Missouri Private Investigator License

Missouri Private Investigator License

Missouri Private Investigator License

Not all daycares are licensed, nor do they have to be. Even if a childcare provider doesn’t wish to have a licensed daycare (there are some legitimate reasons not to be licensed), knowing and meeting the regulations and requirements for licensing a daycare can be a good idea, and it isn't as difficult as it might seem at first.

Some believe that daycare regulations should be viewed as minimum requirements, that good childcare providers will meet and even exceed the requirements. Childcare veteran Joy Balfour says, "Meeting those minimum standards is easy. Most of them are just common sense, anyway. People who care about kids would do most of those things, and more, without being told that they have to do them. It's good for the kids, to have those safety and nutrition guidelines there."

Joy Balfour should know – she has operated facilities in several states, and has served as a consultant to other daycare centers, preschools, and private schools. Since 2006, she has been working in a group home. Referring to her long career with children, she says, "I was there when the FBI first started doing the fingerprinting [of people in child-centered professions]... Now, it's required, and it's all computerized, and they don't even use ink anymore – they just scan them [an applicant's fingerprints]."