Ministry Visit for Unlicensed daycare (no report)

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The death of Jeremy Odette (in Orleans) was awful! That gathering wasn't illegal at the time, but is now...though certainly common sense could have prevailed and prevented the tragedy. I believe, of the 6 deaths in 'Independent' care, only one was with a legal, compliant provider and was ruled accidental. The coroner's office doesn't release information regarding cause of death.

Regarding the MOE- they associate with us to a degree. We're still attending Advisory Committee meetings. We were able to pull together those meetings to pitch our Cooperative idea, ultimately resulting in the 1 home visitor to 25 home daycares cap removed. Agencies can now introduce new, more attractive packages to providers. We feel very good about that change and it only happened because t made sense financially to the MOE. We want a registry and that's on the table at the moment (casually), but it won't be through the MOE. It's ALL about money and risk management. They want to fully remove themselves from anything unlicenced. The licenced care advocates are pushing hard for a national framework, which, if we don't get busy, will not include us.

That survey I put out, needs to go out to more people. This this is consultation that should have happened via the MOE. If you haven't provided it to your clients/friends/family, please do....and have them send it out to their friends/family/colleagues. The numbers are very much in our favour, so far, but I really need more submissions to make it credible for the media, government, etc. I hate sending them out. I know they're a pain in the arse and aren't well received in this forum, but if we don't advocate for ourselves, no one will and the unlicenced sector will eventually be strangled. I'd love for all of us to be included in a national framework. I do believe this is the superior form of childcare and really don't want to see thousands of small business owners pushed out of the market.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/5MKY26M