Finding Text
Finding No. 2024-002: Significant Deficiency - Improper Monitoring of Child and Adult Daycare Centers
Condition:
During our audit, we noted Anita Moreau monitored two snacks and one meal during their monitored visits of two daycare centers.
Criteria:
In compliance with Section 4337 of the Texas Department of Agriculture - Child and Adult Care Food Program - Child Care Centers Handbook, only one review during the home's 12-month review period may include the observation of a snack rather than a meal.
Cause:
During the year, Anita Moreau monitored two snacks and one meal during their monitored visits for two daycare centers.
Effect:
Failure of Anita Moreau to properly monitor child and adult daycare centers in accordance with 4340 of the Texas Department of Agriculture - Child and Adult Care Food Program, could cause meals to be disallowed during the year.
Recommendation:
We recommend that Anita Moreau implement procedures to ensure the monitored visists are in accordance with 4340 of the Texas Department of Agriculture - Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions:
Anita Moreau has assigned an employee charged with ensuring monitored visits occur in compliance with 4337 of the Texas Department of Agriculture - Child and Adult Care Food Program - Child Care Centers Handbook. This employee ensures monitored visists occur and meals monitored do not include snacks. Monitored visits are based on the meal times with the greatest number of meals served at the centers. These were discovered before the audit and procedures were implemented to rectify these two instances before year-end.
Twinkle Wonders Rice: This facility was formely called Kaleidoscope. Because of the change in management, the facility did not have a full program year to be monitored. This is where confusion emerged regarding amount of monitors and monitoring events needed versus what actually occured.
Top Leaders: This facility was monitored three times during the year. Two of these monitors were PM snacks. There were monitored August 2024 and a follow-up was scheduled for September 2024. The facility must be given enough time to correct its recommendations. Because the issue was so close to the end fo the program year, there was not enough time to proceed with the follow-up and another monitoring of an additional meal. The facility's next monitoring event was a meal, but it was visited in the following program year.