States are required to background check child care workers. Many are falling short

This story was produced by The 19th and reprinted with permission. More than a decade ago, Celia Sims sat in a room with parents whose precious children had died while at day care. Most had been neglected by their caregivers. Some died from injuries, others in their sleep.  Most of the children attended licensed facilities, […] The post States are required to background check child care workers. Many are falling short appeared first on The Hechinger Report.