The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recently made over 30 updates to the regulations for childcare. Tammy Deppershmidt is a childcare licensing provider for the Reno County Health Department, which is in charge of licensing for Harvey County, as well. Deppershmidt said, in her opinion, the changes were necessary. “The licensing law was outdated for child care,” Deppershmidt said. “It was time to get it up to date with new stuff.” Deppershmidt said the state department reached out to providers for feedback on what changes needed to be made. “The process was started to make it public and to have input,” Deppershmidt said. The regulations changed how many children a childcare provider could take in at each age and updated the age range for infants. Previously, any child under 18 months was considered an infant. Now the department dropped the age to 12 months. Deppershmidt said this change is especially beneficial. “The biggest need is infants,” Deppershmidt said. “This opens up more spots for infants to go.”
Source: Harvey County Now
