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The State Of Child Care In Oregon

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It's a reality of life in our time that few parents get to stay home full-time with the kids.  So that makes child care very important to many families. 

The recent case of 43 children sickened by insecticide spraying at a Coos Bay daycare reminds us that things can and do go wrong in places where children receive care. 

Plenty of agencies are available to support and train providers, including the and the .  Margie McNabb from OELD visits, along with Mary Wolf from the CCRN and Dr. Bobbie Weber from Oregon State University.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.