to reflect the industry trend of providing not only nannies, but many other types of household staff.

By SUE SHELLENBARGER
Wall Street Journal
March 26, 2007
The long-running debate over the merits of day care for children is getting a new jolt of evidence that may worry working parents.
Children who spend large amounts of time in child-care centers exhibit more minor behavior problems, such as aggression and disobedience, than other children, at least through sixth […]