Archive for the 'Press Releases' Category

APNA’s 2008 Agency of the Year

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Houston’s Morningside Nannies
(October 31, 2008) The Association of Premier Nanny Agencies (APNA) is proud to honor Houston’s Morningside Nannies with APNA’s 2008 Agency of the Year award.  Twenty five years ago, Pat Cascio founded the first agency in Houston to specialize in nanny placement, and she is still on the job. Like many in the [...]

Medical Emergency Inspires Ongoing APNA Donation

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

A medical emergency endured by one of our board members is inspiring the Association of Premier Nanny Agencies  A Household Staffing Alliance (APNA) to establish its first ongoing, annual donation. From here on out, five percent of each APNA member’s yearly dues payment will be donated to the Children’s Miracle Network national office says Lexy [...]

APNA Response to ABC & NBC About Online Only Nanny Services

Friday, March 14th, 2008

The View
320 West 66th St.
New York, NY 10023
March 10, 2008
Re: The Dangers of Online Only Job Listings to Hire Nannies
To The View,
Job listing services such as Sittercity should not be confused with nanny agencies.
We feel it is important to raise a red flag about your segment last week on Sittercity, a service that lists families [...]

Nanny Background Checks-Buyer Beware!

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

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 [...]

Nanny’s Arrest Highlights Difficulty of Conducting Background Checks

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

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 could easily [...]

APNA Statement After Learning of Nanny’s Death

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Nanny Agencies Protect Children & Nannies
Minnesota Woman’s Death may be Linked to Online Job Ad

(October 2007) Parents who use a staffing agency to find a nanny do so as a way to protect their children, but agencies also help ensure the nannies safety,  says Annie Davis, president of the Association of Premier Nanny Agencies-A Household [...]