DPHHS announces new background check procedure for daycare operators after troubling report

Earlier this month, Montana lawmakers heard from the Department of Public Health and Human Services about a troubling audit report which said the state’s largest division had not detected sexual or violent offenders living at the same addresses as childcare providers.

That audit report, prepared by the Legislative Audit Division, said that auditors found three instances where offenders listed on a publicly available database lived at the same locations as the childcare provider, including one that was still operating...