Daycare Database: DSS website update

BAKERSFIELD, CA - There are nearly 250 active licenses for daycare facilities in Kern County. In the past five years, 68 facilities have had Type-A citations -- the type the state requires be fixed immediately. At some facilities, those details can be shocking -- local kids getting into rat poison, being injured by staff, or wandering off the property.In May, we created a daycare database, posting inspection records on our website from local licensed daycare facilities with violations. The stat