A second Chaffee County child care worker is headed to a jury trial despite the swift acquittal of a coworker accused in the child abuse case stemming from a 5-year-old boy pulling down classmates’ pants. The child care center director should have taken action sooner and gotten outside help, Lintott said. Its founders set up a nonprofit called the Chaffee Childcare Initiative, with long-term goals of supporting more child care options in the Arkansas Valley. Chaffee County commissioners awarded a $133,000 grant this summer so the center can reopen under a new name, Ark Valley Preschool. The center is in the process of trying to hire child care workers.

Source: Daily Sun August 09, 2023 16:15 UTC