Barton, Andrea Family Child Care

102417(a) · Operation of A Family Child Care Home (a) The licensee shall be present in the home and shall ensure that children in care are supervised at all times. When circumstances require the licensee to be temporarily absent from the home, the licensee shall arrange for a substitute adult to care for and supervise the children during his/her absence. Temporary absences shall not exceed 20 percent of the hours that the facility is providing care per day.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The LPA arrived at the facility at 9:00 a.m. and rang the doorbell. Through the door’s panel window, the LPA observed a teenage child lying on the couch and an infant asleep in a swing. The LPA waved at the teenage child, who immediately stood up. The LPA remained at the door but no longer observed the teenage child. A few minutes later, the teenage child returned and used his foot to pull the swing, moving the infant out of the LPA’s view. The LPA rang the doorbell and knocked on the door three additional times. The LPA also attempted to contact the licensee by calling three times, leaving two voicemails, and sending a text message. Nineteen minutes later, the licensee responded via text, stating that her phone had been dead and that she was outside in the backyard with one infant and three children while they were playing. Per the licensee’s own admission, the licensee stated that she was not in the home with the other four children in care and had left Infant #1 in the care of her 15-year-old son which posed an immediate health, safety or personal risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/16/2025

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102423(a)(4) · Personal Rights (a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged by the licensee regardless of consent or authorization from the child's authorized representative. These rights include, but are not limited to, the following: (4) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse, or other actions of a punitive nature, including, but not limited to: interference with eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Upon arrival, the LPA observed Infant #1 asleep in a compact swing and being supervised by a teenage child and also observed the teenage child moving the infant in the compact swing using his foot that placed the infant at risk of injury, which posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/16/2025

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102417(c) · Operation of A Family Child Care Home (c) The home shall maintain telephone service.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The LPA attempted to contact the licensee by calling three times, leaving two voicemails, and sending a text message. The licensee stated that her phone was dead which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/16/2025

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102425(i) · Infant Safe Sleep If an infant falls asleep before being placed in a crib or play yard, the provider shall move the infant to a crib or play yard as soon as possible.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPA observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed infant #1 asleep on the compact swing which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/15/2025

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