Jarvis, Craig,

Case Closed: Death in Day Care--Unlicensed Day Cares.... Craig Jarvis. - News & Observer, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 5, Family, 1522-3213; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Case Closed: Death in Day Care--Unlicensed Day Cares..., Feb. 17, 2003; pp. n.p..

"In the past four years [1999-2003], nearly one-third of North Carolina's 33 deaths in day care happened in unlicensed homes. But illegal providers are rarely caught or punished; criminal charges were filed against the operators of 3 percent of those homes the state identified over the past six years." (NEWS & OBSERVER) This article examines how unlicensed day cares are able to operate with "little fear of being caught or punished" and reports on one case where the caregiver was arrested and sentenced to jail.

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Child abuse--Investigation
Child care services--Law and legislation
Child care workers
Day care centers
Drugs--Nonprescription
Licenses
Sudden infant death syndrome


North Carolina

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