PROTECTING YOUR CHILDREN A TOP PRIORITY ESPECIALLY IF
THEY'RE IN DAYCARE THANK
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW POLICY
AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO RELIGIOUS
DAY CARES THAT ARE EXEMPT
FROM BEING LICENSED AND DO
NOT RECEIVE SUBSIDIES FROM
THE STATE WILL NOT BE SUBJECT
TO SURPRISE INSPECTIONS THERE
ARE ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED OF
THEM IN VIRGINIA ACTUALLY
INVESTIGATED WHY THESE DAY
CARES ARE EXEMPT FROM
LICENSING IN THE FIRST PLACE
BECOMING YOU MOM COMES WITH A
CERTAIN KIND OF MAGIC. I'VE
NEVER FELT THAT KIND OF LOVE
JOY IS OVERWHELMING WILL YOUR
SOUL UP TO THE BRIM WITH
HAPPINESS JUST FIFTY FIVE
DAYS AFTER BETSY CUMMINGS
GAVE BIRTH TO HER SON DYLAN
SHE HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK
THE SHE TOOK UM TO LITTLE
EAGLES DAYCARE IN NORFOLK BUT
THEN JUST HOURS LATER SHE
GETS A PHONE CALL PERSON SAID
THERE'S BEEN AN INTERN AT
THE DAYCARE AND THEN SHE SAID
IT'S AND BOBBY'S SONS DYLAN
WAS FOUND CLAMMY AND BLUE IN
HIS CRIB THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE CONCLUDED
HE DIED FROM SIDS A JUDGE
RULED THE INFANT'S DEATH
COULDN'T BE ATTRIBUTED
DIRECTLY TO THE DAYCARE
WORKERS HOWEVER INVESTIGATION
BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES FIELD STAFF
FAILED TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE
SUPERVISION AND PLACED THE OF
AND C FIFTY OF CHILDREN AT
RISK CUMMINGS LATER FOUND OUT
LITTLE EAGLES DAYCARE RUN BY
BETHEL TEMPLE CHURCH OF
DELIVERANCE WASN'T EVEN
LICENSED I WAS LIKE WHAT I
UNDERSTAND THEY WERE IN A
BUILDING IN TO HIM TO HOME
DAYCARE IN VIRGINIA
RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED A
CURES DON'T NEED A LICENSE TO
OPERATE ITS ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT LEGAL TO FIND OUT WHY
THE LAWS LIKE THAT YOU HAVE
TO GO BACK ABOUT FOUR YEARS
IN NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX
VIRGINIA IMPLEMENTED STRICTER
REGULATIONS FOR ALL DAY CARES
BRIDGE IN FROM PROGRAMS TO
HEALTH AND NUTRITION DALEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY
INDEPENDENT BAPTISTS SAID
THE CHURCH RUN FACILITIES
FELT THE WIND SWEEPING LAWS
STARTED TO THREATEN THEIR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH THESE
NEW REGULATIONS THAT THEY
WERE BRINGING IN NINETEEN
SEVENTY SIX ALSO IMPACTING
THE PROGRAM'S WHAT THEY WOULD
BE TEACH HE LEFT IS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE VIRGINIA
ASSEMBLY OF INDEPENDENT
BAPTISTS HE EXPLAINED IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX. SEVERAL
PASTORS GOT TOGETHER FEELING
THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WAS AT
STAKE THE BROUGHT THEIR
CONCERNS TO THE STATE I YOU
IS CONCERNED IS I AM ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT THESE
REGULATIONS COULD DO AND IS
THIS A DIRECTION THAT
THE STATES TRYING TO TAKE IN
ORDER TO BECOME MORE
INFLUENTIAL CONTROLLED
INFLUENTIAL CONTROLLED THE CHURCH IN NINETEEN
SEVENTY NINE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PASSED LEGISLATION THAT SAID
RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED A
CURES NO LONGER HAD TO BE
LICENSED IN VIRGINIA TODAY
AND THE MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE
HUNDRED LICENSED DAY CARES
ACROSS THE STATE ARE
INSPECTED AT LEAST TWICE A
YEAR WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR
BACKGROUND CHECKS TRAINING
AND HEALTH AND SAFETY
THE NINE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE
RELIGIOUSLY EXAM TAKERS ON
THE OTHER HAND SELF REPORT
COMPLAINTS BY SUBMITTING
DOCUMENTS TO THE STATE THE DO
NOT WANT THEIR TO BE ANY HINT
THAT THE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL
SERVICES IS IN CHARGE OVER
ARE PROGRAMS IN A WAY THAT
COULD IMPACT THEIR RELIGIOUS
TEACHINGS AND THOSE ASPECTS
IF LICENSING FOR THE PARTNER
SERVICES AND THE GIVE RULES
BUT THEN NOT FOLLOW UP ON
THOSE RULES INITIAL ARE BEING
DONE ON HOW TO SEE THE POINT
HAVING WILL BEGIN WITH
ACCORDING TO SOCIAL SERVICES
THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL OF
TWENTY A CHILD A CURE DEATHS
STATEWIDE FROM TWO THOUSAND
FOR TO TWENTY EIGHTEEN BUT IT
DOESN'T TRACK WHETHER
THE DEATHS OCCURRED OUT
LICENSED OR RELIGIOUS EXAM
FACILITIES COMING SAID IT'S
THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT OR
RELIGIOUS FACILITIES THAT
CONCERNING ON THEIR ALL DOING
THE THINGS THING EVERYONE'S
WATCHING CHILDREN FOR MONEY
DALEY SAID HE HAS NO PROBLEM
AT THE STATE COMES INSPECTS
RELIGIOUS FACILITY IF THERE'S
A COMPLAINT FILED. HOWEVER HE
SAID HE'S AGAINST REQUIRED
INSPECTIONS BEEFY LIKE LACK
OF OVERSIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO
RELIGIOUS DAY CARES THAT'S
NOT AN ISSUE WE DON'T BELIEVE
THIS OTHERWISE WE WOULD SEE
AN OUTPOURING OF REPORTS OF
RELIGIOUS SEES AND DAYCARE
NOT FALLING THROUGH IN A BE
CLOSING UP HE SAID IT'S ABOUT
PRESERVING THE SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE MAKING SURE
NO ONE CAN COME IN WITH AN
AGENDA BUT FOR PARENTS LIKE
COMING SHE SAID SHE WISHED
SHE KNEW MY A FAMILY AND I
HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE A
ALWAYS WONDERING SPEND NINE
MONTHS PREGNANT WONDERING
WHAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AN
AND WHEN WAS GOING TO SOUND
LIKE WHEN HE SAYS MOMMY HOLD
THE COOL THINGS A YOUR ABOUT
EXPERIENCE AS A PARENT FOR C
OF SCHOOL WEDDINGS AND
EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN ALL
THOSE