R 400.1913 · 1 R 400.1913 Discipline; child handling. (3) Personnel shall not do any of the following: (a) Hit, spank, shake, bite, pinch, or inflict other forms of corporal punishment.

On 11/15/2022, I spoke with Child Care Licensing Bureau's (CCLB's) child care licensing consultant, Michael Skonieczny. He had no concerns but indicated there was a previous special investigation for physical discipline in February of 2021. Ms. Babcock was given verbal permission from a parent. "I think she learned from that incident and has not used spanking from that point on." On 11/22/2022, I conducted an unannounced visit to licensee's, Stacey Babcock's family child care group home. Ms Babcock was not home. Child care staff member, Tammy Ward, was caring for the children. Ms. Ward reported, "Well, that's news to me." Ms. Ward has never witnessed Ms. Babcock "spank" any of the children in care and has a good working relationship with the parents of the children attending her child care home. Ms. Ward worked the week of November 7 and November 14,, 2022. On 11/22/2022, Ms. Babcock was interviewed regarding the nature of the allegations. She was frustrated with Minor Household Member (MHM) 3. "MHM3 called in a complaint on me last year after getting caught being inappropriate on her cell phone. I'm pretty sure she called in this complaint." MHM 3 is currently not home due to sports practice at school. On 11/22/2022, interviews were conducted with MHM 1 and MHM 2. MHM 1 stated children in child care do not get spanked. "One time my mom spanked someone with permission but not anymore." MHM 2 has never seen mom spanking children in care. "My mom would never do that." On 11/22/2022, I interviewed child care staff member, Kirsten Wagner. Ms. Wagner has never witnessed Ms. Babcock "spank" any of children in care. She reported she is a new employee and has been working at the child care group home for a couple weeks. I requested child information records, child attendance, and child care staff members' records detailing arrival and departure times to determine who was working at the child care group home. Ms. Babcock provided both for the week of November 7 through November 14, 2022. On 12/16/2022, I reviewed records provided by Ms. Babcock. Ms. Ward worked everyday the week of November 7 through November 14, 2022. Ms. Wagner worked Monday, Wednesday and Friday the week of November 7, 2022 and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday the week of November 14,2022. On 01/07/2023, I contacted Ms. Babcock to coordinate a private interview with MHM 3 via telephone. MHM 3 was not home and will call when she arrives home. On 01/08/2023, an attempted phone call was made to Child A's and B's mother. A voicemail message was left requesting a return call. 4 On 01/08/2023, I spoke with Child C's, D's, E's, and F's mother. She has no concerns with the child care group home and her children love Ms. Babcock. "Stacey is great at what she does. My kids want to be there even when I don't need them to attend." On 01/08/2023, I received a phone call from MHM 3 who reported her mom does not spank any of the children in care. "I don't know why anyone would say that." On 01/09/2023, a text message was sent to Child A's and B's mother, requesting a return phone call. I received a response verifying contact information which was provided. On 01/10/2023, I received a return phone call from Child A's and B's mother. She has no concerns, and her children look forward to going to the child care group home. "My kids love it there and I know my kids are safe while they are in Stacey's care, and she's got all great staff." On 01/10/2023, I conducted an exit conference with Ms. Babcock.

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R 400.1903 · R 400.1903 Licensee Responsibilities. (2) The licensee shall ensure that a child is released only to persons authorized in writing by the parent.

