I urge legislators to keep in mind the families within the communities while considering any proposed child care regulation change.  Working with families in Fairfax County, I have been able to see first hand how critical the child care subsidies are in the families efforts to achieve a viable quality of life.  At Falls Church-McLean Children's Center 60% of our families work full time for minimum wage.  Several of our families work more than one job, and still fall within the guidelines of our nations definition of "working poor".  The proposed 72-month limit on child care subsidy could greatly affect these families.  The typical time that families require child care for their children is for the first 12 years of their life.  While the first 6 years may include full-time child care, even when children go to school before and after care is necessary in order for the families to maintain employment.  Likewise, many families have more than one child, and would not be able to access child care for the second child, if the first child's care was during the proposed 72 month limit.  This regulation will definitely affect the bottom line of our state budget, but by no means thinks of the economic value of a self sufficient family.