Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: paying babysitters

[TR Ruddick (truddick]

There's one possibility for liability here that I can imagine.  Some states
have regulations regarding the qualifications of childcare providers and
the types of facilities they must have if they're caring for more than a
few children, or if they're working in an institutional setting.  Now, if
you and several of your friends got together to hire a sitter for all of
your children, who watched them in one of your homes, it wouldn't be
covered.  But if the cohousing, incorporated, hired a sitter from general
funds, it might be covered as an institution.

Check with your state department of childrens' services or with your
department of education, they should know the requirements.  It's likely
that your common house would be considered an adequate facility, you'd just
have to make certain you hired a qualified person (some states, for
example, require an associate degree in early childhood).

TR Ruddick
Dayton Cohousing


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