Childcare facilities are implementing changes to keep staff and families safe during the pandemic.
MEASURES TO ENSURETHE HEALTH AND SAFETYOF THEIR TEAM ANDFAMILIES.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER RAE DANIEL ISLIVE TO TELL US HOWTHEY'RE IMPLEMENTINGTHOSE CHANGES.
RAE?WE'RE HERE OUTSIDE OFUNITED INNER CITYSERVICES - ITS METROLOCATION.WE CAUGHT UP WITH THECEO OF THE FACILITY -- ASOF RIGHT NOW, THEY'REONLY AT 30 PERCENTCAPACITY -- ABOUT 30-40CHILDREN AT EACH OFTHEIR TWO LOCATIONS.THEY WERE CLOSED FORABOUT TWO MONTHS ANDTHEN THEY STARTEDOPENING UP IN PHASES --THE FIRST PHASEALLOWED FOR FAMILIESWHO WERE ESSENTIALWORKERS - THE SECONDPHASE CALLED FORFAMILIES IN URGENT NEEDOF CARE.SOME OF THE CHANGES?PARENTS ARE NO LONGERALLOWED INSIDE THECENTER -- THEY HAVE TODROP THEIR KIDS OFF INTHE BREEZEWAY.CHILDREN'STEMPERATURES ARECHECKED AND PRE-SCREEN QUESTIONS AREASKED EACH DAY.TO INCORPORATE SOCIALDISTANCING -- SEVERALTHINGS HAVE CHANGED --INCLUDING HOW LUNCHWORKS...Deidre Anderson, United InnerCityServices CEONormally it would be family mealstyle- we're not doing that anymore .Theyget liek a to go container withtheirown food .
Each child has aziplocbag with their own markers andcrayons and they're not gettingintothe community basket of things.we're sanitizing toys andmaterials ona regular basis , and thenminimizingthe number of children that arehereallows us to keep the properdistancewhen they're taking they're napstooEACH STAFF MEMBER WASREQUIRED TO GOTHROUGH A THOROUGHTRAINING BEFORE COMINGBACK TO WORK, THEY'REALSO REQUIRED TO WEARMASKS INSIDE --HOWEVER, BECAUSE OFHOW YOUNG THECHILDREN ARE, THEY ARENOT WEARING MASKS --THAT'S WHY THEY'VEIMPLEMENTED DIFFERENTSOCIAL DISTANCINGMETHODS TOACCOMODATE.RAE DANIEL, 41 ACTIONNEWS TODAY ON 38 T
It is a dilemma facing many families as states reopen and parents go back to work: is it safe to send your kids to daycare again?
