Oregon care providers fault new background checks

I myself knew a "child care provider" who smoked meth in her off hours, and barely passed her background check. The trick was, her child molesting and abusing husband wasn't required to have his background checked and regularly spend unsupervised time with the children his wife was supposed to care for. And she wasn't the only daycare person like that! Oregon needs a better system in place to protect our children. Many people are scamming low income parents and treating children appallingly for the two dollars an hour DHS pays for child care so they can get their evening fix. Did you know you don't have to have a license to provide daycare? That means no regulatory board or anything checking on some of these people, their homes, and their families. I myself have reported that person, and was told there was "nothing anyone would do since she was not licensed". I'm not saying there aren't legitimate child care providers, and I'm sure that plenty of people have a decent complaint; providing good care and having to wait for a paycheck would be frustrating. But isn't it better to know that our children are a little more protected? I think so.