This project provides for renovation or replacement of child care facilities to ensure compliance with new laws pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This project remedies ADA non-compliant features at child care centers located in County buildings.

Design and construction across multiple projects will take place sequentially, with a new project completed every other year. The Lawton Child Care facility is programmed first and is expected to be completed by FY28.

Cost estimate updated to align with recent actual project expenditures.

This project is designed to bring child care facilities and playgrounds into compliance with Federal ADA requirements and child care accreditation standards.

The department is required to provide notice and information to Council in writing 60 days before construction funding is obligated or spent. The notice must identify each project programmed for construction with the anticipated scope of work, cost estimates, and an expenditure schedule. For administrative and tracking purposes, the appropriation for ADA remediation is separated from other types of child care renovation projects, beginning in FY25. Funding for this project is directly shifted from a legacy project (#601901).

Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County Public Schools, Department of General Services, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and child care center service providers