The Healthcare Committee has been working with I-Cap and the Daycare committee in surveying the needs for a possible day care facility. The largest employers in the Howard and the parents of school children were surveyed for their thoughts on a new daycare facility. The MCCR staff has also compiled a survey of the current daycare providers regarding their daycare costs, hours, future plans and thoughts on a new day care and how it would impact their business. Contacts have also been made with the USDA regarding a non-profit, MCCR of municipality, applying for a Community Facilities Grant. There was a possibility of a private individual building the daycare.
Surveys show that the estimated cost to the parents for the care of the children was too high.
Elderly Transportation - This concern of the community has been addressed by both the Health Care and Elderly committee. The committees have set up a volunteer driver list and have published it in the area newspapers. The driving service is not to compete with the locally run I-CAP transportation bus. The purpose of the MCCR volunteer driver list is for non-emergency doctor visits to area towns. The committee set up the list and the phone calls for rides are funneled through the office and rides are arranged from there.