On 10/04/2021, I spoke with Mr. Skonieczny, Child Care Licensing Consultant. Ms. Babcock, licensee, is good about contacting him with issues or clarification. She did contact him within the past two weeks regarding Child A and Child B's mother who did not want Child A and Child B's father to pick up the children as he does not have any parental rights. He responded to Ms. Babcock by informing her unless there was a court order, then she needed to allow him to pick up Child A and Child B. On 10/04/2021, I spoke with the complainant who states Ms. Babcock told her several months ago that she smokes "weed" but does not know if she smokes during child care hours. She has not smelled it on her or seen anyone smoke marijuana. Ms. Babcock's husband does smoke cigarettes in the garage; however she does not think it's during child care hours. She has not seen Ms. Alexis Berry, child care staff member, at the home in a while. Child A and Child B's father has never had a driver's license and he is an active drug user. She said parenting time is as agreed upon by the parents; however, Child A and Child B's mother is going to ask for supervised visitation. Child A and Child B's parents were residing together because Child A and Child B's mother was in a terrible car accident. Child A and Child B's father just moved out of the home. The complainant indicated Child A and Child B's mother wanted the complaint dropped for fear her children would not be able to 3 •'.:'j:''.':. :! 'i : :; ' • •': • f • • f f `• f • •I .I• — :'•" • — —• • — • is • • — — •, -•. S - S - - S S A - • . F • •ii" ' J.. •- • f • •_ - f • - •- ! • -~' - • r ice• • •— • • ~ • • ` — — • • i•` • f • f l •li f • —• — •' • f •' 0 with her up until a month ago. He denies driving without a license. He denies ever smelling cigarettes or marijuana on Ms. Babcock or seeing her smoke. He has no concerns or issues. On 10/13/2021, I spoke with Child A and Child B's mother. The children do not attend Ms. Babcock's child care home as of October 6, 2021. This is when she obtained a court order for Child A and Child B's father to have supervised visitation. Her concerns were that Child A and Child B's father did not have a license but was picking the children up and he is a current drug user and is abusive towards her. He did reside with her up to a month ago. With her knowledge, Child A and Child B's father did drop them off at Ms. Babcock's child care home from October 2020 to January 2021. Anything after that, she was not aware when he picked them up until after the fact. She has not seen Ms. Babcock smoke cigarettes or marijuana. She has no other concerns or issues. On 10/13/2021, I spoke with Child C (male,4 years); Child D (female, 9 years) and Child E's (male, 2 years) mother. She did not have any concerns or issues. She has not seen Ms. Babcock smoke marijuana or cigarettes. On 10/13/2021, I left a voice mail for Child F's (female, 3 years) father. On 10/14/2021, I spoke with Child F's father, who had no concerns or issues. On 10/13/2021, I spoke with Child G's (female, 3 years) mother and Child H's (male, 2 years) mother. Neither parent had any concerns or issues or smelled marijuana or cigarettes on Ms. Babcock. On 10/14/2021, I sent Ms. Babcock an email, requesting a copy of Child A and Child B's child information record. On 10/14/2021, I spoke to Child I (male, 3 years) and Child J's (male, 12 years) mother. She does not have any concerns or issues. She has never smelled marijuana or smoke on Ms. Babcock and has been using her as a provider for two years. On 11/02/2021, I received a copy of Child A and Child B's child information record, which had their father's name on there. On 11/22/2021, I had an exit interview with Ms. Babcock and let her know that I did not find any rule violations. On 11/22/2021, I spoke with Alexis Berry, past child care staff member who stated Ms. Babcock does not smoke marijuana or cigarettes. She is aware that Mr. Babcock smokes cigarettes in the g

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R 400.1903 · R 400.1903 Licensee responsibilities. (8) To comply with section 3c of the act, MCL 722.113c, a licensee shall have a policy and procedure on smoking and vaping that includes all of the following: (a) Ensure that smoking and vaping do not occur in child-use space, on the premises of a child care home while children are in care, and in a vehicle when used to transport children who are in care.

Ms. Babcock, licensee ensures that smoking does not occur on the premises of the home while children are in care. According to Ms. Babcock, smoking occurs after child care hours and in the garage. None of the parents have seen Ms. Babcock smoke I or smelled smoke on Ms. Babcock.

