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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is new to me. I would probably not have picked a home daycare unless there were one or two children the same age as mine so this law will hurt them.  When you are caring for ages 0-3, you need a higher number of children to make that work.  With the right amount of space and providers, 12 is fine.  Is there a space issue with having 12 in a home daycare? What Fairfax County needs to spend more time on is regulating the space that is required per child.  It's abysmal especially in the daycare centers. Just check out what the requirements are and then compare it to the Fairfax County employee childcare program which is about 4 times the mandated space per child required.[/quote]
Of course this law will hurt them! Imagine building a business model on receiving 12 tuition checks and suddenly being forced to make do with 7.  Whose business can possibly withstand losing 40% of revenue?[/quote]

This wont affect me as a provider, because I dont take more than 5. And rarely keep that many as I like keeping my numbers low.

A provider permitted with the county can always go for a state license to keep the 12 children they have. Unless something else has changed I havent heard yet, as I was sick the last meetings they had for these issues letting us know what is changing.

There are other changes as well that will affect providers as well so make sure you ask your providers about the changes they will be going through.[/quote]

You may not take more than 5, but many providers do and are in fact licensed by the state to care for up to 12 kids.  The issue isn't that you need a state license to care for 12 kids. The issue is that currently, the county zoning allows for a maximum of SEVEN kids.  To care for more than that, you need a special permit from the county, which is complex and expensive.  The current county permitting (by the zoning) is for a max of 7 kids. [/quote]

Someone charging even minimum of $250 a week for 12 kids can surely afford to pay and go through the motions of getting that special permit. If they want to keep their business going the way it currently is without having to let families go. I only know the guidelines as a permitted provider, because that is all that concerns me. FYI: even if one is licensed to care for 12 kids, did you know that if the provider is in a townhouse the actual number they are allowed is less than that 12? I didnt know that. Thankful I am in a single family home. [/quote]

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