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April 2, 2026 ISSUED VIA PROVIDER HUB Katelyn M. Schneider, Authorized Agent T.L.C. University C.C.C. LLC 1061 Highway 23 Foley, MN 56329-9195 License Number 1095685 (Child Care Center) Report Number 202509046 ORDER OF LICENSE REVOCATION Dear Katelyn M. Schneider: The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is revoking your license to provide child care at T.LC University C.C.C., 1061 Highway 23, Foley, Minnesota. This revocation is based on failure to comply fully with applicable child care center licensing laws and rules. Details of our findings are provided below. Our next steps and your options are also detailed. The revocation goes into effect on April 15, 2026, at 5:45 p.m. to allow time for delivery of this order and ten days for you to inform the Commissioner whether you intend to appeal the license revocation explained below. REASON FOR LICENSE REVOCATION 1. Failure to comply with licensing laws and rules On November 20, 2025, a DCYF investigator conducted a maltreatment investigation, and a DCYF licensor conducted a licensing investigation, at your facility located at 1061 Highway 23 in Foley, Minnesota. As a result of the maltreatment investigation and licensing investigation, DCYF determined that your program failed to fully comply with the laws and rules that apply to licensed child care centers. DCYF has also considered the nature, chronicity, and severity of the violations that led to the revocation of your license. Nature and Severity: Many of the violations that led to the revocation of your license are related to the health and safety of children served by your program. T.L.C. University C.C.C. LLC center has: o Failed to provide the Commissioner with access to documents, records, staff and personnel records of current and former staff. o Failed to provide documentation showing an internal review was completed to the Commissioner immediately upon the Commissioner’s request. o Failed to comply with background study requirements. Chronicity: Your program received its license on January 1, 2019. Since that time, your program has demonstrated a history of noncompliance with licensing rules and statutes. The information below summarizes this history: o April 2, 2026, Revocation (this order): 54 violations (12 repeat) o A Correction Order dated May 29, 2025 19 violations (6 repeat) o May 21, 2025, Order to Pay a Fine $600 (3 background study violations) o July 2, 2024, Order to Pay a Fine $200 (2 background study violations) o A Correction Order dated June 13, 2024 8 violations (3 repeat) o A Correction Order dated August 21, 2023 1 violation o June 30, 2023, Order to Pay a Fine $600 (4 background study violations) o A Correction Order dated June 26, 2023 10 violations (2 repeat) o A Correction Order dated March 2, 2023 1 violation (1 repeat) o A Correction Order dated September 21, 2022 1 violation o A Correction Order dated March 30, 2022 4 violations o A Correction Order dated July 6, 2021 1 violation Legal Authority: Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.18, subdivision 4(a)(1). 2. Commissioner’s evaluation of program In determining whether a licensing action is warranted, DCYF evaluated the facts, conditions, and circumstances concerning your program’s operation. This includes consideration of the well-being of children served by your program, and information about the qualifications of staff persons that are working in your program. DCYF has determined that revocation of your license is appropriate based on the violations identified below and the program evaluation. · You have not supplied documentation to DCYF that was needed for a child maltreatment investigation, despite multiple requests. · You have repeatedly failed to respond to, or correct violations cited in Correction Orders. On three occasions, you were issued Correction Orders or a Fine Order. Each order required you to correct the violations immediately and submit written documentation to DCYF within 30 days of receipt of the letter detailing how compliance was achieved. You failed to respond to the following orders as required: o May 29, 2025, Correction Order o May 21, 2025, Order to Pay a Fine o June 13, 2024, Correction Order You failed to respond to Correction and Fine Orders and failed to respond to a request from a DCYF maltreatment investigator, suggesting an unwillingness and/or inability to comply with licensing rules and statutes. Review of documentation is one of the primary ways DCYF monitors whether children are being served in a safe environment that is compliant with licensing laws and rules. Your failure to cooperate with requests for necessary documentation, and to confirm that you have corrected identified health and safety violations, significantly undermines DCYF’s ability to ensure that minimum health and safety requirements are being met. Legal Authority: Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 13. Due to the serious and chronic nature of these violations and the conditions in the program, which impact the health and safety of children in your care, your license to provide child care services is revoked. LICENSING VIOLATIONS DETERMINED ON APRIL 2, 2026 DCYF determined that your program failed to follow licensing rules and statutes, as described below. ACCESS AND RECORDS 1. Violation: The commissioner was not given access to documents and records; nor to staff and personnel records