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<br />ATTACHMENT # 6. <br /> <br />SAMPLE NOTIFICATION LETTER <br /> <br />(notification letter on city letterhead) <br /> <br />Dear Neighbor, <br /> <br />This letter is to inform you of the approval of a "large family child care home" in <br />your neighborhood, and to explain the operation and regulation of the facility. <br />Family day care is an important resource for working families, and is, by definition, <br />located in residential areas. <br /> <br />Child care provider (licensee) name: <br /> <br />Address: <br /> <br />Telephone: <br /> <br />What is family day care and how is it regulated? <br /> <br />Family day care homes (also called family child care) are licensed by the Community <br />Care Licensing Division of the California Dept. of Social Services. Regulations <br />address health and safety issues related to the care and supervision of children from <br />infants to 12 years. Family day care does not include foster care, child care centers <br />or preschools, as defined by the State. Family day care is provided in the licensee's <br />residence (owned or rented), and is considered a residential (not commercial) use of <br />property . <br />"Small" family day care homes for up to six children (with two additional school-age <br />children allowed under certain conditions) must be allowed by cities in all residential <br />areas. "Large" family day care homes care for 7 to 12 children (with the two <br />additional school-age conditionally) with an assistant. These numbers must include <br />the provider's own children under age 10. <br /> <br />The City of Redwood City requires large family day care homes to agree to <br />conditions including: obtaining and maintaining the State license, which requires a <br />city fire clearance, and implementing parking and child drop off/pick up <br />arrangements which have minimum impact on neighbors. <br /> <br />How does family day care operate? <br /> <br />Though individual child care providers determine their own program services, hours, <br />parent fees, etc., most operate weekdays from around 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Since parents' <br />work schedules vary, children usually arrive over a period of two or more hours in <br />the morning and leave over a similar period in the late afternoon. This reduces the <br />number of vehicles likely to stop at the home at one time, as does siblings or <br />carpoo1ers arriving together or families walking from nearby homes. Parents are <br />encouraged to escort children safely to and from cars to the home. <br /> <br />.."'~.._-_. "-'r ... <br /> <br />q"\i <br />