Richmond Heights, CA
Continuing COVID/Infectious Disease Response
During COVID, schools closed, child care centers closed, non-essential businesses closed, and governmental agencies closed. Family child care providers were the only educators to remain open, putting our own health and that of our families at risk, so parents could continue to work. Family Child Care Educators are the workforce behind the workforce.
COVID is still running rampant along with HMPV, RSV, and flu, which mimic COVID, making diagnosis difficult. Additionally, bird flu, measles, polio, and TB are making comebacks because of low vaccination rates and norovirus is on the rise because of general apathy around good hygiene and proper disinfection. Parents want fewer restrictions but still want their children to remain safe and healthy. So, we will continue to take the following precautions...
...We continue to disinfect both inside our facility as well as everywhere we go
...We continue to mask when outside of our facility -- we use an N95 filtration system and a full wraparound face mask
Our track record speaks for itself -- Precious Treasures has remained COVID-free because of our safety measures.
For more information about COVID and other illnesses, please visit CDC.gov and CCHealth.org.
If you'd like to see data on how COVID affected child care, I suggest reading "A State-by-State Look at Child Care in Crisis: Understanding Early Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic" published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children state_by_state_child_care_crisis_coronavirus_surveydata.pdf (naeyc.org).
Be safe and stay well.