As a single, working, parent of 5 children I have found the daycare license system far too lax. Daycare providers in Utah are given citations and in some cases are sent to jail for criminal offenses and then allowed to open a daycare again and it all gets swept under the rug. the parents have no clue! These kids aren't as safe as we think, just because the provider has a license! For example, one provider. We'll just call her Daycare Diana. She cared for 16 children while she was high on her couch for three years. She was finally arrested in cache county for drug abuse but opened and closed several daycares thereafter as the main care provider, and parents have no idea of her history! She changed her name and runs a daycare in another town now, and was just sighted for having unlocked firearms in the same home she was caring for 16 children! This isn't safe!

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