R 400.1932 · R 400.1932 Home maintenance and safety. (1) The structure, premises, and furnishings of a child care home must be in good repair and maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable condition.

On 11/03/2022 I conducted an unannounced onsite inspection to the child care home of Sarah Wildt. There were eight children present and they were playing with toys in the living room together. I observed nine dogs and one cat, some of them indoors, and several outdoors in the backyard. The dogs all had a friendly demeanor and were not aggressive towards me when I entered, or at any time during the inspection. I did not observe excessive dog hair on furniture, or floors, and the home was clean/neat and did not have an odor of pets. The pet supplies, litter box, toys, and food are kept inaccessible to children. I obtained child information cards of children enrolled in care. Ms. Wildt denied hiding her dogs/cats from me, or any other child care licensing worker she has worked with. She acknowledged she has quite a few dogs but said that whenever she has a litter of puppies, her daughter talks her into keeping one of them. She indicated there is a family member of a child that attends her child care that creates a lot of drama for that child's family, and a neighbor that gets upset about her dogs barking, so she thought maybe the complaint came from one of them. I told her I could not disclose who reported the complaint. Ms. Wildt reported that she cleans her home throughout the day, every day, so she is not sure why someone would complain about dog hair being everywhere. On 12/15/2022 I spoke with Child A, Child B, Child C, and Child D's Mother. She did not have any concerns with the maintenance and safety of Ms. Wildt's home, and indicated she loves Ms. Wildt and her children really enjoy going there. Child A, Child B, Child C, and Child D's Mother did not have any concerns with the number of dogs and cats in the home and reported that all of the dogs are very friendly and sweet, and her kids love them. She did not recall how many dogs are actually in the home, but indicated Ms. Wildt only has one cat. On this same day I spoke with Child E, Child F, Child G, and Child H's Mother. She did not have any concerns with the maintenance and safety of Ms. Wildt's home. 3 Child E, Child F, Child G, and Child H's Mother has used Ms. Wildt for child care for a number of years. She reported that the dogs are all very loving, friendly, and good with the children, and that Ms. Wildt keeps the home clean and the pet food in the kitchen that is gated. I left voice mails for Child I, Child J, Child K and Child L's Mothers. I did not receive a return phone call during this investigation. It should be noted that I conducted an unannounced onsite inspection to the home to do the renewal inspection on 11/01/2022, and then received this complaint the same day after I had already left the home. I observed six dogs and two puppies inside the home. The puppies had been adopted by families but were visiting for the day as they came from a litter from Ms. Wildt's dogs. I observed the home to be adequately clean and did not notice dog hair around the home. I wore black slacks to this inspection and did not have dog hair on them after sitting on the couch for an hour.

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Category: nutrition. Open / not marked corrected.

R 400.1907 · R 400.1907 Child's records. (3) Dated daily attendance records of children in care must be maintained and include the child's first and last name and the time of arrival and departure. Electronic records may be used. If electronic records are used, they must be available to the department at the time of the inspection. If electronic attendance records are not available during an on-site inspection, the child care home is in violation of this rule.

On 11/03/2022 I conducted an unannounced onsite inspection to the child care home. I asked for attendance records and Ms. Wildt indicated she did not have any for the day. On 11/01/2022 I had conducted an unannounced onsite inspection for the renewal and there were also no daily attendance records being taken and a violation was cited.

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Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.

R 400.1910 · R 400.1910 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: (c) Children related to any member of the household by blood, marriage, or adoption.

On 11/03/2022 I conducted an unannounced onsite inspection to the child care home. Ms. Wildt had eight children present. Ms. Wildt indicated her 3- and 4-year-old grandchildren were the extra children as her daughter had a personal matter to attend to and could not bring her children with her.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.