Finding No.: 2021-035
AL Program: 93.489/93.575/93.596 - CCDF Cluster
Area: Special Tests and Provisions – Health and Safety Requirements
Questioned Costs: $1,303,790
Contact Person(s): Roselle Teregeyo, CCDF Co-Administrator/Accountant
Corrective Action Plan:
Regarding the ‘Criteria’:
CCLP...
Finding No.: 2021-035
AL Program: 93.489/93.575/93.596 - CCDF Cluster
Area: Special Tests and Provisions – Health and Safety Requirements
Questioned Costs: $1,303,790
Contact Person(s): Roselle Teregeyo, CCDF Co-Administrator/Accountant
Corrective Action Plan:
Regarding the ‘Criteria’:
CCLP agrees in part and disagrees in part with this section. CCLP’s agreement lies in the fact that CCLP must ensure the health, safety, and well-being of ALL children in care. CCLP disagrees that these are applicable only to providers serving children who receive subsidies under the Child Care and Development Fund program. CCLP further disagrees with the assumption that childcare providers must meet eleven (11) specific areas of requirements. Aside from CPR, the rest of the listing in this section are topics that fall under the pre-service training requirements under the Child Care and Development Fund program. To further provide the requirements that providers must submit to CCLP, CCLP provides the following:
Facility Requirements:
Regarding the ‘Criteria – Unannounced inspections’:
CCLP agrees in part and disagrees in part with this section. CCLP’s agreement lies in the fact that CCLP requires 15 hours of annual training. CCLP disagrees that it conducts two (2) unannounced inspections. Granted, at one point in time, CCLP was conducting two (2) announced and two (2) unannounced inspections on an annual basis per CCLP licensed providers. However, that is not the case in fiscal year 2021.
Condition 1:
CCLP disagrees with this finding. Because CCLP does not administer any amount of federal monies, CCLP does not comprehend the rationale behind these monetary figures. However, because it mentions that documentation was not provided for the unannounced inspections, please refer to the documentation submitted on this matter. Therefore, as a matter of record, CCLP hereby disagrees with this section in its entirety.
Relative to NMIS Early Head Start, on January 22, 2021, NMIS EHS closed its doors and stopped providing childcare services. The announced inspection was scheduled for April 6, 2021 while the unannounced inspection was scheduled for August 3, 2021. In light of that information, an inspection report was never generated because NMIS EHS ceased its operation before the scheduled CCLP inspection. However, NMIS EHS was included in the listing of 21 providers due to the fact that it fell within the fiscal year (FY21) that was requested from CCLP.
Condition 2:
A response from CCLP is not necessary for this section as it states that the matter has been resolved.
Condition 3:
CCLP disagrees with these findings. The topics listed above are topics under the pre-service training requirements under the Child Care and Development Fund program, not under the Child Care Licensing Program.
Proposed Completion Date: Ongoing