R 400.8131(12) · R 400.8131(12) Professional development requirements. When the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or the department of education publishes a notice that a new health and safety update document or a new health and safety update training activity has been published on MiRegistry, the licensee shall ensure that all personnel read and acknowledge the document or complete the activity within 6 months of the notice.

Three child care staff members did not complete MiRegistry 2023 Health and Safety Refresher.

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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.

R 400.8131(3) · R 400.8131(3) Professional development requirements. 2 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP Before caring for children, all child care staff members and unsupervised volunteers who work directly with children shall be trained on prevention of shaken baby syndrome, abusive head trauma and child maltreatment, and recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect.

Two child care staff did not complete the training on prevention of shaken baby syndrome, abuse head trauma and child maltreatment, and recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect prior to caring for children.

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R 400.8131(4) · R 400.8131(4) Professional development requirements. Before unsupervised contact with children, all child care staff members who work directly with children shall complete prevention and control of infectious disease training, including immunizations.

Two child care staff members did not complete prevention and control of infectious disease training, including immunizations prior to caring for children prior to caring for children.

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R 400.8131(5) · R 400.8131(5) Professional development requirements. Within 90 days of being hired, or the first day as an unsupervised volunteer, all child care staff members and unsupervised volunteers who work directly with children shall complete the following trainings, which may count toward annual professional development hours and are available at MiRegistry:

Two child care staff members did not complete trainings on administration of medication, prevention of and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions, building and premises safety, emergency preparedness and response planning, handling and storage of hazardous materials and appropriate disposal of bio- contaminants, and child development within 90 days of being hired.

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R 400.8134(3)(a) · R 400.8134(3)(a) Hand washing. Before meals, snacks, or food preparation experiences. Technical Assistance Technical assistance is support and training given to the licensee/licensee designee on a specific rule. Technical assistance includes consultation on how the facility can best maintain compliance with a rule.

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R 400.8380(1) · R 400.8380(1) Maintenance of premises. The premises must be maintained in a clean and safe condition and must not pose a threat to health or safety. Bureau

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R 400.8110 · / 1 R 400.8110 Applicant; licensee; licensee designee; requirements. (8) A child shall be released to either parent or the child's guardian, unless a court order prohibits release to a particular parent. A copy of the order prohibiting release must be keDt on file at the center.

I interviewed Child A's Father. He stated that Child A has been attending the center on and off for approximately one year. Child A also spent time living with him in another area of the state, but Child A recently returned to living with his mother. He acknowledged that there is a current custody battle regarding Child A. When Child A first attended the center, he was listed as his father. During that time, he picked Child A up from care on occasion. He believes that he was later removed as an approved pick-up person by Child A's Mother. Child A's Father stated that he came to the center unannounced on 10/14/2022 to pick up Child A to get a haircut. He was denied the ability to pick up Child A. He attempted to show his identification and the custody agreement detailing that he still had 50/50 custody with no parenting time addressed in the order. Ms. P. Champion refused to look at his paperwork saying that he was not on the pick-up list. Child A's Father stated that he then voluntarily left the center so that Child A would not know that there were any issues. Child A's Father stated that he called law enforcement, but was told that this was a civil matter, and that they would not be able to assist him. I interviewed Child A's Mother. She acknowledged that there is a custody battle over Child A. Due to fear of Child A being taken from her and not returned, she removed Child A's Father as an emergency backup person, or a person that could pick Child A up without her knowledge on 10/4/2022. Child A's Mother also asked that Child A's Father not be allowed to pick up Child A. When she made the changes to the child pick up form, Ms. P. Champion asked her if there was a new court order in place. At the time, there was not a new court order. The current order still indicated that Child A's Father shared 50/50 custody with no set parenting time addressed in the order. Ms. P. Champion told her that she needed to get a new court order and submit it to the center to keep Child A's Father from picking up Child A. Child A's Mother stated that she was asking for a new order. Child A's Mother stated that before she could obtain a new court order, Child A's Father showed up to the center 3 unannounced on 10/14/2022 and attempted to remove Child A from care. Prior to this incident, Child A's Father picked up Child A from care "maybe once", and as such they may not have known his identify when he arrived. She heard that he put his foot in the door to keep them from closing it, and that he was angry. Child A did not leave with Child A's Father. Child A's Mother stated that a new court date has been set regarding Child A's custody. I completed an on-site inspection to the center. The center's main doors are unlocked and lead to an enclosed area. There is an additional set of doors that lead into the center. The doors that lead into the center are locked. To gain access into the main area of the center, the door must be opened from the inside of the center. I interviewed Ms. P. Champion, center administrator. She stated that she currently has a no trespassing order against Child A's Father. As such, he is not allowed on the property. Ms. Champion stated that when Child A's Father came to the center unannounced on 10/14/22, he was verbally and physically aggressive. He was yelling, pointing his finger at her, and tried to force his way into the center. This caused her to be fearful for herself, the child care staff members (CCSMs), and the children in care. Because of his threatening and frightening behaviors, she treated him like an intruder and instructed him to leave. Ms. P. Champion stated that when Child A's Father first arrived, he came to the main door through the entry way. The door leading to the center is kept locked for safety reasons. In addition, due to COVID-19, parents continue to not be allowed inside the building. She did not recognize him as he may have picked up Child A once during the entire that that he has been in care. She kn

