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June 3, 2026 CERTIFIED MAIL Jamie Cleven 1509 Meadowlark Court Thief River Falls, MN 56701 License Number 1043110 FCC ORDER OF CONDITIONAL LICENSE Dear Ms. Cleven: Based on the recommendation from Pennington County Human Services (Pennington County), the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is placing your license to provide family child care at 1509 Meadowlark Court, Thief River Falls, MN on conditional status for one year beginning June 3, 2026. This means you must meet certain conditions to maintain your license, detailed below. This order is based on your level of noncompliance with family child care licensing requirements. Our next steps and your options are also provided below. REASON FOR THE CONDITIONAL LICENSE 1. 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 in your program, available evaluations from consumers of your program, and information about the qualifications of caregivers working in your program. Specifically, because you failed to comply with previously issued correction orders, because you failed to provide documentation that you repeated Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and first aid training as required, because you failed to provide documentation that you completed the 16 hours of ongoing annual training, because you failed to provide documentation that all cribs accessible to children were inspected on a monthly basis to ensure they meet all safety requirements, because you failed to ensure that your water temperature was at or below 120 degrees Fahrenheit when your water temperature was 123 degrees Fahrenheit, because you failed to ensure your emergency plan was available for review as required, and because you failed to conduct and provide documentation of the date and time that monthly fire and storm drills were conducted. DCYF has determined that it is appropriate to place your license on conditional status based on the violations identified below and the program evaluation. Legal Authority: Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 13. 2. Failure to comply with licensing laws and rules As a result of previous licensing visits, Pennington County determined that your program failed to comply with the laws and rules for licensed family child care. DCYF has considered the nature, chronicity, and severity of these violations, which are provided below. Legal Authority: Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.16, subdivision 1. Nature, history and severity of violations License history The following violations summarize the nature of your previous licensing violations. Please refer to the previously issued correction orders for further details on these violations. If you do not have copies of these orders, contact your Pennington County licensor for assistance. DCYF also considered this history as a factor when it determined that a Conditional License is appropriate. · May 7, 2026, Correction Order, which cited you for the following violations: o You failed to comply with a correction order that was issued on December 11, 2025. o You failed to ensure that your water temperature was at or below 120 degrees Fahrenheit when your water temperature was 123 degrees Fahrenheit. o You failed to ensure your emergency preparedness plan was available for review as required. o You failed to conduct and provide documentation of the date and time that fire and storm drills were conducted. o You failed to provide documentation of pediatric first aid training as required. o You failed to provide documentation of pediatric CPR training as required. o You failed to provide documentation that you had completed the 16 hours of annual training. o You failed to complete or document a monthly safety inspection of each mesh-sided or fabric sided play yard, pack n play or playpen used by or accessible to children in care. · December 11, 2025, Correction Order, which cited you for the following violations: o You failed to maintain a fire extinguisher as required. o You failed to ensure that smoke alarms were installed properly. o You failed to ensure that the first aid kit and manual were taken on field trips. o You failed to ensure emergency phone numbers were readily available or taken on field trips as required. o You failed to ensure that your water temperature was at or below 120 degrees Fahrenheit when your water temperature was 125 degrees Fahrenheit. o You failed to obtain written permission from parents prior to administering medicine, diapering products, sunscreen lotions, or insect repellents. o You failed to conduct and provide documentation of the date and time that fire and storm drills were conducted. o You failed to provide documentation of pediatric first aid training as required. o You failed to provide documentation of pediatric CPR training as required. o You failed to obtain all required information prior to admission of one child. o You failed to provide documentation that all cribs accessible to children were inspected on a monthly basis to ensure they meet all safety requirements. o You failed to provide documentation that you reviewed the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) website to verify if a crib was marked safe or unsafe. o You failed to complete or document a monthly safety inspection of each mesh-sided or fabric sided play yard, pack n play or playpen used by or accessible to children in care. Severity of violations Due to the serious and chronic nature of these violations, and the conditions in the program, which impact the health and safety of children served in your care, your license to provide family child care is placed on a conditional status. Conditional License Terms In addition to the licensing rules and statutes for family child care, you are required to comply with the following terms: 1. You must follow and comply with all applicable Minnesota Rules and Laws. 2. No variances to age distribution or capacity will be granted during the conditional period. 