of current and former staff. The DCYF investigator and DCYF licensor made the following attempts to access and collect documents, records, and staff and personnel records: · On October 9, 2025, the DCYF investigator called the facility’s telephone number. There was no answer. · On October 9, 2025, the DCYF investigator called an alternate telephone number for the facility. The call went to a voice mail box that was unable to accept messages. · On October 10, 2025, the DCYF investigator emailed an administrative staff person (P1). · On October 14, 2025, the DCYF investigator attempted an unannounced site visit during business hours. However, the facility was locked, lights were off, and there was evidence of failed mail delivery attempts. · On October 21, 2025, the DCYF investigator sent a letter by postal service to P1, asking P1 to contact the DCYF investigator. · On October 29, 2025, the DCYF licensor attempted an unannounced site visit during business hours. However, the facility was locked, and the lights were off. · On November 4, 2025, the DCYF investigator sent a letter by postal service to P1, informing P1 that the investigator would be at the facility on November 20, 2025, to complete a site visit, noting that license holders are required to cooperate with DCYF and provide access to the facility’s physical plant, grounds, documents and records. · On November 7, 2025, the DCYF licensor attempted an unannounced site visit during business hours. However, the facility was locked, and the lights were off. · On November 20, 2025, it was determined through a conversation with P1 that the facility records were not available for the DCYF investigator to review. In addition, P1 stated they would send the requested documents via email to the DCYF investigator. · On November 20, 2025, the DCYF investigator emailed a list of required documents to P1, with a deadline to return the documents on or before November 27, 2025. · The DCYF investigator attempted to reach P1 regarding the documents that were requested on November 26, December 2, December 10, 2025. · On December 11, 2025, the DCYF investigator sent a certified letter to P1 listing the required documents, with a response deadline of December 17, 2025. · As of today’s date, the requested information has not been received from P1. The commissioner must be given access without prior notice and as often as the commissioner considers necessary if the commissioner is investigating alleged maltreatment, conducting a licensing inspection, or investigating an alleged violation of applicable laws or rules. Failure or refusal of a license holder to fully comply with this subdivision is reasonable cause for the commissioner to immediately suspend or revoke the license. Rule/Statute Violated: Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 12. 2. Violation: The DCYF investigator informed P1 of a report of alleged maltreatment on November 20, 2025, and requested a copy of the facility’s internal review on November 20 and 26, and December 2, 10, and 11, 2025. However, as of today’s date, the facility has not provided the requested internal review. The program did not document that an internal review was completed within 30 days; and provide documentation showing an internal review was completed to the commissioner immediately upon the commissioner’s request. Rule/Statute Violated: Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.54, subdivision 1, paragraph (3). 3. Violation: A staff person (P2) received a cleared background study on June 29, 2020, with an expiration date of June 29, 2025. Information obtained during the maltreatment investigation showed that P2 continued working at the facility after his/her background study expired, including on September 26, 2025. The program did not meet all background study requirements for child care background study subjects. The program failed to repeat a background study for a child care background study subject within five years of the child care background study subject’s most recent study. Rule/Statute Violated: Minnesota Statutes, section 245C.04, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (h). Repeat Violation: The license holder was cited for a similar violation in the following orders: · May 21, 2025, Order to Pay a Fine · July 2, 2024, Order to Pay a Fine · June 30, 2023, Order to Pay a Fine License holders determined to have a background study violation are required to pay a $200 fine for each violation. Because license revocation is a more severe sanction against your license, DCYF is not imposing a fine. YOUR RIGHT TO APPEAL You have the right to appeal the revocation. If you choose to appeal the revocation, you must use the Provider Hub (https://providerhub.DCYF.mn.gov/) to submit your request. Your request must be made before the deadline provided below. If you do not meet this deadline, you lose your right to an administrative appeal. The timeline to appeal began when this order was issued in the Provider Hub. Your request for an appeal must be submitted in the Provider Hub within 10 calendar days from the date it was issued in the Provider Hub. Upon DCYF’s receipt of your timely appeal, your case would be scheduled for a contested case hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge. Following this hearing, the Commissioner of DCYF will issue a final order. If you do not appeal or if the order is affirmed by the Commissioner following a hearing, DCYF