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EAST SIDE, JULIAN GRACE, 24 HOUR
NEWS 8.
Eric: THANK YOU, JULIAN.
AN INDIANAPOLIS MOTHER SAYS
SOMEONE ABUSED HER TWO KIDS WHEN
THEY WERE LEFT AT DAYCARE.
Debby: THE DAYCARE FACILITY
PRIDE ACADEMY, A MINISTRY-BASED
FACILITY DISAGREES AND SAYS THE
KIDS ARE BEING NEGLECTED.
ERIN MURPHY REPORTS NOW THAT THE
STATE HAS DIFFERENT REGULATIONS
FOR A MINISTRY-BASED FACILITY
AND LICENSED FACILITIES.
PART.
EVERYTHING WAS COVERED.
AND I DON'T SEE HOW TWO TEACHERS
COULD HAVE MISSED THAT.
Reporter: THE MANAGER THE
PRIDE ACADEMY WAS FIRM, THERE
WAS NO ABUSE.
HOWEVER THEY DO ADMIT THAT THE
INFANT WAS BIT BY ANOTHER CHILD.
I'M AFRAID THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN.
Reporter: MINDY BENNET WITH
CHILD CARE URGES PARENTS TO DO
THEIR HOME WORK.
THE MINISTRY DAYCARE IS NOT HELD
AT THE STATE REGULATION AS A
LICENSED FACILITY.
IN INDIANA THERE IS SUCH A
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE,
AND THERE IS A FEAR OUT THERE
THAT IF THERE ARE MORE
REGULATIONS PUT ON OUR
REGISTERED MINISTRIES, THEY'LL
BEGIN TO REGULATE OTHER THINGS
LIKE WHAT THE CHURCH CAN TEACH.
Reporter: BENNET SAID
LICENSED FACILITIES HAVE MORE
THAN 200 RULES THEY MUST ABIDE
BY.
MINISTRY BASED DAYCARES HAVE
JUST OVER 20.
I BELIEVE ALL CHILD CARE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE DOING CARE FOR
PAY, FOR CHILDREN, SHOULD HAVE
TO HAVE BASIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
STANDARDS.
THEY SHOULD HAVE RATIO
REQUIREMENTS, THEY SHOULD HAVE
SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS.
WHICH MEANS THEY NEED TO BE
WITHIN SIGHT AND SOUND OF THE
CHILD.
Reporter: PRIDE ACADEMY COULD
APPLY FOR A FULL CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD
FOLLOW FULL REGULATION.
THAT PROGRAM.
THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT WILL
CHANGE SOON BUT THEY SAY THEY
ALREADY FOLLOW A LOT OF STATE
REQUIREMENTS PUT IN PLACE FOR
STATE FACILITIES.
WE DO HAVE TIMES WHEN
CHILDREN BITE OTHER CHILDREN.
WHAT WE DO IS WE FILL OUT A
FORM, STATING WHAT HAPPENED, THE
ACCIDENT, AND WE GET A SIGNATURE
FROM THE TEACHER, FROM ME AND
THE PARENT.
Debby: YOU CAN SEARCH THROUGH
THE 1400 REGISTERED CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS AT THEIR WEBSITE AT
www.childcare.com.
THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT THEY HAD
CALLED THE STATE FEARING FOR
THEIR WELL-BEING AND THERE ARE