Please welcome our October arrivals....Sabine, Katharina, Melissa and Josefin !!!!

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The October Au Pair Meeting will be held on Friday, Oct 26th at 7:00 pm at my house. We will be covering the Household Poisoning Prevention at this time. An Evite invitation has been sent out with details.

Refreshments will be served.

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For specific questions for what your insurance covers, you will need to contact a claims agent at The Chickering Group at 1-800-783-7447 or e-mail erikasvc@chickering.com. Attached is the insurance policy.

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Welcome Lisa and Yemira !!

Please welcome 2 new au pair arrivals to our group this month !!!

Lisa Donath arrived yesterday to the DeBlasio Family in Arlington Heights. She is from Germany and is 19 years old. She can be reached at lisadonath88@aol.com or at (847) 253-0858. Welcome Lisa !!

Arriving to her host family, the Bogan's in Palatine, on Friday, September 21st is Yemira Umpire Berreras. Yemira is from Peru and is 23 years old. She can be reached at yemira23@hotmail.com or at (847) 359-4290.


Please be sure to contact our newest arrivals as soon as you can. Thank you so much ! and again, Welcome Lisa and Yemira !!!

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Please welcome the following au pairs to our group....

Raissa joined us on Friday, July 13th from Germany. She will be staying in Arlington Heights with the Philipps family.

Anja joins us on July 27th from Germany. She will be staying in Arlington Heights with the Pajerski family.

Christina also joins us Friday, July 27th from Austria and she will be staying with the Titze family in Rolling Meadows.

Welcome au pairs to the group !!

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On May 24^th, 2007, Congress approved the first increase in the federal minimum wage in nearly a decade. President Bush signed this bill on May 25th and this has a direct impact on the au pair weekly stipend 60 calendar days post-presidential approval.

As the changes to minimum wage impact the au pair stipend incrementally, what follows is an overview of these changes and how they impact the stipend over the next two years:

1. 60 Days = Tuesday, July 24^th, 2007

• Increase from $139.05 to $157.95/week

2. 12 Months = Thursday, July 24^th, 2008

• Increase from $157.95 to $176.85/week

3. 24 months = Friday, July 24th, 2009

• Increase from $176.85 to $195.75/week

All Cultural Care Au Pair literature and agreements stipulate that host families comply with all regulations, therefore, adherence to these changes is required of all program participants.

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