Have you ever heard of $10,000 talking points? That’s about what Governor Brown’s administration is paying a Washington D.C. PR firm to spin its failure to keep our children safe.
The state’s Early Childhood Division suffered a blow to its credibility when children and staff at a Coos Bay day care center suffered swollen eyes and breathing problems from a dangerous pesticide. The center had developed a rap sheet of violations in the first year of operation, but the state took no action to improve the situation. Another day care center had over 100 violations before regulators finally shut it down.
The Oregon legislature fails to address lack of oversight of state-regulated day cares, even when children are drugged and left alone while their day care provider goes tanning - even though she had already been investigated by the state twice.
A secret audit revealed day-care horror stories, no action by the Office of Child Care alongside mounting issues at the state agency. Despite hiring two new personnel, the agency has failed to conduct 17 of 25 recommended audits. When will…
The Oregon Early Learning Division hired a D.C. PR firm to the tune of $200 an hour to craft “persuasive messages” to hide gaps in the state’s ability to protect vulnerable children. Shouldn’t Gov. Brown and her administration be spending…
A dangerous loophole in Oregon’s daycare laws allow marijuana distributors to live in homes approved as day care facility, placing vulnerable children at risk of exposure to large amounts of pot or tempting edibles with dangerous amounts of marijuana.
The Oregon State agency responsible for the safety of over 100,000 babies and small children decides it’s not worth testing day care facilities for lead because it might force childcare centers to close. Why isn’t the health of Oregon’s youngest…