Ireland Stapleton Pryor &amp; Pascoe, PC Director, <a href="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/people/attorneys/bio?id=43&amp;name=Laura%20J.%20Hazen">Laura Hazen</a>, has joined the SungateKids Board of Directors.

Accepting this position furthers Hazen's personal mission to change the national conversation about the prevention of abuse and neglect in group child care.  Hazen is driven to encourage providers to engage in conversations about ensuring the safety of children while managing corporate liability to ensure continuity of care.

SungateKids is a nonprofit children's advocacy agency serving Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln Counties.  The group's mission is to coordinate a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary community response designed to meet the needs of abused children and their families, safely reveal the truth about a crime, avoid re-traumatizing the child and family, and help begin the healing process.

Hazen leads Ireland Stapleton's child care/early education practice area.  In this capacity, Hazen focuses on regulatory, licensing, and employment issues, together with other unique problems faced by child care providers.  Further, Hazen frequently writes for and lectures to the Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado.