This project provides for the replacement of County-owned modular child care facilities.

Design and construction across multiple projects will take place sequentially through FY30.

Cost increase is due largely to cost escalation and expanded scope related to stormwater management and electrical work for the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park facility replacement project.

This project is designed to bring child care facilities and playgrounds into compliance with 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 child care facility replacement 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