Fairfax Daycare Owners Urge Officials to Raise Child Limits
'We are financially strapped,' Burke parent says; she's worried her family could get dropped from daycare and doesn't know how they could afford new less-flexible daycare.
Fairfax County home day care providers will have to wait a little longer to find out whether officials will raise the number of children they’re legally allowed to care for. The county Planning Commission voted Wednesday night to defer its decision on a proposed permit that will let providers care for 12 kids instead of 10, the current limit with a permit. With a license from the Commonwealth of Virginia, a provider can care for up to 12 children. But Fairfax County ordinances only allow for seven children, unless the provider applies for the special permit. The county rarely enforced the law and many providers took on a dozen children, arguing they were allowed by the state. But new regulations require the county to enforce the by-right …
Liz
8:24 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Home child care provides county residents with an invaluable service. They don't close down form school holidays or snow days like the school after care programs do. Why are the permit fees $9100 anyway ? Please support home child care in Virginia ! more ›