Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 391 – Intent and purposes
The intent and purposes of this subchapter are to:
(1) Provide child day-care facilities available within this State so as to provide safe, adequate, economical care for children whose parents, guardians or custodians are employed or are seeking employment or are enrolled in training or education courses or where this service would contribute to the resolution of family problems;
(2) Secure by decentralized neighborhood management the highest attainable degree of assurance that each child day-care center will properly and economically meet the needs of those children who can make the best use of that service within their neighborhoods under supervision of the Division of Social Services consistent with the objectives in view.
31 Del. C. 1953, § ?388; 56 Del. Laws, c. 347; 57 Del. Laws, c. 212, § ?9; 58 Del. Laws, c. 64, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 391
- Child: means a person who has not yet attained the child's eighteenth birthday. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 301
- Child day-care center: means a facility designed and prescribed to meet the daily physical, mental and social needs of children from infancy through 6 years, who would be eligible to be served, in a consistent, wholesome and efficient manner. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 390
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302