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Affordable Childcare

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Hi everyone - 

My little one is due June 10 and we're of course, already thinking about childcare.  Does anyone have any affordable solutions?  We'd like to keep childcare at about $1000 a month.  Any recommendations for good home daycares in the Arlington or Alexandria area?

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Re: Affordable Childcare

  • victoria1212victoria1212 member
    Check out the Infant-Toddler program. There rates are around $1100 for a full-time infant. I think you are going to have a hard time finding something for less than that in Alexandria/Arlington.
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  • LindseyJWLindseyJW member

    i love our DCP in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria. it's in a house and they are licensed as in-home providers, but it's more like a center in that no one lives in the house and the entire ground floor is dedicated to the daycare. they only take 10 children at a time. PM me for contact information. they are in your price range.

    ETA: most IH-DCP don't have waiting lists and don't know when they will have openings. when i was expecting our first, i made a short list of IH-DCP i liked and planned to contact all of them several weeks before I would need to go back to work. some that i talked to didn't want to talk until i had an outside baby (none of them made my short-list, just telling you to be prepared for that). also, $1000 is a reasonable price point for in-home in arlington/alexandria. that's where we looked and that was a little higher than our price point 5 years ago.

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  • Mrs.HandyMrs.Handy member

    Our in-home provider is $225/week we got her based on a recommendation from someone in our neighborhood.

    She mostly likes taking care of babies so DS will probably be going somewhere else next Fall. PM me if you would like more info.

    Otherwise, there are in-home providers that are around the price you are looking for. The City of Alexandria has a list of DCPs registered with them.

    https://alexandriava.gov/dchs/childrenfamily/default.aspx?id=50226

    It's a very early to be able to nail anything down. DCPs do not know when they will have openings until a month or so beforehand.

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    Our in-home provider is right by Bailey's Crossroads.  PM me if you want her contact information.  We pay $840 a month.
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