Local Man Fights for Quality Child Care
Twinsburg — Since 1998, when his 5-month old daughter died from injuries she received at an unregulated family child care home, Twinsburg resident Lawrence Hall has worked to improve conditions and create accountability at child care facilities in Ohio.
Last month, he traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, to urge lawmakers to continue providing funding for Ohio child care facilities.
“The Child Care Development Block Grant is funding that states already receive,” said Hall, who serves on the Board of Directors for the Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association. “Our goal was to urge representatives and senators to sponsor a bill re-authorizing this funding, but we also want to see language of the bill changed to require more inspections of professional child care facilities.”
May 4th, 2009 at 8:47 am
I live one town over from Mr. Hall, and I strongly commend him for his efforts to improve the quality of child care in Ohio and across the U.S. Ohio is making good strides to provide licensed, quality care across the state, and I look forward to continued improvements.
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