Our Regulatory Committee works closely with the Maryland State Child Care Administration to ensure that regulations and their application to our members are based on a “real world” approach to providing quality child care and early learning.  We seek to maintain access and a cooperative relationship with the Maryland State Department of Education/Office of Child Care, while fighting for the least restrictive regulatory environment consistent with the quality programs for children that our members embrace.

Membership in the Legislative and Regulatory Committees are open to owners and staff of member centers, associate member businesses, and individuals.

Our members Individual Initiative: Legislators like to hear from their constituents on a variety of issues; however, our main goal is to make your voice heard on specific issues relating to the operation of professional child care centers in Maryland – but, you shouldn’t limit your contact. Whenever an opportunity arises to contact your elected official with information concerning an issue of interest to you, you should make the contact via the telephone, letter or an Email note. Work to make yourself a resource to your legislator on issues throughout the legislative session. If you try to become a resource – before you need their ear and assistance on an issue of importance to the child care community – you can have a far greater impact.