As the current regulation is written, it excludes ALL small personal care home providers in the state from serving as AIT training facilities. That being the case, the regulation not only favors large facilities,  but places all small group homes in the state of VA at an unfair disadvantage.

Around 25% of facilities in the state of Virginia are small group homes. Of those, there is a good percentage of those facilities that have more than one home and when all of their homes are combined, they total 20 beds or more. 

Small group homes are becoming more prevalent and there seems to be a higher demand for these settings as they provide individualized and often more cost effective care in a smaller and easier to navigate setting.  

We request the regulation is changed in order to be inclusive and not disadvantage small providers.