Thursday, July 31, 2008

Child Care For Shift Workers

Okay,
Here's my next idea. I think someone should form a non-profit to deliver childcare to night-shift workers. I worked it all out in my head:
This center would have play/homework areas, a kitchen, and (mainly) beds in small dorm rooms.

Boys and girls separated and children also separated by age group: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12. There could be workers for each room, sort of like in a nursing home, and webcams so that parents and workers could keep an eye on them through the night.

Shifts covered could be 3-11, 7-7 and 11-7. Anywhere there are factories or hospitals (or both) would be perfect for marketing this idea. The center would not provide day care, but because of the dorms it could be transformed by day into a sick care center Monday-Friday for kids who have been treated, but are too sick to attend school. Two staff nurses can alternately supervise workers to meet this need.
While this has been done before in casinos and hospital markets in the West, it is always done as a for-profit partnership and so only workers associated with the partnership may take advantage of the child care.

I want to help the shift workers who are struggling to find acceptable care outside normal childcare hours.

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