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R 400.8125 · R 400.8125 Staff; volunteer; requirements. (1) All staff and volunteers shall provide appropriate care and supervision of children at all times.

I interviewed Child A's Mother. She stated that on Thursday 8/25/2022, Child A sustained a "small puffy slight bluish mark" on the side of his forehead while in care. The mark was not a bruise and was light in color. She noticed the puffiness when she arrived to pick up Child A from care at about 4:00p.m. Child A disclosed to her, Child A's Grandmother, child care staff member (CCSM) Ms. Cooper, and administrator Ms. P. Champion that he hit his head on the swing set pole while outside playing. Child A was taken outside to the play area where he showed all of them exactly where his forehead made contact with the pole. Child A did not disclose that it hurt, and he said that he kept playing. Ms. Cooper stated that she was surprised that Child A did not tell her, saying that he did not cry or say anything. Child A's Mother stated that despite Child A's disclosure, she thought that perhaps it was an allergic reaction instead of an injury because he did not cry. Child A's Mother believed that an allergic reaction was the "logical reason" for why he did not cry or tell anyone, as he is normally quick to report any injuries. Child A's Mother left the center and took Child A to the emergency room. She believes that she told the CCSMs at that time of her plans for medical treatment, but she was not certain as Child A's Grandmother was upset and engaged in a heated discussion with raised voices. Child A was examined by a physician, who indicated that he was "fine", it was a "just a minor bump" and that no further medical intervention was required. In addition, as the injury did not have a sharp point, it was consistent with bumping into a swing set pole as disclosed by Child A. Child A stayed home from the center on Friday 8/26/2022. Ms. P. Champion called to speak with her on 8/26/2022. Ms. P. Champion apologized and wanted a meeting. Child A's Mother told Ms. P. Champion on 8/26/22 that Child A received medical treatment the day before. According to Child A's Mother, Child A has since changed his story "a little bit" with continued questioning saying that another student hit him, but he has also maintained that he ran into the swing pole too. She stated that a week before, she was told by CCSMs that Child A was pushing another child a few times and that the other child then pushed him back. Child A was not injured. Child A's Mother stated that as of today, Child A still has "a little bump" but it is healing. Child A's Mother stated that Child A has attended the center for over a year. She indicated that besides Child A receiving the "small bump", she has had no other concerns. Child A is a "typical boy" who is hyperactive and needs redirection at times. She believes that the CCSMs provide the children with appropriate care and supervision. Child A has not had any other major injuries while in care. The CCSMs have good communication with her. Child A since has returned to child care. During 4 the investigation, I interviewed Child A's Mother a second time. Child A continues to attend the center. She continues to have no other concerns regarding Child A's care or supervision while in care. He has not sustained any other injuries. I interviewed Ms. P. Champion, administrator at the center. She stated that she was not in Child A's room on 8/25/2022. The CCSMs in the room included Mr. A. Champion, and Ms. Cooper. She was also not outside when Child A bumped into the swing set pole, but Child A later told her that is what happened. She stated that Child A's room schedule includes playing outside, coming inside for lunch, using the bathroom, and then taking a nap. Some of the children are picked up right after nap time, including Child A. After nap is a busy time with a lot of movement in the room. When Child A's Mother picked up Child A on 8/25/2022, she noticed the slight mark on his head. Child A was asked what happened and he said that he bumped his head on the playground. Child A was taken to the playground with Ms. P. Champion, Ms. Coop

