Fairfax Board 'OKs' Home Day Care Changes
Now, providers must attend more training hours, also get TB screenings and comply with fire safety codes.
Home daycare centers in Fairfax County just got safer. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved changes regulating home day care centers, requiring more hours of training and fire safety measures. During its meeting last week, the Board voted to adopt amendments to the Home Child Care Facilities Ordinance. Providers will now have to attend 16 hours of training instead of the original 12 and undergo tuberculosis screenings, as well as install carbon monoxide detectors to comply with county fire safety codes. “These amendments reflect recommendations and input from a variety of county agencies and outline the best practices in the field,” said Monica Jackson, speaking on behalf of the Child Care Advisory Council. “The…
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Swim Team Rep
11:18 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Removing the requirement for a landline phone is a common sense decision. Verizon has made the cost of landline phones too expensive for the convenience they provide. Will the BoS take the next step and eliminate the requirement for landline phones at community pools? The health department shut our pool down when the Verizon service to our pool was out and could not be repaired until the … more ›