As promised in our reform request e-mail sent on Thursday 11/30, we have gathered real-life experiences from providers of every modality across the entire state demonstrating the oppression and injustices of the current regulatory and enforcement process and intend to share them with you daily until our requests are satisfied.

During pickup time at a licensed in-home provider’s basement level program, a parent allowed her 2-year-old child to run ahead up the stairs while exiting the program for the day.  Unfortunately, the child fell down the stairs from the top step.  Since the office was closed when the provider contacted the licensor immediately after the incident, she was instructed to contact the regional office.  After explaining the situation, the regional office advised that since the provider is a mandated reporter, she had to file a complaint with CPS for negligence against the parent for allowing the child to run up the stairs unattended.  They said the provider would receive repercussions against her if she did not report the incident to CPS.  The provider had no choice but to contact CPS and report the parent despite disagreeing with the idea that there was intentional negligence on the parent’s end.   

-Family-based Childcare Provider in Central New York

Your urgent consideration and action is requested as a systemic reform is long overdue and there are elements of the current regulatory/enforcement process that infringe on our constitutional protections. We eagerly await your response.

NYS Childcare Providers