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R 400.8158 · R 400.8158 Incident, accident, injury, illness, death, fire reporting. (3) A licensee, licensee designee, or program director shall report to the department, via phone, fax, or email, within 24 hours of notification by a parent that a child received medical treatment or was hospitalized for an injury, accident, or medical condition that occurred while the child was in care.

The department was not notified by the center administration within 24 hours of notification by a parent that a child received medical treatment for an accident that occurred while the child was in care.

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R 400.8158 · R 400.8158 Incident, accident, injury, illness, death, fire reporting. (4) A licensee, licensee designee, or program director shall submit a written report to the department of the occurrences outlined in subrules (1), (2), and (3) of this rule, in a format provided by the department, within 72 hours of the verbal report to the department.

The department was not notified by a written report by the center administration within 72 hours of notification by a parent that a child received medical treatment for an accident that occurred while the child was in care.

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R 400.8380 · 1 R 400.8380 Maintenance of premises. (2) The premises must be maintained so as to eliminate and prevent rodent and insect harborage.

On 6/9/22 I attempted a telephone call to complainant to gain further information regarding complaint. On 6/9/22 I spoke with the complainant regarding the allegations. According to the complainant, During the pandemic, the facility had mice running across the floor 3 while the children were sitting down. On one occasion, the complainant saw an exterminator carrying a mouse from the basement of the building. It was noted that the initial complaint made these allegations against Pam's Academy of Champions license number DC330314853. This facility is only licensed to provide care for children ages 3 to 12 years old. Ms. Eaton-Champion has another licensed facility, Pams preschool program DC330314852 that provides care for children ages birth to 5 years old. I walked through both facilities during this investigation. On 6/9/22, I conducted an unannounced onsite inspection to the center and interviewed Ms. Pam Eaton-Champion, licensee. I informed Ms. Eaton-Champion of the allegations. Ms. Eaton-Champion felt this complaint was made out of retaliation by a former disgruntled child care staff member who is upset that she was unable to claim unemployment benefits during the pandemic due to her resigning from her job status as a child care staff member. Ms. Eaton-Champion denied the allegation indicating that the center has a regular pesticide management program that comes in monthly to assure there are no infestations, to include mice. Ms. Eaton-Champion denied seeing any mice run across the floor while children are sitting down. In the past during the winter months, Ms. Eaton-Champion said the mice would come in from the vacant overgrown field located next to the center premises. Ms. Eaton- Champion reiterated that it was not an infestation but rather on occasion one would be found in a trap located in the basement area of the center. Ms. Eaton denied any mice being around the child care children and reiterated that the center has a pesticide management company, Terminix and Orkin, that routine visits to ensure the center is free from any pesticides for the past 15 years. Ms. Eaton-Champion provided me with written documentation and contact information from the pesticide management companies that treat her child care center. On 7/22/22, I interviewed Mr. Mark Bennett, Orkin worker via telephone. Mr. Bennett confirmed the center having a regular pesticide management service on a monthly basis. Mr. Bennett denied the center having a mice or rodent infestation. In the event that the center had a mouse or rodent infestation her would be treating the facility on more than the routine, once a month routine treatment. Mr. Bennett has never had to trat the facilities for a mouse infestation. On 7/22/22, I interviewed Mr. Clayton Hunter, cleaner of the child care center and school building via telephone. Mr. Hunter denied the center having an infestation of mice. He denied seeing any mice while performing his cleaning duties during the evening hours. On 7/22/22 and 7/29/22, I separately interviewed Ms. Anita McWilliams, Ms. Mary Akano, Ms. Angie Philmore, and Mr. Aron Champion, all who are child care staff members at the facilities. All of the child care staff members denied the center having a mouse infestation and confirmed the center having a routine pest management program through Orkin that monitors the buildings on a monthly basis. 4 All of the child care staff members deny seeing any mice run around the flooring while children were sitting down. Mr. Champion said a few years ago before the overgrown vacant field located adjacent to the center was cut down there would be an occasional mouse that would come into the center during the winter months. On 7/22/22 and 7/29/22, I attempted to interview Ms. Pat Coats, child care staff member without success. On 8/15/22, I interviewed Child A, B, C & D's Mother via telephone. Child A, B, C & D's Mother expressed no concerns regarding the maintenance of centers premises and acknowledged that the

