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Child care home in Jackson County license suspended

Posted at 3:52 PM, Sep 20, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-20 15:53:48-04

After investigating complaints into a group child care home in Jackson County, The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) and the Bureau of Community and Health Systems issued an order of summary suspension and notice of intent to revoke the child care group home license.

In a press release it states, the department received a complaint on Sept. 16 on the location, at 3800 Dormay. The license that is suspended belonged to Lisa Riggins, who has held a license to operate a group child care home since Oct. 27, 2011. The license was for 12 children.

The investigation into the complaint found violations of the Child Care Organizations Act and administrative rules regarding caregiver and child care home family and caregiver responsibilities, states the release.

LARA took emergency action to protect the health, welfare and safety of the children involved.

The summary suspension order prohibits Riggins from operating a group child care home at the location, or any other address or location. She also cannot accept children for care after 6 p.m. Sept. 16, according to the release.

The order also requires Riggins to inform all of the parents of children in her care that her license has been suspended and that she can no longer provide child care.

According to the release, Michigan law defines a group child care home as “a private home in which more than 6 but not more than 12 minor children are given 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. Group 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.”

Riggins has the right to appeal the suspension, and the case will be forwarded to the Michigan Administrative Hearing System for a hearing date