Montana home-based child care ranks low

A national report http://www.naccrra.org/policy/recent_reports/fcc_report.php gives Montana low marks on the state of home-based child care businesses, but a state official says the report is unfair and inaccurate.

The report by the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies http://www.naccrra.org/ ranks Montana 40th out of 50 states in protections it provides to children in home-based day-care settings.

Linda K. Smith, the group’s executive director, said Montana does not do enough to inspect and regulate home child-care providers.

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