Life Safety and Fiscal Issues Related to Legally Exempt Child Care
July 1, 2004 Life Safety and Fiscal Issues Related to Legally Exempt Child Care In New York State, parents of children who receive program subsidies may choose among three types of child care providers: licensed (child care centers and group family homes), registered (family child care and school-age child care programs) and legally exempt care (most typically care for one or two children at the provider's home). Over 68,000 children or 39 percent of the children in the program receive care from legally exempt providers. Legally exempt providers do not have to comply with State child care . . .
