I had a surprise inspection by my licensing agency earlier this month. I just got the correction orders by certified mail. A lot of it I was expecting, but the social worker went out of her way to exaggerate things to make it seem life or death. Pans left on the stove became an imminent fire hazard. Dirty dishes became attractions for all manner of vermin and pestilence. Butter on the counter became a source of food poisoning. Toys and blankets on the playroom floor became sources of imminent death by tripping. Empty soda cans on the counter in the kitchen became lethal weapons where fingers could be amputated. I was cited in 3 separate code violations for things in a room that I don't use for daycare and that the children can't access because it is gated off.
"Due to the totality of the concerns, the Department is requiring that you provide a compliance plan to address the violations laid out above." I only have about 12 days left to submit my plan, and I am at a loss as to what to include. The state recently took overall control of social services away from the local agencies, and the state is the party asking for the compliance plan, not my local licensing agency. It is supposedly a cost-saving measure.
I will NEVER understand what more than one day's worth of dirty dishes, storage in a room NOT used for daycare, and toys on the floor while kids are playing with them has to do with the quality of the care I provide. The blankets were on the floor because the kids had been watching a movie during quiet time. The kids never want to leave, the parents have no complaints about my housekeeping (they can see everything I got violated for when they pick up the kids) or the care received. Most of them are sympathetic when we give them the mandatory notification that we have received a correction order and say that their houses are in a lot worse shape. And yet I could lose my license permanently if the state isn't satisfied with my compliance plan.
I have cleaned everything and corrected everything in the correction orders. I took photos and emailed those and descriptions of the corrective action to the licensing agency. Some of them were so petty and ridiculous that I didn't really know how to respond. That was 2 days ago and she hasn't gotten back to me giving me the okay that the correction orders had been lifted. I also asked her if she had any suggestions for the compliance plan.
My question is this: If you were writing a compliance plan, what would you include? How detailed would it be? How long would it be? My response is along the lines of, "Now that I have a good basis after cleaning to solve the correction orders, I will be able to keep up with the day-to-day cleaning outlined in the state rules." I know that's not going to be good enough, and they are going to want times, dates, schedules, checklists, genuflections, and everything else to make me want to give up my license completely.
"Due to the totality of the concerns, the Department is requiring that you provide a compliance plan to address the violations laid out above." I only have about 12 days left to submit my plan, and I am at a loss as to what to include. The state recently took overall control of social services away from the local agencies, and the state is the party asking for the compliance plan, not my local licensing agency. It is supposedly a cost-saving measure.
I will NEVER understand what more than one day's worth of dirty dishes, storage in a room NOT used for daycare, and toys on the floor while kids are playing with them has to do with the quality of the care I provide. The blankets were on the floor because the kids had been watching a movie during quiet time. The kids never want to leave, the parents have no complaints about my housekeeping (they can see everything I got violated for when they pick up the kids) or the care received. Most of them are sympathetic when we give them the mandatory notification that we have received a correction order and say that their houses are in a lot worse shape. And yet I could lose my license permanently if the state isn't satisfied with my compliance plan.
I have cleaned everything and corrected everything in the correction orders. I took photos and emailed those and descriptions of the corrective action to the licensing agency. Some of them were so petty and ridiculous that I didn't really know how to respond. That was 2 days ago and she hasn't gotten back to me giving me the okay that the correction orders had been lifted. I also asked her if she had any suggestions for the compliance plan.
My question is this: If you were writing a compliance plan, what would you include? How detailed would it be? How long would it be? My response is along the lines of, "Now that I have a good basis after cleaning to solve the correction orders, I will be able to keep up with the day-to-day cleaning outlined in the state rules." I know that's not going to be good enough, and they are going to want times, dates, schedules, checklists, genuflections, and everything else to make me want to give up my license completely.
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