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WAIS Document Retrieval <br />except where otherwise specified in this act:. <br />1596.750. "Child day care facility" means a facility that provides <br />nonmedical care to children under 18 years of age in need of personal <br />services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the <br />activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on <br />less than a 29-hour basis. Child day care facility includes day <br />care centers, employer-sponsored child care centers, and family day <br />care homes. <br />1596.76. "Day care center" means any child day care facility other <br />than a family day care home, and includes infant centers, preschools, <br />extended day care facilities, and schoolage child care centers. <br />1596.77. "Department" means the State Department of Social <br />Services. <br />1596.770. "Director" means the Director of Social Services. <br />1596.771. "Employer-sponsored child care ce:'tt er" means any child <br />day care facility at the employer's site of business operated <br />directly or through a provider contract by a~zy person or entity <br />having one or more employees, and available exclusively for the care <br />of children of that employer, and of the of f_icers, managers, and <br />employees of that employer. <br />1596.773. (a) "Probation" means the period of time that a licensed <br />child day care facility is required to comply with specific terms and <br />conditions set forth by the department in order to stay or postpone <br />the revocation of the facility's license. <br />(b) "Revocation" means an administrative action taken by the <br />department to void or rescind the license of a child day care <br />facility because of serious or chronic violations of licensing laws <br />or regulations by the facility. <br />1596.775. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: <br />(a) There is a severe shortage of child care for schoolage <br />children throughout California, with many schoolage children going <br />home to an empty, unsupervised setting after school. <br />(b) For nearly five years several counties have participated in a <br />pilot program that allows for a family day care home to care for two <br />additional children above the current number allowed pursuant to <br />licensing regulations. <br />(c) As part of the pilot program, a study ~.mas conducted by the <br />Assembly Office of Research. The results of ~.he study demonstrated <br />that the pilot program achieved all of the following results: <br />(1) increased access to care for schoolage children. <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />http://www.leginfo.ca.¢ov/c¢i-bin/waiseate?WAISdocID=96954823257+2+tt+tt.~WA-Ca )~nnnnnu <br />