Day Care - Take Two - What about the Managers?

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Again as in my last article blog I see no mention of managers.

The author of this article gives no tip that a parent can call state child day care licensing agencies and make a public disclosure or Freedom of Information Act request to get copies of all records on the day care facility they are considering.

State government at least in Washington State has come into the computer age and scanning in documents age whereby acquiring that information is now fairly quick and can be helpful in a parent making decisions about day care.

The author does not give the parent the information that although Child Care Resource and Referrals get millions of your tax dollars they have NO access to the licensing history, the complaint history or violation history on any day care provider or facility. Thus when they give you a name and number to call, they cannot give you the most valuable important information you need to make your decisions.

My suggestion is use the Freedom of Information Act and any state public disclosure laws to get copies of records. There may be problems with that as well as some states hide information from the public even when you make a public disclosure request.

The State of Washington through the Department of Early Learning (DEL) at this date has made significant improvement in that aspect, the headquarters public disclosure manager will at this time fulfill your request efficiently and effectively.

DEL could but won't at this time put that information directly on their website. Right now we are still working on DEL to comply with a 2007 law passed by the Washington State legislature to post revocation, denial and suspension information. Which is extremely important as folks who've had their licenses revoked continued to provide care. In some cases where there had been a child death.

Yes, a study on managers is definitely in order for the benefit of the tax paying community and the lives of your children.