Through an extensive screening process, Nannies From The Heart selects the highest quality child care professionals to be placed in the homes of families who want the very best for their children. Our goal is simple: to ensure a long-lasting placement.
I know what services I need, how much will it cost?
Nanny Services
All services require a one-time $100 registration fee and an annual renewal fee of $25.
Nanny Placement Fees (Full Service)
Placement Fee | Replacement Fee | |
Permanent Nanny See below for | $200 fee is paid when candidate search begins. An additional fee is paid at time of placement, equal to 10% of nanny's annual salary. Use our rate calculator to determine your cost. Minimum $1,600 (Includes 5 days of "fill-in" placements if nanny is ill, or on vacation. Family is responsible for paying replacement sitter, but no agency fee is charged.) | 0-4 months (120 days) – No charge |
Temporary Nanny | $200 fee is paid when candidate search begins. An additional fee is paid at time of placement: $550 for 0-3 months $250 per month for each month thereafter up to 6 months | 0-4 months (120 days) – No charge 5-6 months – 30% off new placement fee |
Live-In Nanny | $500 fee is paid when candidate search begins. Then an additional fee is paid at time of placement: | 0-4 months (120 days) – No charge |
Nanny Placement Fees (Full Service With Payment Plan)
Placement Fee | Replacement Fee | |
Permanent Nanny | 25% of fee is paid when candidate search begins. Then 50% is paid at time of selection. The remaining balance is due 30 days after selection date. | 0-4 months (120 days) – No charge |
Nanny Placement Fees (Recruitment and Screening Only)
Placement Fee | Materials Fee (optional) | |
Nanny | $350 to start search and $350 when you make your selection. Family client creates a job posting, reviews candidates online and schedules interviews. Agency provides screened nannies and background check/driving record check for the selected candidate. | $150 for templates, including interview tips and questions, job description template, work offer template, interview rating sheets, nanny evaluations and household employer tax information. |
Hourly Sitting Services
| Nanny Fee | Agency Fee | Rush Fee | Cancellation Fee |
Sitting Services | $11 per hour | $4 per hour | $20 | $30 For assignments booked for multiple days, $25/per day |
Sitting Services 3-hour minimum | $12 per hour (1-2 children*) | $5 per hour | $20 | |
Hotel/Non-Member Clients 3-hour minimum | $12 per hour | $5 per hour | $20 | |
1-Overnight 2-Overnight
| $100 (12/hr shift) | $30 | $20 | |
Special Events | (Includes agency activity supplies. Please call the sitting coordinator at 512-773-7267 for a quote.) | $20 | $30 per nanny | |
| Note on Holiday Rates | Nanny fees are $15/hour for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. | Remain the same | Require 72-hour notice to avoid rush fees. | $35 |
Do you have any options other than a full-service placement?
The key benefit of the service is that you start with the same screened, background-checked, top-of-the-line candidates that are referred to our full-service clients. Why scour through online services from national franchises or post your search to the thousands of unqualified job-seekers on internet sites like Craigslist when you can start your search with a pool of the best nannies in Austin?
Each nanny candidate responding to your job needs…
• Meets the same experience requirements for all our candidate referrals and submits a detailed application for review.
• Is fingerprinted and undergoes a state criminal history background check. (And upon your selection of a candidate, we perform and additional rigorous background check--driving record, identity check, sex offender, and national criminal history database search—before they begin work.)
• Is interviewed personally by NH staff.
• Submits personal and work references for you to verify.
• Completes infant & child First Aid/CPR certification.
What's the Process?
To get started click here, create an account, fill out your Family Profile, which includes a Nanny Request that outlines your needs and your job description.
What kind of Nanny do I need?
Do you need a Live-In or Live-Out Nanny?
Live-Out Nannies
Live-Out Nannies are child-care providers that do not live in your residence. They care for the child/children and take care of all child care related chores, such as laundry, meal preparation and picking up children's areas.
Live-In Nannies are child-care providers that live in your residence. They care for the child/children and take care of all child care related chores, such as laundry, meal preparation and picking up children's areas. Most live-in nannies are caring for the upkeep of the entire home, including travel overnight and errands.
Do you need a permanent nanny, temporary nanny, sitter or overnight help?
Permanent Nanny
A nanny that commits to work for your family 7 months or more.
Temporary Nanny
A nanny that commits to work for your family 6 months or less.
