Department of Early Learning, Another Licensing Failure

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Marysville-teen-admits-daycare-crimes-161268135.html

This day care provider, Anne LaDale Moore,  ran 24 hours a day,  made $232,000.00, all paid by the taxpayers of Washington State all the while giving her son, Dakota Wilson, access to many children.

Now Dakota Wilson's violations against children won't identify him as a sex offender. Is this a story about the judicial system? The final failure in another taxpayer system?

 This is repeat behavior from his mom's day care in Idaho, three times he was investigated for sexually offending against children there.

The Department of Early Learning likely made no contact with Idaho in processing her getting a license here.

The pertinent information for the public and parents to know is they can't trust the department to do proper licensing or monitoring. There is no monitoring done before 8 a.m. or after 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.  There is no monitoring done on the weekends.

The Department of Early Learning website gives the illusion that licensing, monitoring and investigations are done properly, but that isn't the reality.

Child Care Resource and Referral now called Child Care Aware gets their funding from the state (via the Feds) and is again designed to give parents a false sense of security.

Child Care Resource and Referral now called Child Care Aware has NO access to the information that the state keeps on licensed day care facilities. You think when you call them, they are referring you to day care facilities that meet licensing regulations. They are not, they don't know.

Parents are in a difficult place in looking to keep their children safe in day care.