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The Day-Care Threat
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Day-Care Threat series
Day-care owners fear coming changes in state
Care providers brace for an indiscriminate crackdown as the state weighs tougher rules. Updated Dec. 9, 2012
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The number of children dying in Minnesota's licensed child-care facilities has risen sharply in the past five years, from incidents that include asphyxia, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and unexplained causes.
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House on Gorman St. in West St. Paul that is the location of a daycar...
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Sexual abusers in day cares are often other kids
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE and JEREMY OLSON ,Star Tribune staff writers Publish October 21, 2012 2:00 AM / Update October 22, 2012 9:48 AMMore than 65 children have been sexually abused in Minnesota child-care facilities since 2007 in cases often linked to supervision failures by in-home providers.
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Home day cares present extra set of challenges
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE and JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune staff writers Publish October 21, 2012 2:00 AM / Update October 22, 2012 1:08 PMMore than 700 home daycares have been shut down since 2002 for violations ranging from drinking to domestic violence.
This day-care crib won’t be allowed by law next year. Dianne Echohawk, left, is a provider. Kathy Griffin is an inspector.
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Pushed by grieving parents, Kansas makes sweeping reforms
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE , Star Tribune Publish September 16, 2012 2:00 AM / Update September 17, 2012 10:15 AMResults could hold lessons for Minnesota, other states.
Alexander Gragert's grave
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Panel urges child-care safety fixes
Article By: JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune Publish September 8, 2012 2:00 AM / Update September 7, 2012 11:20 PMRecommendations include giving providers better training to protect sleeping infants.
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Lawyer: Farmington day-care provider is being made a scapegoat after baby's death while sleeping
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE , Star Tribune Publish August 9, 2012 2:00 AM / Update August 9, 2012 10:49 AMA Farmington day-care provider has admitted infant was sleeping on bed, not in crib. Negligence should not be assumed, her lawyer said.
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Parents often turn blind eye to faulty home day care
Article By: JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune Publish August 27, 2012 2:00 AM / Update August 26, 2012 9:53 PMLoyalty, few options cited for tolerating iffy conditions.
Minnesota has some of the leanest training requirements in the nation for in-home child care, according to a Star Tribune review of licensing data.
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Child-care providers have two sets of rules
Article By: JEREMY OLSON, BRAD SCHRADE and GLENN HOWATT , Star Tribune Publish July 15, 2012 2:00 AM / Update July 16, 2012 3:35 PMHome-based child-care providers operate with lighter regulation than large child-care centers.
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A data void surrounds child-care deaths in US
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE and JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune s taff w riters Publish July 30, 2012 2:00 AM / Update July 30, 2012 9:16 AMBetter tracking nationwide could save lives, a watchdog report says.
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Child-care providers can keep guns in home
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE and JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune Publish July 15, 2012 2:00 AM / Update July 14, 2012 10:19 PMLaws limit accessibility, but the penalties are uneven.
Beverly Anne Greenagel
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Day-care provider faces felony charge in baby's death
Article By: JEREMY OLSON and BRAD SCHRADE , Star Tribune staff writers Publish July 12, 2012 2:00 AM / Update July 12, 2012 7:11 AMAn Eagan day-care provider faces a manslaughter count after 3-month-old suffocated while taking a nap.
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State questions lapse in notification after day-care death
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE and JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune Publish July 14, 2012 2:00 AM / Update July 14, 2012 8:00 AMState regulators question why it took Stearns County a week to notify them of a toddler's death.
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Minnesota day-care deaths draw calls for change
Article By: JEREMY OLSON and BRAD SCHRADE , Star Tribune staff writers Publish July 4, 2012 2:00 AM / Update July 3, 2012 9:36 PMState regulators want more training for providers, better compliance with rules.
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Stearns County day-care provider loses license
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE and JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune staff writers Publish July 3, 2012 2:00 AM / Update July 2, 2012 11:03 PMThe suspension in Stearns County came after a boy died, the year's seventh death at an in-home child-care center in Minnesota.
At the St Vincent de Paul Cemetery in Osseo, Serena Gragert lost her...
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Minnesota shuts down 2 child-care providers
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE and JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune Publish June 23, 2012 2:00 AM / Update June 23, 2012 7:36 AMInfants died at homes where safe-sleep rules weren't followed.
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Lack of child-care records puts Minnesota kids at risk
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE and JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune Publish May 30, 2012 2:00 AM / Update May 30, 2012 6:23 AMMinnesota lags in posting data on licensing problems, safety violations.
Alexander's grave
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Overcrowded day cares 'a recipe for disaster'
Article By: JEREMY OLSON, BRAD SCHRADE and GLENN HOWATT , Star Tribune staff writers Publish May 20, 2012 2:00 AM / Update May 22, 2012 10:34 AMWhen care providers take too many children, dangers multiply. Several sites of child-care deaths had been cited for capacity violations.
Robert Fletcher visited his son’s grave. Blake, bottom left, died sleeping facedown in a day-care playpen.
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Asleep at day care and in deadly peril
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE, JEREMY OLSON and GLENN HOWATT , Star Tribune Publish May 6, 2012 2:00 AM / Update May 7, 2012 10:41 AMMore Minnesota children are dying in day care, mostly at in-home providers.
Lori Yalartai had two children at the Arena child care center before i...
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'Immediate' closing of Brooklyn Center day care took 5 years
Article By: JEREMY OLSON and BRAD SCHRADE , Star Tribune staff writers Publish February 16, 2012 2:00 AM / Update May 5, 2012 9:42 AMState officials vow to take swifter action against centers that consistently disregard safety rules.
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Deaths in Minn. day cares rising, mostly in home-based settings
Article By: BRAD SCHRADE , Star Tribune Publish March 4, 2012 2:00 AM / Update March 5, 2012 9:45 AMFatalities are concentrated in home-based providers. Officials are trying to find out why.
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Boy's death at Coon Rapids day care blamed on rare heart disease
Publish March 24, 2012 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2012 9:49 PMThe 8-month-old boy died at a Coon Rapids home day care.
Arena Early Learning Center was closed by the state in January. State officials say children there were at risk of “sudden death.”
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Brooklyn Center day care facility was 'ticking time bomb'
Article By: WARREN WOLFE , Star Tribune Publish February 15, 2012 2:00 AM / Update February 14, 2012 9:21 PMBrooklyn Center facility serving 88 children had scores of violations before the state shut it down.
The doors were locked at the Arena Early Learning Center in Brooklyn C...
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State closes troubled Brooklyn Center day-care center
Article By: PAUL WALSH and WARREN WOLFE , Star Tribune Publish February 3, 2012 2:00 AM / Update February 2, 2012 10:41 PMRisk of harm to children cited as reason for closing Brooklyn Center facility. The rare step reflected imminent dangers, officials said.
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