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PUBLIC Summary of Settlement Agreement License Holder: Michelle Jackson License Number: 1125058 Program Type: Family Child Care Date of Licensing Action: 05.19.2026 Licensing Action Taken: Order of License Revocation Action appealed and settlement agreement signed by Commissioner on: 09.18.2026 Terms of Settlement Agreement: 1. Upon final execution of the Agreement, License Holder agrees that her appeal of the Order of Revocation is withdrawn. 2. Upon final execution of the Agreement, DCYF agrees not to impose the Order of Revocation upon License Holder’s family child care license, subject to the paragraphs below. 3. License Holder will follow and comply with all applicable Minnesota Statutes and Rules, including Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0300 through 9502.0445. 4. License Holder will remove Household Member (“HHM”) as a household member from her family child care license, License No. 1125058. 5. License Holder will ensure that HHM will not reside at or stay overnight in the family child care home, or be present on her property where she operates her family child care program during the program’s operating hours, or at any time when the children served are present. 6. License Holder will ensure that HHM does not otherwise have any direct contact with, or access to, the children served by the program when they are receiving services. 7. License Holder will not use HHM as a caregiver, substitute caregiver, or emergency replacement in the program. 8. License Holder will comply with the safety plan as follows: a. License Holder will comply with all applicable rules regarding firearm storage and accessibility in the program, including Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0435, subpart 5. b. License Holder will not permit any person to possess, carry, or bring a firearm onto the premises of her family child care program at any time while the program is operating or while any children served by the program are present on the premises, except for law enforcement if present on the premises in the course and scope of their official duties. Any firearm otherwise present on the premises, including any firearm owned or possessed by the License Holder, household members, or other caregivers, must be stored in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0435, subpart 5, before the program begins operating or before any children served by the program arrive at the program, whichever occurs first. c. License Holder will disclose any changes in the membership of her household within five (5) calendar days and cooperate with any requests from the Hennepin County licensor for verification. d. License Holder will: (1) contact HHM and request that HHM change his/her home address on file with his/her probation office to an address other than License Holder’s residence where she operates her program; or (2) contact HHM’s probation office to request the change to HHM’s home address on file. License Holder must provide proof of the communications described in this paragraph within 30 calendar days of the effective date of the Agreement. Upon learning that HHM’s change-of-address has been effectuated with his/her probation office, License Holder will, within five (5) calendar days, provide verification to the Hennepin County licensor. e. License Holder will update her emergency phone numbers, required under Minnesota Rule 9502.0435, subpart 8, to include HHM’s probation officer, Hennepin County Mental Health Crisis Line, and the COPE Crisis Line. Within five (5) calendar days of the effective date of the Agreement, License Holder will save these numbers to her mobile phone, if she uses one, and post these numbers in a place at her program where she can access them while she and the children are moved to a secure place, as described in Paragraph 8(f) below. f. In the event that HHM accesses, or attempts to access, License Holder’s program during her hours of operation or when the children served are present: i. License Holder will immediately ensure that all children are moved to a secure area within the residence and kept under supervision; ii. License Holder will direct HHM to leave the property immediately; iii. If HHM does not leave the property, License Holder will contact local law enforcement and HHM’s probation officer; and iv. License Holder will notify the Hennepin County licensor of the incident as soon as it is safe to do so and comply with all directions provided by the County and DCYF. g. Within five (5) calendar days of the effective date of the Agreement, License Holder must update her emergency preparedness plan, required under Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.71, subdivision 3, to include the terms of Paragraphs 8(a), (b) and (f). 9. License Holder must post the Agreement in her family child care program in a conspicuous place and obtain signatures from parent or guardian of each child attending her family child care program indicating they have read a copy of the Agreement. Documentation that the parent or guardian has read the Agreement will be provided to Hennepin County within 30 calendar days of the effective date of the Agreement. For new families enrolling in the family child care program, License Holder will submit documentation signed by the parent or guardian to the Hennepin County within five (5) calendar days of the child beginning to receive services from her program that verifies that the parent or guardian has read the Agreement. The Agreement must be posted in a conspicuous place for two (2) years from the date of the effective date of the Agreement. 10. License Holder agrees that, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 142B.10, subdivision 12, she may be subject to random, unannounced visits from Hennepin County to confirm continued compliance with licensing rules and the terms of the Agreement.
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