DECCD Director Kristi McHale Announces Changes in Delivery of Child Care Payment without Notice or a Hearing

DECCD Director Kristi McHale Announces Changes in Delivery of Child Care Payment without Notice or a Hearing

There will be a telephone conference call for child care directors at 11:45 this morning. Email Deloris Suel at dsuel@comcast.net to get the call in number and access code.

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DECCD Director Kristie McHale authorized dissemination of a memo announcing changes in the delivery of the Child Care Payment System without the APL required Public Notice of an Amendment.

As an attorney, she should know that any change impacting funding to low-income parents, however insignificant SHE feels the change might be, requires the processes of proper Administrative Procedures Law.

While I understand your concerns for constant, ongoing, monthly reductions in the fees paid for child care services as children celebrate birthdays and the instability that decision causes to preschool budgets, I cannot explain the open and ongoing violation of APL.

I can only say I am of the opinion that the only understanding she has of the business operations of service providers is that such economic impacts to us are “NONE OF OUR BUSINESS”.

I also cannot explain why she is requiring us to list our rates other than to demonstrate the DECCD desire to continue to weight market rate surveys by low-income service provider rates and not the rates paid to middle and upper income programs as they are required to do.

It is so absurd to me that she would even give breath to a Comprehensive Child Care Center in such an environment.

It is time for change and action!

Join the call today!

 

 

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