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MDHHS Summarily Suspends the Family Child Care Home Certificate of Registration of JoAnn Medema
May 19, 2010
May 18, 2010
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing (BCAL), issued an order of summary suspension and notice of intent to revoke the certificate of registration of a Kalamazoo County family child care home provider, JoAnn Medema, #DF390273189, 6809 Oakland Drive, Portage, Michigan. This action resulted from a recent investigation of a complaint of the family child care home.
The May 17, 2010, complaint investigation found violations of the Child Care Organizations Act and administrative rules regarding child care home family suitability. BCAL took emergency action to protect the health, welfare, and safety of children.
Effective 6:00 p.m., May 18, 2010, the summary suspension order prohibits JoAnn Medema from operating a family child care home at 6809 Oakland Drive, Portage, Michigan, or at any other address or location. Accordingly, she may not accept children for care after that date and time. The order also requires Ms. Medema to inform all of the parents of children in her care that her certificate of registration has been suspended and that she can no longer provide child care.
Ms. Medema has held a certificate of registration to operate a family child care home at her current address since March 23, 2005. The certificate of registration was for six children.
Michigan law defines a family child care home as "a private home in which 1 but fewer than 7 minor children are received for care and supervision for periods of less than 24 hours a day, unattended by a parent or legal guardian, except children related to an adult member of the family by blood, marriage, or adoption. Family child care home includes a home in which care is given to an unrelated minor child for more than 4 weeks during a calendar year."
For more information, contact the MDHHS Website at www.michigan.gov/mdhhs.