Level 2 background screens may no longer be enough to work or volunteer with youths who are enrolled in Escambia Children's ...

BOSTON, MA - In response to a recent 25 Investigates report exposing a loophole in the screening process for licensed daycare providers, Republican leaders in the Massachusetts State Senate are ...

SALT LAKE CITY — As the Utah Legislature faced concerns from some parents and child advocates about its push to allow more children in unlicensed daycares, state legislators proposed a compromise of ...

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Schools are under an intense microscope from parents, taxpayers, and the government. One slight mistake in hiring – even if that person doesn’t teach children – can have a catastrophic impact.

“I really think that they (day care providers) shouldn’t be allowed to be licensed without it (a background check),” she said. But before recent years, providers didn’t have to pass a fingerprinting ...

Many working parents trust someone else to take care of their children during the day. For many people, at-home day care centers are the most convenient and affordable choices. However, new state laws ...

This leads to one of the biggest myths in background screening that of a national database search The simple truth is, there is no single, all-inclusive national criminal database, not for churches, ...

Although layoffs are hitting hundreds of companies in Silicon Valley and beyond, those providing essential services can't hire fast enough. But amid statewide shutdowns and social distancing rules, a ...

Child care centers are already finding it almost impossible to hire, but providers say a coming change in the way the state applies federal law will throw up another barrier to hiring — potentially ...