The Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Children and Adult Licensing issued an order of summary suspension and notice of intent to revoke the license of Wayne County day care center licensee Childtime Child Care, Inc., 45678 Helm, Plymouth, Michigan. This action resulted from a recent investigation of a complaint of the day care center.

The October 12, 2006, complaint investigation found violations of the Child Care Organizations Act and administrative rules regarding the licensee and persons required to report child abuse or neglect. OCAL took emergency action to protect the health, welfare, and safety of children.

Effective 6:00 p.m., October 16, 2006, the Summary Suspension Order prohibits Childtime Child Care, Inc. from operating a day care center at 45678 Helm, Plymouth, Michigan. Accordingly, they may not accept children for care after that date and time. The order also requires Ms. Andrea Stutz, the licensee designee, assure that all of the parents of children in the center's care are notified that the license has been suspended and that the center can no longer provide day care.

Childtime Child Care, Inc. has held a license to operate a day care center since September 25, 1997. The license was for 148 children.

Michigan law defines a child day care center as a "facility, other than a private residence, receiving 1 or more preschool or school-age children for care for periods of less than 24 hours a day, and where the parents or guardians are not immediately available to the child. Child care center or day care center includes a facility that provides care for not less than 2 consecutive weeks, regardless of the number of hours of care per day. The facility is generally described as a child care center, day care center, day nursery, nursery school, parent cooperative preschool, play group, before-or after-school program, or drop-in center..."