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R 400.1906 · R 400.1906 (1)(b) Records of a licensee; child care staff member; child care assistant. R 400.1910 Ratio of personnel to children. (1)(a)-(c) R 400.1913 (1) Discipline; child handling. R 400.1913 (2) Discipline; child handling. R 400.1925 Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting. (2)(a)(e) 611 W. OTTAWA . P.O. BOX 30664 . LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909 www.michigan.gov/lara . 517-335-1980 STATE OF MICHIGAN GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS ORLENE HAWKS GOVERNOR LANSI\ ; DIRECTOR I recommend no change to the current license status. Due to the violations, you must send us a corrective action plan by 3/07/21. You can use our corrective action p1-a form or create your own. If you ne--------------------------------------------------------------ed help writing the corrective action plan, please contact me. If you do not send a corrective action plan, you may face disciplinary action. The corrective action plan must include the following: • How compliance with each rule will be achieved. • Who is directly responsible for implementing the corrective action for each violation. • Specific time frames for each violation as to when the correction will be completed or implemented. • How continuing compliance will be maintained once compliance is achieved. • The signature of the responsible party and a date. During this special investigation: Yes No A rule or law violation was found and a serious injury or death occurred. q x A rule or law violation was found and abuse and/or neglect q of a child occurred. This report and any related corrective action plans must be filed in your licensing notebook. This report and any related corrective action plans will be online for parents to review under the Statewide Search for Licensed Child Care Centers and Homes. Sincerely, 4 iAyA Stacy M. Tomczak, Licensing Consultant Bureau of Community and Health Systems 1509 Washington, Ste Midland, MI 48640 989-798-4738 enclosure 611 W. OTTAWA • P.O. BOX 30664 • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909 www.michigan.gov/lara • 517-335-1980 License #: DG370399289 Investigation #: 2021 D0656003 Complaint Receipt Date: 02/03/2021 Investigation Initiation Date: 02/04/2021 Report Due Date: 04/04/2021 Licensee Name: Stacey Babcock Licensee Address: 7465 E. South Countyline Alma, MI 48801 Licensee Telephone #: Unknown Administrator: N/A Licensee Designee: N/A Name of Facility: Stacey Babcock Facility Address: 7465 E. South Countyline Alma, MI 48801 Facility Telephone #: (989) 600-1141 Original Issuance Date: 06/21/2019 License Status: REGULAR Effective Date: 12/21/2019 Expiration Date: 12/20/2021 Capacity: 12 Program Type: CHILD CARE GROUP HOME (CAPACITY 7-12) ALLEGATION(S) Violation Established? Ms. Babcock swats the childcare children on the butt and mouth. Yes Additional Findings Yes III. METHODOLOGY 02/03/2021 Special Investigation Intake 2021D0656003 02/04/2021 Special Investigation Initiated - On Site @ 1:00 p.m. Interviewed Stacey Babcock and Alexis Berry, child care staff member ........... 02/05/2021 Contact - Telephone call made Interviewed Luke Sawyer, Chief of Shepherd City Police Department 02/05/2021 Contact - Telephone call made Interviewed Child A (female, 6 years) and Child B (female, 3 years) Father 02/05/2021 Contact - Telephone call made Interviewed Child C (female, 8 years) Mother 02/05/2021 Contact - Telephone call made Interviewed Kylie Parks, Caregiver 02/05/2021 Contact - Telephone call made Interviewed Child Care Staff Member Shannon Mitchell 02/05/2021 Contact - Telephone call made Voice mail message left for Child D (male, 2 years) and Child E (male, 11 years) Mother 02/05/2021 Contact - Telephone call made voicemail message left for Child F (male, 2 years) and Child G (male, 16 months) Mother 02/08/2021 Exit Conference Stacey Babcock ALLEGATION: Ms. Babcock swats the childcare children on the butt and mouth. INVESTIGATION: On 2/03/21 I arrived at Ms. Babcock's home. Ms. Babcock was not home; she was out picking up a child from p

