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April 16, 2026 ISSUED VIA PROVIDER HUB Mohamed Said, Authorized Agent Ikram Childcare Center 3504 Snelling Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55406 License Number 1101527 (child care) ORDER OF LICENSE REVOCATION Dear Mohamed Said: The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is revoking your license to provide child care services at 3504 Snelling Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This revocation is based on a controlling individual being excluded from a DCYF administered program. Details of our findings are provided below. Our next steps and your options are also detailed. The revocation goes into effect on April 26, 2026, at 10:00 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 Controlling individual excluded from DCYF administered program C1, C2, and C3 are controlling individuals of your program. On January 16, 2026, DCYF entered into a settlement agreement with C1, C2, C3, and Ikram Childcare Center for an Administrative Disqualification and Notice of Refusal to Pay. C1, C2, C3, and Ikram Childcare Center agreed that they are terminated from receiving payments from CCAP for a period of three years. Based on this agreement, C1, C2, C3, and Ikram Childcare Center are prohibited from being licensed during this period of exclusion and their license must be revoked. Legal Authority: Minnesota Statutes, sections 142A.12, subdivision 1(a)(1) and (2); and 142B.18, subdivision 4(a)(4). 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 for the 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 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 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 Order of License Revocation in a place that is clearly noticeable to the people receiving services and all visitors to the facility for two 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.” · 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. Questions If you have any further questions regarding this matter, you may contact Donna Gainor, Supervisor, at 651-431-6529. Sincerely,
Kimberly Sommers, Assistant Unit Manager Licensing Division Office of Inspector General
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