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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
$25.00 per child sounds pretty tough. since your probably paying two people to be there to watch the kids at what $200.00 a day just for staff costs it means you need a minimum of 10 kids a day steady.
At $25.00 per kid your subsidizing a pretty heavy share of the costs and that doesn't make sense.
Its funny because they're talking $25.00 per day per kid and yet my sister just opened a doggy day care and the day rate is $35.00 per day.
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In Alberta the regulations are that child to staff ratios are:
3:1 for under 12 months
4:1 12-19 months
6:1 19 months - 3 years
8:1 3 - 4.5 years
They also have various regulations for the certification levels of staff that are required on site. Assuming an average pay level of $25/hour and minimum staffing levels 1 out of 4 or so kids covers the staffing costs while the 3 kids cover the overhead, other costs and provide profit.