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R 400.8380 · R 400.8380 Maintenance of premises. (1) The premises must be maintained in a clean and safe condition and must not pose a threat to health or safety.

On 6/9/22 I spoke with the complainant regarding the allegations. According to the complainant, During the pandemic, the facility was unclean and had stained carpeting. The complainant said the child care staff members cleaned but it was not to her expectations, and she did not feel the children should be crawling around on stained rugs. 5 On 6/9/22, I conducted an unannounced onsite inspection to the center and interviewed Ms. Pam Eaton-Champion, licensee regarding the allegation. Ms. Eaton- Champion denied the allegation indicating that the child care center is routinely cleaned on a daily basis by both the child care staff members and a cleaner, Mr. Clayton Hunter, who cleans the center on a daily basis when the center is closed. Ms. Eaton-Champion said part of the child care staff members daily job duties include assuring the children's use space, play equipment, and furnishings are cleaned and in good repair. When the play equipment becomes worn or broke, it is discarded. Ms. Eaton Champion explained that all of the child care staff members use the three- step process of washing, rinsing, and then sanitizing the classroom and play equipment each day. Regarding the outdoor play equipment, Ms. Eaton-Champion reiterated that any old play equipment that is broken is discarded and replaced. She denied any child care children not being able to play outside, and said the children play outdoors everyday unless for inclement weather. When the portable play equipment is not in use, Ms. Eaton-Champion said the play equipment is stored under tarps. On occasions if there is a heavy rainfall, the play equipment may have standing water that is removed when the tarp is removed from the play equipment. At that time, the child care staff members will assure the play equipment is clean and safe for children's use, as part of their daily duties is to inspect the outdoor play areas as well. Ms. Eaton-Champion acknowledged the outdoor equipment being cleaned on a regular basis as well. She denied the outdoor play area containing holes all over the ground. Ms. Eaton-Champion informed me that she has ordered two new playscapes from Shields Childcare Supplies for the children's play areas and is awaiting their arrival. Ms. Eaton-Champion gave me a tour of the center to include both the indoor classrooms and outdoor play area. Ms. Eaton-Champion currently holds two active licenses DC330314853 Pams Academy of Champions and DC330314852 Pams Preschool Program. Ms. Eaton-Champion and I walked through both facilities. • Pams Academy of Champions is a private school which provides school instruction for children grades kindergarten through third grades. The center utilizes the prekindergarten classroom, the gymnasium, and the multi-age classroom. Ms. Eaton-Champion provides care for children ages 3-12 years old and provides both preschool, prekindergarten, and before/after school programming. The outdoor play area is located in a grassy area located behind the school building. Currently there is no large playground equipment for the children, but rather portable toys and play equipment. There was no standing water or holes observed on the outdoor play area. • Pams preschool program is located in a stand-alone building. The center utilizes four rooms located on the main floor of the building as approved for child care use space, the infant classroom, the toddler class room, the preschool room, and the multipurpose area that was approved as additional child sue space. The outdoor play area for this center is located in a fenced area adjacent to the facility. The outdoor play area contained portable toys and play equipment for the children to use. There was a swing set located on A the play area that was not being used and had the swings removed. The play equipment no being used was stored under tarps; there was no standing water observed on the outdoor play area. I also did not observe any holes throughout the play area. During the building walkthroughs,