Sitting
A nanny that works sporadically. (3 to 4-hour minimum for sitting)
A nanny that works for a very short term (usually a 12-hour period, including overnights)
Define your nanny's pay scale
Standard Nanny
Live-Out Nannies care for the child/children and take care of all child care related chores, such as laundry, meal preparation and picking up children's areas. ($11-17/hour--possibly more dependent on experience and duties)
Live-In Nanny
Live-In Nannies are child-care providers that live in your residence. They care for the child/children and take care of all child care related chores, such as laundry, meal preparation and picking up children's areas. Most live-in nannies are caring for the upkeep of the entire home, including travel overnight and errands. ($400-$600 per week)
Mother's Helper
A nanny that helps the family with more than just care for the child/children. Could include meal preparation for the entire family, all laundry, picking up the child/children, errands and shopping. ($13-17/hour)
(A.) When two families share a nanny or (B.) when a nanny brings her own child to the family's home. (A. $7-9/hr per family)(B. $10-12/hr)
Put your information into our rate calculator
I just need Sitting Services...What do I do?
Sitting Services
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With 4 hours or more, $11/hr for the nanny and $4/hr for NH
With 3-hour minimum, $12/hr for the nanny and $5/hr for NH - $100 application fee and $25 annual renewal fee
- 24-hour notice ($20 rush fee for requests within 24 hours)
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$30 cancellation fee charged for all confirmed sitting jobs that are cancelled, and $25/per day cancellation fee on confirmed long-term assignments, more than 1 day. Cancel fees are per day assigned. Clients often ask why the cancellation fees are assessed: Nannies receive compensation from these cancellation fees, because they often are unable to find replacement work. NH believes in fair compensation to nannies, which makes them loyal and appreciative to us and our clients.
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To sign up, go to the Get Started page and create an account. Then click on "Request a Sitter" and follow the simple steps listed there.
What Nannies From The Heart does and how it workS (For Full Service Placements)
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Have questions about nanny tax and payroll issues? We recommend a quick call to Breedlove and Associates at Or visit them online at: |
What Nannies From The Heart requires from our Nannies
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Commitment of 1 year (if applicable)
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Must have their own car, with full coverage auto insurance
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Two childcare references (not relatives)
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Minimum of one-year child care experience in field applying for
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High school graduate
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Successful completion of a CPR and First Aid course within first 30 days of hire
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Fingerprints
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State Criminal Background check
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A clean driving record Motor Vehicle check (to be obtained before hire date)
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A clean criminal background check (to be obtained before hire date)
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Verified Identity/Social Security check (to be obtained before hire date)
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Violent Offender/Sex Offender check (to be obtained before hire date)
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National Criminal Screening check for counties lived in (to be obtained before hire date)
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We have an open book policy with our clients; therefore, all of the information we obtain on your nanny is yours to review at any time.
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Note: Additional health screening tests are available upon request. Please contact us for details.
Bonus Services included as a member of Nannies From The Heart
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Priority sitting service requests
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Replacement Policy (maximum one year)
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Referral Program (drawings)
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No agency fee for Nanny fill-in when your nanny is out sick or on vacation (limit of 5 per year)
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Online evaluations for you and your nanny
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Favorite Family links
How does Nannies From The Heart Compare to Other Agencies?
Nannies from the heart differs from other agencies because...
- We have the best guarantee for nanny replacements
- We come out to YOUR HOME to meet you and your family in person!
- Your placement specialist conducts your entire search from start to finish!
- We have authentic, real-life materials (job descriptions, work agreements, time sheets etc), taken from life experiences from moms dads and nannies...not just from a book!
- We do not train our nannies to be nannies. They either have what it takes or they don't. There is a passion for children that we look for, a "spark" if you will!
- We conduct the best screening process on our nannies, not just background checks and reference checks. Your specialist interviews and conducts personality assessments on all of the nannies you meet.
- Our prices are reasonable because we do not have fancy overhead.
- We are specialists in our field and we are the agency with a lot of great resources and connections to the community...from music classes to doulas to errand services and more. And all referrals are FREE!
- We are local and committed to the community and the best care for our children. We are not franchised.
- The placement coordinator working with you is a mom, business owner and was a professional nanny, so we know and understand the needs of families, children, those with careers, and nannies. No one in Austin can offer this expertise! We listen, understand and get it!