Dr. Sharon Thomas-Parker

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Cultural Care Au Pair is the leading provider of intercultural childcare in the United States. Now in its 20th year, Cultural Care Au Pair has placed more than 75,000 au pairs in welcoming American homes since 1989. A U.S. Department of State regulated program, Cultural Care Au Pair is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., with an extensive network of recruitment, screening and orientation offices worldwide and more than 600 local coordinators across the U.S. For more information about hosting an au pair, call Dr. Sharon Thomas-Parker 410 365-1010.  View Available au pairs

http://www.culturalcare.com/hostfamilies/availableaupairs/

Cultural Care au pair, Ricardo Silva de Araújo is the 2009 Au Pair of the Year Winner!!

Posted by: hgraber | April 10, 2009 |

Male Au Pair from Cultural Care Au Pair Wins Au Pair of the Year Award!

To view a video on Ricardo au pair experience and how he’s impacted the Boyer family  go to

http://www.culturalcare.com/aboutus/pressroom/au-pair-of-the-year-2008.aspx

Please be advised that in May of 2007, legislation was passed which resulted in a three-step plan to increase the federal minimum wage each July until 2009. The first increase occurred in July, 2007, the second occured in July, 2008 and the third increase will go into effect on Friday, July 24, 2009.

As a reminder, the au pair weekly stipend is based, in part, on the federal minimum wage and, therefore, will increase accordingly. In order to remain compliant with U.S. Department of State regulations, we are asking all host families pay their au pair at the new stipend rate of $195.75 effective the week of July 20th, 2009. Cultural Care Au Pair literature and agreements stipulate that host families comply with all regulations and, therefore, adherence to these changes is required of all program participants.

The exact calculation used to determine the weekly stipend as well as the resulting changes to the stipend over the course of the three year plan.

July 19- Pool Party Safety Meeting

11:00 a.m.- 1:00 pm Sharon’s House 

There is an elite group of Local Childcare Coordinators who are members of the Golden Heart League. To earn an appointment to this League, an LCC must recruit and promote the agency to an outstanding degree, as well as receive exemplary evaluation scores from host families and supervisors. Thank you to all who submitted evaluations to help me earn this position, as well as the perks that go along with it. Here’s a photo of the Golden Heart League members on a cruise to Baja California in July of 2007. This year I attended the “Meeting of the Minds” in Cape Cod, MA and a spring retreat in Dublin, Ireland.