TLC's Temporary Services Manual

TLC's Temporary Services Manual is for you if you are an existing nanny agency looking to expand into the lucrative temporary market or if you are looking to open a new temporary child care agency.

If you are a nanny agency and are not currently offering the following services, you are losing valuable business and missing out on a large market. Offering these services will dramatically increase your visibility, increase gross receipts, further service your clients’needs and help you to attract and retain nanny applicants.

Temporary nannies
Sick child care
Emergency/short notice backup care
Evening baby-sitting
Day care substitutes
Hotel sitters
Relief help for home day care providers
Staffing church/synagogue nurseries
On-site group care for conventions
Postpartum care doulas
Staffing kid's parties

Temporary services increase sales and give your agency the Competitive Edge.

TLC for Kids, Inc. has been successfully providing temporary in-home child care services since 1985. As our business grows, our temporary revenues increase progressively with minimal increase in overhead.

TLC was one of the first agencies in the country to provide sick, last-minute and backup child care. TLC's St. Louis agency has served as a model for agencies starting up across the country for many years. Since 1992, the owners and staff have led seminars on temporary child care at the annual conferences of the International Nanny Association (INA) the Alliance of Professional Nanny Agencies (APNA), and No Nonsense Seminar Series.

TLC offers a start-up manual to train you or your staff to develop and run temporary services. You can learn from our experience and save yourself money and time. The operations manual covers the following topics:

• Parent registration packet and associated contracts
• Caregiver orientation materials and associated contracts
• Staff development and staff retention
• Customized applications, interview questions and reference forms
• Time Cards
• Recruiting methods; sample ads, flyers, letters
• Customer service cards
• Pricing and billing
• Daily operating procedures
• Public relations
• Marketing/Advertising
• Tax Information

The operations manual includes all of the forms and materials that TLC uses to run its business. Forms include contracts, employee application and orientation materials, collection letters, press releases, sample ads and much more.

To purchase the manual, please send your check or credit card information with a completed order form/contract to:


TLC For Kids, Inc.
7301 Tulane
St. Louis, MO 63130.