Re: Fire at Mexican day care/other comments for discussion

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You might be mistaken somewhat, yes in general churches daycares do
not have to be licensed meaning they do not have to abide by SOME
childcare regulations. But they still have to abide by state health
& safety rules such as having a fire extinguisher or emergency
exits etc.. Any public building are by law to follow these rules
children or no children.

Just like home daycares that are not licensed or not required to be
licensed still have to abide by some state regulations. The big
difference is the unlicensed facilities are just not inspected
periodically for violations.

On 6/08/09, montmo wrote:
> On 6/08/09, Jan wrote:
>> Churches are required to have adequate exits, in order to
>> meet as a church. To my knowledge, church daycares follow
>> the same rules.... but if they do not have to, the ones I
>> know, actually have lower number of children per adult than
>> public daycares. I have worked in church daycares in other
>> states (I live in Ohio now)... And I have worked in public
>> daycares. The situtations in the church daycares were MUCH
>> better than in public. I can only share my experiences, but
>> we had less children per adult, we had better qualified
>> workers over all, and we were paid better. I just have not
>> seen this as an issue.
>
>
> It must just be our state then. Child care ministries do not
> even have to licensed if is is being operated as an extension of
> a church or not for profit religious organization. They can be
> licensed if they can meet the requirements for a licensed center.
> For an unlicensed child care ministry there is no staff/child
> ratio,, no square footage requirements and the annual inspection
> for fire is the same as the primary use of the building. Assuming
> that the fire exits are sufficient, with no ratios, I can see
> where here there might be a problem. Granted there are many,many
> church ministries that are extremely careful and can and probably
> do pass the licensing requirements for centers, I can see a
> loophole here for a problem. The administrator has no educational
> requirements and I would assume that goes for staff, too. I
> just think of my inlaw's old church building that passes for fire
> exits. There are so many steps, different levels, hallways
> galore, etc. There is no daycare in there, but there could be if
> anyone would ever want to and any parent would sent their child
> there. Thanks for sharing.
 

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