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There are a digit of national and international professional associations representing nannies and nanny agencies. Seattle Nanny The International Nanny Association (INA) was founded in 1985. INA is a non-profit configuration which provides an educational association for nannies with placement, employment, and professional support. The Alliance of Professional Nanny Agencies (APNA) was founded in 1993. It is a non-profit conformation that promotes professionalism in the nanny placement industry.

In the United Kingdom, OFSTED define a childminder as someone who "provide[s] bother for children under eight years of age, for further than two hours each day, on domestic premises, for reward." Childminding differs from nannying in that a nanny goes to the house of the child in disposal to disquiet for it; childminders case after the child in the childminder's own home. The childminder and their house are both carefully assessed by OFSTED, with an inspection taking field every three years.