I run a FDC and charge a bond of one weeks fees. Parents are told about this prior to start of care, it also doesn't have to be paid until after the first four weeks of care, which I use as a trial period. Parents then have four weeks to pay off this bond. They then have four weeks to begin to save for it. I charge this as an insurance of receiving fees. Thankfully its only a few that I've had issues with paying their fees. Bond is returned once final fees are paid in full after care is terminated. This also helps if for some reason there is a change in CCB/CCR over the last week or so. The family have finished care before then.
