• Type A

  102423(a)(2) · (a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged…These rights include, but are not limited to, the following: (2) To receive safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations, furnishings, and equipment. This was not met as evidenced by Licensee will immediately cease ALL usage of the garage for day care purposes. Children shall be offered safe, comfortable and healthful accommodations within the on-limits space of the interior of the facility. Within the next 24 hours, Licensee will submit to LPA a declaration of understanding and written statement acknowledging the cessation Based on LPA observations and interviews, Licensee utilizes their garage as primary care space for day care children, not the interior of the home. Children eat and sleep in the garage and have to sit, stand, or lay on the ground during activities. This is an immediate health safety and personal rights risk to children in care. of garage usage for day care purposes. Additionally, Licensee will submit a new facility sketch listing garage off-limits and on-limits areas of facility. An Informal Office Conference will be held with CCLD Management and LPA at a later date.

Disposition: Substantiated