Central Texas Daycare Death Ruled Accidental Mar 5, 2008
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services' childcare licensing department is still investigating the death. . (KWTX.com, TX)
Toddler Dies After Choking At Central Texas Daycare Feb 27, 2008
A spokesman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services tells the Austin American-Statesman that the department's childcare licensing department is investigating the death. . (KWTX.com, TX)
New information about DHS investigation Jun 16, 2007
Childcare Licensing investigated the allegations and found inappropriate discipline was used. " This doesn't necessarily mean workers found the specific complaint to be true but they did find children were hit while at the daycare. DHS let the daycare stay open after Tayor promised in her own handwriting not to hit kids. After that point, there were no more complaints of physical abuse and Taylor was never charged with a crime. Her daycare was also allowed to say open after 2004... (FOX23.com, OK)
CMCA looks to community for a ‘Head Start' - Cooper County Head Start program seeks new facility to bring children back to classroom Apr 29, 2007
Visits to the building were made by the Fire Marshall's office, the state sanitation office and the regional childcare licensing office ... Since the facility closed, the staff has been searching for a new location to get the children back in the classroom but so far they cannot find anything that meets all the childcare licensing standards and the Program Performance Standards for Head Start. (Boonville Daily News, MO)
Groups slam Austin-area immigrant lockup Feb 24, 2007
Texas officials have helped ensure lack of accountability by exempting Hutto from state childcare licensing requirements. Detainees are treated like criminals guards constantly threaten parents and children end up psychologically traumatized. (San Antonio Express)
• Children in day-care van left unattended Feb 9, 2007
"The school (Chimneyrock Elementary) was contacted by (Tennessee DHS case manager Carolyn) Neal, and she did ask to speak with the monitor. The monitor wasn't available to speak with DHS and so we left a message at the school for her to return our call and she never did," said Linda Roach, program supervisor for the Childcare Licensing Department of DHS for Shelby County ... "DHS reviewed a complaint (on Jan. 22) alleging that children were left unattended on a van, and DHS then verified this... (Bartlett Express, TN)
