As a professional serving older adults, families and professionals in Northern Virginia and the entire mid-atlantic for the last 35 years I would urge you to allow communities with fewer than 20 residents to become training facilities for administrators in Virginia.

These communities provide an important option and choice for older adults and their families. By restricting training you are not only minimizing the options/choices for career development in a segment that desperately needs as many qualified team members as possible. 

In my opinion however, the biggest problem is that you are taking a position of endorsing a care model based on an arbitrary size of a community.  These communities provide the same services and support as communities with 20 or more residents, Virginia consumers need to explore every option to find a home of their preference. While you may not think that the training policy does not impact consumer choice, it is sending a message to the community at large that there is a significant difference in the eyes of the State of Virginia.

Again, I would urge you to allow communities with fewer than 20 residents to become training facilities for administrators in Virginia.