We urge the governing body of North Carolina to reject the decision by the North Carolina Department of Human Services to stop the funding for students attending Perkins Professional Day Care. Closing Perkins Professional Day Care will not only effect the children attending, but it will also be a complete loss to the community.

There is no conceived evidence provided by NC DHHS that this child care facility is nothing but a stable environment for children in the community. This center has provided childcare for 39 years to multiple generations of children in and around Rockingham County. Perkins Professional Day Care has been wrongfully accused of falsifying information, harassed, and penalized for sign-in , sign-out sheets, while maintaining 97% accuracy. The allegations have nothing to do with the exemplar care given to the children who attend the center daily. Closing a center like this will not only effect parents by having to relocate their children, but it robs the community and the precious children of their home away from home.