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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In another thread, a home daycare provider mentioned that Maryland home daycares were being limited in terms of how many kids they could take back. Can anyone provide more details?

I have reserved a spot for my infant at a home daycare that has 10 kids enrolled (licensed for 12). There are three full time care providers, and the home has a family of five (which includes one of the caregivers). The space is quite large (maybe 2000 square feet), but the infant and toddler/preschool rooms are only separated by half walls so not distinct classrooms.

Thanks in advance.[/quote]

In Maryland, in Home daycares are limited to a maximum of 10 people in The entire home, regardless if the residents are out at work all day and not home during daycare hours.  This is what I was told by the licensing office and the guidelines put out by MSDE.

In your case, since there are five residents in the home then the home daycare will be allowed five children total. I don’t see how they will be able to operate with their maximum number of children plus staff. It needs to be kept under 10 people total. The number restriction does not matter how large or small the home is.

This can change as the guidelines are loosened. [/quote]

That's insane.  Your statement about in-home daycares is absolutely correct. Look at the application [url=https://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/system/files/filedepot/3/revised_modifiednew_epcc_site_application_finalcss.pdf]here[/url] specifying that 10-person-max requirement.

There's no good reason for that requirement.  At centers, the requirement is just 10 people per room. Every in-home daycare I've ever seen has a separate area set up in the home for child care.  The 10-person limit should only apply to that area.

Further evidence that Division of Early Childhood has no idea what they're doing.

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This is going to force many in-homes to close.[/quote]

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