Fairfax Board Approves Home Day Care Changes
Providers must attend more training hours, get TB screenings and comply with fire safety codes.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved changes regulations on 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 proposed amendments are intended to support the …
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Terri Caffey
1:01 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I am fully on the line of having a landline in a home. Here is the thing, a provider may have Magic Jack, a land line, it costs $29 a year. Any provider can get it, and this service asks where you are located and if you move you change the location.....easy. more ›