R 400.8173 · R 400.8173 Equipment. (4) Play equipment, materials, and furniture, must be all of the following: (b) Safe, clean, and in good repair.

On 6/9/22 I spoke with the complainant regarding the allegations. According to the complainant, During the pandemic, a staff member washed a child's soiled clothing in a bathroom sink near the preschool room. On 6/9/22, I conducted an unannounced onsite inspection to the center and interviewed Ms. Pam Eaton-Champion, licensee. She denied having any knowledge of a child care staff member washing soiled clothing in a sink where children was their hands. Ms. Eaton-Champion said the center has a laundry washer and dryer located on the premises that is used to wash soiled clothing. Ms. Eaton said most of the children have a change of clothing supplied by the parents, however on some occasions, the center uses extra clothing they have available for the children if they soiled their clothing while in care. In those instances, the center will launder the children's soiled clothing in the washing machine and return them to the parents. Ms. Eaton-Champion said none of the child care staff members would clean the soiled clothing in handwashing sinks as these sinks are designated for handwashing only. On 7/22/22 and 7/29/22, I separately interviewed Ms. Anita McWilliams, Ms. Mary Akano, Ms. Angie Philmore, and Mr. Aron Champion, all who are child care staff On 7/22/22 and 7/29/22, I attempted to interview Ms. Pat Coats, child care staff member without success. All of the child care staff members denied having any knowledge of any child care staff member washing a child's soiled clothing in a bathroom handwashing sink. They all confirmed that the center has a laundry room that contains a washing machine and dryer available for them to use when children soil their clothing. Ms. Akano and Ms. Williams said on most occasions, then the infants and toddlers soil their clothing, they will change the child with extra clothing that the children's parents provide and send the soiled clothing home in a bag. If they child does not have any extra clothing available, the center keeps extra clothing on hand for the children to wear or they will launder the clothing in the washing machine at the center. On 8/15/22, I interviewed Child A, B, C & D's Mother via telephone. Child A, B, C & D's Mother expressed no concerns regarding the car and supervision the center provides to the children each day. Child A, B, C & D's Mother said that the center helped potty train both Child C (age 4 years, male) and Child D (age 2 years, 1/2 male). The child care staff members communicated with her on a daily basis rj regarding their elimination patterns, daily activities, food intake and her children's daily experiences. Child A, B, C & D's Mother denied any of her children coming home in soiled clothing. On 8/15/22 and 8/16/22, I attempted to interview Child E's Mother without success.

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R 400.8170 · R 400.8170 Outdoor play area. ........................................ ........................ .. ..... (10) An outdoor play area and any equipment located on the center's premises must be maintained in a safe condition and inspected daily before use to ensure that no hazards are present.

The centers outdoor play equipment and premises is maintained in a safe and clean condition. There is no standing water or holes observed in the outdoor play area.

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Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.

washing.......................... Toilets; hand sinks. (2) After December 6, 2006, any center that is new, adds an infant and toddler component, or increases the licensed infant and toddler capacity shall have a diapering area with a readily accessible, designated hand washing sink.

The center does not wash the children's soiled clothing in a handwashing sink but rather has a washing machine and dryer available for use in such occasions.

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Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.