Suspecting Child Abuse

As you may have surmised, the Department of Family and Protective Services Childcare Licensing Division operates in an adversarial role with daycare operators. Daycare operators are well aware that any contact with Childcare Licensing could be detrimental. Because many Childcare Licensing representatives, and apparently Department of Family and Protective Services District Directors, are prone to falsifying write-ups any daycare operator making contact with Childcare Licensing invites trouble.

One must consider the reasons as to why children's daycares exist before understanding how the State of Texas Childcare Licensing Division is detrimental to the safety and well-being of children in Texas.  Children's daycares exist to allow parents the ability to earn income or advance their education to better support their families by allowing them to leave their children with trained individuals who will care for their children. Another purpose for daycares, and one not realized by Adrienne Driggers the Southwest District Director, is that daycares allow the State to oversee the care of a concentrated amount of children.

There is no greater thing in the world than to be able to help children and the community. When childcare licensing has proven themselves to be hostile towards daycare operators the focus of a daycares operations become more a matter of self preservation. So if a daycare suspects a child is being abused it is far more likely for a daycare to dis-enroll the child with the hope that someone else will solve the problem rather than risk giving childcare licensing the opportunity to harm the daycare. It was in San Antonio where I spoke with several daycare operators that expressed this concern. I was naïve at that time. I didn't realize how animalistic Childcare Licensing Representatives and their District Director were. Any contact with Childcare Licensing is a gamble.

When a daycare is closed because a District Director or Childcare Licensing Representative is using their power to settle a score those children that were once being cared for in a concentrated facility are now scattered into the community to be cared for by people who are neither trained nor have the oversight of the State of Texas. Several things can happen as a result: children could get molested, seriously injured or even killed.

SOAH Update

Our hearing with SOAH was to be held today but was postponed due to an unexpected medical emergency. Patricia Fernandez, the attorney representing Adrienne Driggers, attempted to deny our request for a continuance but was overruled by the presiding judge. This normally would not have been a big deal were it not for the fact that within 15 minutes of Ms. Fernandez attempting to deny our request for a continuance she and the State Office of Administrative Hearings were bombarded with calls from the offices of  State Representative Abel Herrero and State Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa. Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa is a member of the Sunset Review Committee that is reviewing the Department of Family and Protective Services. If Ms. Fernandez had not attempted to deny the continuance, it is very likely that Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa's office would not have known of our blog or witnessed the tactics that have been used against us.

We thank all of you for your support. Our war to expose Adrienne Driggers, the Southwest District Director of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and the broken system which has given her unlimited and unchecked powers is resonating throughout the world. For all of you in Texas that are following this blog, we ask you to join us in spreading the word of the abuse of power as this battle is for the protection of all of the children in Texas and for the protection of the rights afforded us under the United States Constitution. For those of you that are following these events outside of the United States, we appreciate your support as our war against intolerance and tyranny are a universal theme. We are the disenfranchised fighting against certain wicked members of our State government. We take comfort in knowing that so many people are supporting our cause. With the exception of Antarctica, our message has spread to every continent. The growth of this blog is growing exponentially.