Baby Einstein Child Development Center is looking to raise funds to relocate to a temporary space while work is done on the original space.
The requirements were embroiled in a four-year legal battle and start going into effect in late 2022.
A new grant program will distribute more than $30 million to local providers in order to offset the pandemic’s financial devastation.
The D.C. Council passed a bill expanding access and expediting applications for two programs that provide support to low-income relatives and others caring for children not their own.
The money will come from a tax increase on wealthy households the D.C. Council approved last year.
A city task force wants more than $50 million to be given to child care workers this year as the first step in increasing their pay in the long term.
Relaxing the rules would mean providers could serve more students and earn more income.
D.C. now requires child care workers to get college degrees or specific certificates, but a Republican senator from Utah and House member from South Carolina say that’s too onerous.
The $65.8 million in new funding will provide direct cash assistance to open child care programs, First Lady Pamela Northam said.
Hogan announced the state is allowing indoor visitation at nursing homes where no new cases have been reported in 14 days, and child care centers can return to full teacher-to-child ratios and capacities.