3. You must submit a detailed written plan on how you will complete all required trainings and the monthly and annual paperwork within 30 days of this order. This plan must be approved by Pennington County. 4. You must use only approved sleeping equipment for children in care. The approved sleeping equipment must be reviewed monthly using the required crib safety inspection checklist. Documentation of the completed monthly inspections must be submitted to Pennington County by the 5th day of each month for the previous month within 30 days of the issuance of this order. 5. You must complete six hours of additional training within 60 days of this order. The training is in addition to the annual training requirements as listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.70. The training must be in the area of supervision and child health and safety. You must obtain approval from Pennington County that the training is appropriate, and you must submit documentation of your attendance to Pennington County. 6. You must either provide a copy of the Order of Conditional License to parents of children in care or document that all parents have been given an opportunity to review the order. You must obtain parent signatures of each currently enrolled child, indicating they have either received a copy of the order or had an opportunity to review the order and submit documentation to Pennington County within 30 days of receiving this order. For new families, you must submit documentation of compliance with this term to Pennington County within 5 days of any child’s admission to your child care program. If you close or temporarily stop services at license no. 1043110 during the conditional license period, you must complete any remaining duration and/or terms of this conditional license in the event you apply for and is approved for a new family child care license or resumes services at license no. 1043110. Ongoing Monitoring Your Pennington County licensor will monitor your compliance with these terms and with all of the family child care rules and laws. This will include unannounced visits. If you fail to demonstrate substantial compliance with family child care requirements or with the terms of your conditional license that are provided above, DCYF may take an additional licensing sanction, including a revocation of your license. YOUR RIGHT TO REQUEST RECONSIDERATION You have the right to request reconsideration of this order and the cited violations. Your request must: · Be in writing · Clearly state that you are requesting reconsideration of the conditional license · List each citation you are challenging and identify what is inaccurate or incomplete about the information in the order · Supply information that is accurate or more complete · State why you believe your license should not be on a conditional status · Be made before the deadlines provided below If you are mailing your request, it must be sent by certified mail and postmarked within 10 calendar days from when you received this order. If you do not meet this deadline, you lose your right to request reconsideration. The timeline to appeal began when you received this order. Please send it to: Commissioner, Department of Children, Youth, and Families Office of Inspector General Legal Counsel’s Office Attention: Licensing Legal Unit PO Box 64953 St. Paul, MN 55164-0953 If your request is being personally delivered, it must be received by DCYF within 10 calendar days from when you received this order. Please bring it to: Commissioner, Department of Children, Youth, and Families Office of Inspector General Legal Counsel’s Office Attention: Licensing Legal Unit 444 Lafayette Road North St. Paul, MN 55155 Conditional license stayed pending reconsideration If you request reconsideration within the timeframes described above, the terms of the conditional license will not take effect until a decision is issued by DCYF. If the conditional license is affirmed on reconsideration, the terms would take effect on the date of the reconsideration decision, and run for one year from that date. You continue to be required to comply with all family child care laws and rules. Prohibition against providing legally unlicensed child care If this action is not reversed on appeal, you will not be allowed to provide legally unlicensed child care to unrelated children. Operating an unlicensed family child care home is a misdemeanor offense. Posting of this licensing action You are required to place this Order of Conditional License 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 · The timeline to request reconsideration of the order is provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.16, subdivision 4. · Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.05, subdivision 4, provides that an applicant for licensure who has received a conditional license order that has not been reversed on appeal may not provide unlicensed child care to non-relatives. Operating a prohibited unlicensed family child care is a misdemeanor under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.05, subdivision 5. · The requirement to post this order in a clearly visible location is required under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.16, subdivision 5. · If a license holder files a timely reconsideration request, the terms of the conditional license are stayed pending a decision by DCYF under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.16, subdivision 4. Questions If you have any further questions regarding this matter, you may contact me at 651-431-6565. Sincerely,
Beth Donahue, Supervisor Licensing Division Office of Inspector General cc: Brooklyn Melcher, Pennington County Human Services
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