On 2/03/21 I arrived at Ms. Babcock's home. Ms. Babcock was not home; she was out picking up a child from preschool. Alexis Berry, child care staff member, was present caring for the children. Ms. Berry stated that time out and redirection are used for discipline at the child care home. She has never observed Ms. Babcock use any physical discipline on the children. Ms. Babcock arrived home shortly after my arrival. Ms. Babcock showed me her discipline policy which was a copy of the licensing rules R400.1913 Discipline; child handling section. I asked her if she had her own policy and she stated that was all that she had regarding discipline. I asked her if she used physical discipline on any children. Ms. Babcock admitted that she has used physical discipline on Child B (female, 3 years) when she spit and peed on the floor. Child B's Father has given her verbal permission to spank her because he has noticed a difference in her behavior when she goes between his home and her mother's home. On 2/5/21, I interviewed Kyleigh Parks, child care staff member. Ms. Parks stated that time out and redirection are used for discipline. When I asked her if she could give me example, she told me that the children are in time out for the number of minutes for their age. If a child is two years of age, they will spend two minutes in time out for a consequence. They use time out for children of all ages. They use redirection much of the time. She has not witnessed Ms. Babcock use any physical discipline with any of the children. On 2/17/21, I interviewed Shannon Mitchell, child care assistant. She explained that time out and redirection are used for discipline. Ms. Mitchell explained that for children that are one and two years old they will have them stand in the corner for one or two minutes. If they are three years old or older, they will have them stand in the corner and then discuss with the child what they did wrong. She has not witnessed Ms. Babcock use any physical discipline with any of the children. I interviewed Child A (female, three years) and Child B's (female, six years) Father. The children have been attending the child care home for about a year. The children regularly attend Ms. Babcock's; it just depends on the visitation schedule with their mother. Child A attends full time when she is with him and when school is not in session Child B will attend the full day. Child A and Child B's Father specifically told Ms. Babcock that she could use physical discipline on the children. He has known her for over twenty years and he knows that she would not abuse the girls. The girls are his life and he would never let anyone mistreat them. He could only think of one time when Ms. Babcock used physical discipline with Child A. He is very comfortable with the children attending Ms. Babcock's home for child care. 3 *f • f f f '• irf f r•R~• i •'I• fI • i . .' j ~. i .: • f 'r • • •'. I• • • ' • r. • • ' I1C J! r. i • • • • ' ' •. i • • A ; • i 1 OLW1 i rn rriIit : « •: : • • : ' 12 I ANALYSIS: Ms. Babcock admitted that she has spanked Child A because she has been given permission by Child A's Father. CONCLUSION: I VIOLATION ESTABLISHED ADDITIONAL FINDINGS: INVESTIGATION: During my inspection I requested to see Ms. Babcock's records detailing child care staff members and child care assistant arrival and departure times so I could determine who was working at the child care home. Ms. Babcock stated that staff are keeping track of their arrival and departure times. I requested to see Ms. Berry's records and Ms. Berry stated that she has it at her home. Ms. Babcock stated that she was keeping track in another calendar that the food program provided. They are no longer providing the calendar and so she has not been keeping records.

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R 400.1906 · R 400.1906 Records of a licensee; child care staff member; child care assistant. (1) A licensee shall maintain a file for each child care staff member and each child care assistant that includes all of the following: (b) Daily records detailing arrival times and departure times at the child care home.

Ms. Babcock did not keep daily records detailing arrival and departure times for her child care staff members and child care assistant.

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R 400.1910 · R 400.1910 Ratio of personnel to children. (1) The ratio of personnel to children present in the home at any 1 time must be not less than 1 member of the personnel to 6 children. The ratio must include all children in care who are not related to any personnel and any of the following children who are less than 6 years of age: (a) Children of the licensee. (b) Children of a child care staff member or child care assistant. 5 (c) Children related to any member of the household by blood, marriaae. or adoption.

Ms. Babcock did not follow ratio requirements when she left her child care staff member, Ms. Berry, alone to care for seven children while she picked up a child from preschool.

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R 400.1925 · R 400.1925 Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting. (2) An applicant or licensee shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure that each individual who requires an eligibility determination pursuant to subrule (1) of this rule completes, signs, and submits all of the information required in subrule (5) of this rule, and in subrule (6) of this rule if applicable, on a form prescribed by the department. The forms are available on the department's website for the child care background check system, www.michigan.gov/ccbc. The form(s) must be signed and dated prior to the individual's appointment to be fingerprinted.

Ms. Babcock did not ensure that Ms. Parks, child care staff member, completed a consent and disclosure form to be entered in the CCBC account for an eligibility determination.

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R 400.1925 · R 400.1925 Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting. (2) An applicant or licensee shall do all of the following: (e) Within the department's child care background check system, accurately complete and maintain the connection, disconnection, or withdrawn status of each individual associated with the license. 1

Ms. Babcock did not accurately complete and maintain connection of her child care staff member, Ms. Parks, to the department's background check system.

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