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Day Care

The lack of online child care facility inspection information leaves parents in the dark.

Posted inAccountability, Day Care, The God Loophole

Boy’s death renews effort to license religious day cares in Alabama

by Amy Julia Harris September 5, 2017September 5, 2017

Kamden Johnson hopped into a van at Community Church Ministries in Mobile. Hours later, the 5-year-old’s body was found dumped in a driveway.

Posted inAccountability, Day Care, Religion, Religion and Government, The God Loophole, U.S. Education

Child Care Safety Act would give state oversight of religious day cares

by Amy Julia Harris February 21, 2017February 22, 2017

Alabama lawmakers introduced a landmark bill to abolish a longstanding law that exempts more than 900 religious day cares from state oversight.

Posted inAccountability, Day Care

Tell us about your experience with an au pair

by Byard Duncan November 5, 2016November 7, 2016

Experiences with au pairs are common in America. And we want to hear your stories.

Posted inAccountability, Day Care, Religion, Religion and Government, The God Loophole

Baptist college student says religious day cares should follow rules

by Amy Julia Harris October 21, 2016October 28, 2016

A growing online petition calls for the end of “The God Loophole,” the patchwork of laws around the country that exempt faith-based day cares from licensing rules designed to protect children.

Posted inAccountability, Day Care, The God Loophole

Florida’s religious freedoms have let notorious day care owners thrive

by Amy Julia Harris October 21, 2016June 30, 2021

Florida is one of 16 states that grants certain freedom from oversight to religious day cares.

Posted inDay Care, Religion, The God Loophole

Alabama bill to license religious child cares introduced

by Amy Julia Harris April 20, 2016April 20, 2016

An Alabama lawmaker has introduced a bill to license the more than 900 religious day cares in the state that currently operate without almost no government oversight.

Posted inDay Care, Impact, Religion, The God Loophole

Bill to end religious exemption in Alabama to be introduced next week

by Amy Julia Harris April 14, 2016April 15, 2016

For the first time in the state’s history, an Alabama lawmaker is introducing a bill to overturn the state’s religious exemption for faith-based day cares.

Posted inDay Care

Child care records for San Mateo County now online

by Jennifer LaFleur April 17, 2015June 30, 2021

With the help of NBC Bay Area and Stanford University journalism students, Reveal has expanded its online child care database – which already includes records for Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and Napa counties – with data for San Mateo County.

Posted inDay Care

California day care centers stay open despite long lists of violations

by Katharine Mieszkowski and Jennifer LaFleur January 24, 2015November 29, 2018

Ten day care centers in California have racked up more than two dozen serious violations in the past five years, but all still are licensed and operat

Posted inDay Care

Are child care records online in your state?

by Jennifer LaFleur, Katharine Mieszkowski and Aaron Williams January 24, 2015June 16, 2015

Twenty-nine states provide access to information from child care inspection and complaint records online. Another nine have online access to limited information or for a limited group of facilities. In the remaining states, including in California, the public can’t get details about inspection findings online.

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