Laurie,
As far as I am aware, Mississippi is not REQUIRING day care providers to provide formula. However, it recently came to my attention that some Day Care Centers (Early Head Start) are providing formula. It seems they do not feel confident in the parents' ability to provide correctly prepared bottles. This was brought to my attention by a member of our Childcare Licensing Staff, who just happened to ask the correct questions during a site visit.
Laura


In a message dated 11/7/2002 4:09:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

> My neighbor is an in-home licensed child care provider. She is a part
> of a food program for child care providers where she is reimbursed for food
> expenses up to a set amount per child. Within the last few months there was a
> policy change. Previously child care providers in this program were only
> required to provide food for babies eating solids. Now they
> are required to
> provide FORMULA for babies as well!

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