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Shepherd MI 48883 · License #DG370404822 · Home-based · Group Home
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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. (c) Children related to any member of the household by blood, marriage, or adoption .................................................................
Ms. Evans was out of ratio caring for more than 6 children by herself in the morning before her child care staff member arrived on the following dates: 3/1/21, 3/2/21, ,3/3/21 ,3/4/21 3/8/21,3/11/21, 3/12/21, 3/15/21 ,3/16/21 ,3/17/21 ,3/18/21, 3/22/21, 3/23/21,3/25/21, 3/26/21, 3/29/21, 3/30/21, and 4/1/21. Ms. Evans was out of ratio in the afternoon on the following dates: 3/1/21, 3/5/21, 3/8/21, and 3/18/21. She and her assistant were caring for more than 6 unrelated children after school for about an hour.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.1903 · R 400.1903 Licensee responsibilities. (4) The licensee shall cooperate with the department in connection with an inspection or investigation, as required in section 10(1) of the act, MCL 722.120(1). Cooperation includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (c) Provide accurate and truthful information to the department, and encourage witnesses to provide accurate and truthful information to the department.
Ms. Evans did not provide accurate and truthful information about her child care staff member, Dezz Joles. Ms. Evans also did not provide accurate and truthful information regarding her attendance and when school-age children arrive to her home.
Disposition: Substantiated
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Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.1903 · R 400.1903 Licensee responsibilities. (7) The licensee shall cooperate with the department by ensuring that all individuals requiring a comprehensive background check are entered into the child care background check system and processed for eligibility as required by section 5n of the act, MCL 722.115n, and R 400.1925. 11
Ms. Evans did not cooperate with the department to ensure that all individuals requiring a background check and processed for eligibility was completed on Ms. Joles.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.1904a · R 400.1904a Child care staff member; employment requirements. (2) Before caring for children at a child care home, an individual shall provide the licensee with all of the following: (a) A valid certification in infant, child, and adult CPR.
Ms. Joles worked 7 days in March and did not have valid certification in infant, child, and adult CPR.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.1904a · R 400.1904a Child care staff member; employment requirements. (2) Before caring for children at a child care home, an individual shall provide the licensee with all of the following: (b) A valid certification in first aid.
Ms. Joles worked 7 days in March without valid certification in first aid.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.1904a · R 400.1904a Child care staff member; employment requirements. (2) Before caring for children at a child care home, an individual shall provide the licensee with all of the following: 12 ' '. • • r - •r- • s • • • • r • ~ :] I i :1 '' ►.. X11 'f! • •- • r -• isis] • • • ~.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.1905 · R 400.1905 Training. (3) A licensee shall ensure that child care staff members and child care assistants, prior to caring for children, have training that includes information on all of the following: (a) Safe sleep practices to prevent sudden infant death syndrome.
Ms. Joles worked 7 days in March and did not have safe sleep training prior to caring for children.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.1905 · R 400.1905 Training. (3) A licensee shall ensure that child care staff members and child care assistants, prior to caring for children, have training that includes information on all of the following: (c) Prevention of shaken baby syndrome, abusive head trauma, and child maltreatment.
Ms. Joles worked 7 days in March and did not have training in the prevention of shaken baby syndrome, abusive head trauma, and child maltreatment prior to caring for children. ..................
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
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: (a) The individual's first and last name, address, telephone number, and date of hire. (c) A statement signed by a licensed physician or his or her designee that attests to the individual's mental and physical health., and which must be updated as follows: (e) Training records, as defined in R 400.1905(5), which may also be viewed online at MiRegistry during an on-site inspection. (f) A completed and signed Michigan Child Care Background Check Consent and Disclosure form as required in R 400.1925. (g) A written statement, signed and dated by the child care staff member or child care assistant at the time of hiring, indicating all of the following information: (i) The individual is aware that abuse and neglect of children is unlawful. 14 ..................................... ...... ..................... ............ (ii) The individual knows that he or she is mandated by law to report child abuse and neglect. (iii) The individual has received a copy of the licensee's discipline policy.
Ms. Evans did not maintain a file for Ms. Joles that included the individual's first and last name, address, telephone number, and date of hire, a statement signed by a licensed physician or his or her designee that attests to the individual's mental and physical health, training records, a completed and signed Michigan Child Care Background Check Consent and Disclosure form, a written statement, signed and dated by the child care staff member or child care assistant at the time of hiring, indicating all of the following information: the individual is aware that abuse and neglect of children is unlawful, the individual knows that he or she is mandated by law to report child abuse and neglect and the individual has received a copy of the licensee's discipline policy.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: background checks. 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.
Ms. Evans did not maintain last name of one child on her attendance records. She did not keep accurate record of arrival times of the school age children.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.