| Public
Policy FOCAL supports the
minimum standards which includes lower child/staff ratios. Lower
child/staff ratios are better for the care, development and
education of young children and FOCAL supports now, and has always
supported, lower ratios. Three
years ago FOCAL had great concerns about the process and the
proposed standards. Child care providers and advocates were
virtually shut out of the process of developing the new standards
for child care. The Department of Human Resources (DHR) heard calls
for broader involvement and opened the consultation to all
interested parties. For this,
FOCAL is grateful. While we did not agree with each and every
provision in these standards, we support their implementation based
upon the Governor’s commitment to provide funding to offset the
costs of these changes.
|
