I am anxious to see what is going to come of this...if I am forced to go through an agency I might not want to continue doing daycare. I don't like the idea of basically working under someone, I like this job because of the fact I am self employed. It's so obvious too that agencies are in this for the money,using this opportunity to convince the government to make all providers go with an agency because it would benefit THEM. It's annoying! At the same time I think that if they do indeed force us to go through an agency, our numbers will be cut down, many provides might decide to close their doors so where are all these kids supposed to go? So for that reason I think that we are probably safe in a way because the gov can't just make rash changes without causing an economical upheaval, right?