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September 9, 2026 CERTIFIED MAIL Amina Mohamed Abu 8906 Newton Avenue South Bloomington, MN 55431-2017 License Number 1125350 FCC ORDER OF LICENSE REVOCATION Dear Ms. Abu: Based on the recommendation of Hennepin County Human Services (Hennepin County), the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is revoking your license to provide family child care at 8906 Newton Avenue South, Bloomington, MN. Details of our findings are provided below. Our next steps and your options are also detailed. REASON FOR LICENSE REVOCATION 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 have an administrative disqualification. DCYF has determined that revocation of your license is appropriate based on the violations identified below and the program evaluation. Legal Authority: Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 13. 2. License holder excluded from DCYF administered program On July 7, 2026, DCYF issued an administrative disqualification and notice of refusal to pay decision indicating that you are no longer authorized to receive Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) payments in the State of Minnesota, effective July 8, 2026. You did not appeal the determinations, and therefore the administrative disqualification is final. You are disqualified from CCAP for a period of three years until July 7, 2029. Based on this determination, you are prohibited from being licensed during this period of exclusion. Legal Authority: Minnesota Statutes, sections 245.095, subdivision 1; and 142B.18, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), subparagraph (4). Closure of license On March 16, 2026, you notified Hennepin County of your request to close your license to provide family child care. Please note that failure to reapply or closure of a license by the license holder before an investigation is complete does not preclude DCYF from issuing a licensing action at the conclusion of the investigation. Legal Authority: Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.18, subdivision 1, paragraph (d). YOUR RIGHT TO APPEAL You have the right to appeal the revocation. Your request must be in writing and clearly state that you are requesting a contested case hearing for this matter. Your request must be made before the deadlines provided below. If you do not meet this deadline, you lose your right to an administrative appeal. The timeline to appeal began when you received this order. 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. 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 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 a license for five years. In addition, any additional licenses held by you 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: As described above, your family child care license was closed at your request. If you file an appeal within the timeframes described above, you may not operate a family child care program pending the outcome of your appeal because your license has been closed. Questions about CCAP If you are a provider registered to receive CCAP payments, this [revocation/suspension/decertification] 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 DCYF Provider Support team at CCAP.Providers.DCYF@state.mn.us or 651-431-4848. · Billing or payments for specific children, contact the county or CCAP agency where the children get CCAP. Prohibition against providing legally unlicensed child care If you do not appeal this order, or if the action is not reversed on appeal, you will not be allowed to provide child care, including 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 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. · When a revocation of a license is based on a maltreatment determination and/or a disqualification for which reconsideration was timely requested and which was not set aside, the scope of the contested case hearing for the revocation shall also include the maltreatment and/or disqualification and set aside under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.20, subdivision 3, paragraph (a). · When a revocation of a license is based on a disqualification for which reconsideration was timely requested and which was not set aside, the scope of the contested case hearing for the revocation shall also include the risk of harm review under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.20, subdivision 3, paragraph (g). · When a revocation of a license is based on a disqualification that cannot be set aside, the scope of the contested case hearing for the revocation shall not include whether the disqualification may be set aside, under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.20, subdivision 3, paragraph (g), and Minnesota Statutes, section 245C.24, subdivision 2, paragraph (a). · Minnesota Statutes, section 245C.29, subdivision 2 states that a disqualification is final if the commissioner or court has issued a final decision, the individual did not request reconsideration on the basis the disqualification was incorrect, or the individual did not timely request a hearing after being given the right to do so. · Minnesota Statutes, section 245.095 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, Minnesota Rules, parts 1400.8505 to 1400.8612, and Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.20. · Under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 14, paragraph (d), subparagraph (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 or chapter 245A revoked within the past five years. · Under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 14, paragraph (d), when a license issued under this chapter is revoked under clause (1) or (3), the license holder and controlling individual may not hold any license under chapter 142B or chapter 245A for five years following the revocation, and other licenses held by the applicant, license holder, or controlling individual shall also be revoked. · Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.05, subdivision 4, provides that child care provider who has received a license revocation 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.18, subdivision 6. Questions If you have any further questions regarding this matter, you may contact Beth Donahue, Supervisor, at 651-431-6565. Sincerely,
Alexandra Keys, Unit Manager Licensing Division Office of Inspector General cc: Azur Walters, Hennepin County Human Services
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