As the Licensing Compliance Coordinator/Health Care Coordinator for Patrick Henry Boy's & Girl's Homes I do not feel that it would be beneficial to abolish the Minimum Standards for which Child Residential Facilities are governed. In reality to abolish these standards would be unfavorable in the fact that it would in  no way improve the quality of services provide by our facility but would increase cost to implement and maintain the standards as set forth for Child Residential Facilities. The change of standards would increase cost per resident and require an increased budget (which would be a strain in today's economy). The fact that we remain after 50 years of service a private, self funded organization easily enables one to see that a change in standards requiring additional funds for the organization would be more harmful than advantageous in regards to the services we provide. In our tenure no child has been denied admission to our program due to the parent or guardian's inability to pay and it is our goal to maintain this standard.