I am in full support of this petition.

Small group homes are an important option for the consumer. Not only that, in the past several years, more and more consumers have been turning to the smaller group homes to care for their loved ones. It is a growing market. 

Changing the current standard to include small providers will give access to group homes that are currently being denied the option.  At the very least small providers should have the choice to become an AIT Training facility. Not doing so, will leave small providers at a significant disadvantage to the larger facilities which is unfair as well as it will create an extra financial and workforce burden on them. The current standard discriminates against the small group homes. 

Allowing for small providers to become an AIT Training facility will benefit them as well as those they are caring for.