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Hoosier State Ranks Last In Setting Standards For Home Day Cares (with Video)

By Melissa Long
By Emma Koch
February 20, 2013 Updated Feb 20, 2013 at 6:34 PM EDT

INDIANA (www.incnow.tv) -- The 2012 Leaving Children To Chance report ranks Indiana last when it comes to setting standards to govern home day cares.

Under Indiana law, individuals only need a day care licence if they care for six or more unrelated children. The report used several benchmarks to come to their finding including frequency of state inspections, background checks and training.



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