is prohibited from issuing you and the controlling individuals a license for five years. In addition, any additional licenses held by you or the controlling individuals shall also be revoked. Legal representation at the contested case hearing: You do not need a lawyer to appeal. However, a lawyer can help you with your appeal. The state or county will not get you a lawyer and will not pay for a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, you may be able to get free legal advice or help with your appeal. To find out if free help is available, contact: Volunteer Lawyers Network at 612-752-6677; Central Minnesota Legal Services at 612-332-8151; Southern Minnesota Legal Services at 651-222-4731; or go to www.lawhelpmn.org to find a local legal services program that may be able to help you. You can also find information on contested cases from the Office of Administrative Hearings website at https://mn.gov/oah/self-help. Click on Administrative Law Overview, then click on Administrative Law Contested Case Hearing Guide for a list of frequently asked questions. Operating the program pending the outcome of the appeal: If you file an appeal within the timeframes described above, you may continue to operate pending the outcome of your appeal. If you continue to operate, you must comply with the conditions described below. If you continue to operate, you must do so in full compliance with all licensing laws and rules. Failure to follow a law or rule that may impact the health or safety of children served by your program could result in the immediate suspension of your license. If you continue to operate pending the outcome of your appeal, you must comply with the following conditions: 1. You must respond to all requests from DCYF within the time frame requested. 2. The Commissioner must be given access to documents, records including children’s records, and staff and personnel records of current and former staff. If you are a provider registered to receive Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) payments, this revocation order could impact your ability to receive CCAP funding. If your CCAP registration is closed or denied as a result of this Licensing action, you will get a separate notice(s). If you have questions about: · Your CCAP registration, and you get a notice telling you your registration is being closed or denied, contact the agency that sent the notice. · Billing or payments for specific children, contact the county or CCAP agency where the children get CCAP. Posting of this licensing action You are required to place this Maltreatment Determination and Order to License Revocation and the associated Maltreatment Investigation Memorandum (Report Number 202509046) in a place that is clearly noticeable to the people receiving services and all visitors to the facility for four years, even if you appeal. Legal authority for this licensing action · This action is taken under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.18, subdivision 4, which describes under which conditions DCYF may revoke a license. · The timeline to appeal a revocation order is provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.18, subdivision 4(b). · “Controlling individual” is defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.01, subdivision 8. · Minnesota Statutes, section 142A.12 defines which programs administered by DCYF are included in the exclusion provision, and further defines “excluded,” “individual,” and “provider.” · Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.18, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), clause (4)(iv) states that license holders shall pay a $200 for each background study violation. · License holders have a right to appeal licensing actions and request a contested case hearing, under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14 and Minnesota Rules, parts 1400.8505 to 1400.8612. · The requirement to post this order in a clearly visible location is required under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.18, subdivision 6. · If a license holder files a timely appeal of a revocation order, the license holder may continue to operate the program pending a final order of the appeal under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.18, subdivision 1(b). · Under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 14, paragraph (d), clause (3), the commissioner shall not issue or reissue a license if the applicant, license holder, or controlling individual has had a license issued under this chapter revoked within the past five years. · Under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 14, paragraph (d), clause (4), when a license issued under this chapter is revoked, the license holder and controlling individuals may not hold any license under chapter 142B for five years following the revocation, and other licenses held by the applicant, license holder, or controlling individual shall also be revoked. · Under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.18, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), the commissioner may include terms the license holder must follow pending a final order on appeal. Questions If you have any further questions regarding this matter, you may contact Marie Tierney, Supervisor, at 651-539-8273. Sincerely,
Mary Kelsey, Licensing Director Licensing Division Office of Inspector General
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