Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Respondent: WILLIE AND JOYCE WARREN, D/B/A TOMORROW'S STARS LEARNING CENTER
Judges: JAMES H. PETERSON, III
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Locations: Live Oak, Florida
Filed: Jul. 29, 2014
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, August 15, 2014.
Latest Update: Dec. 24, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
To: Willie Warren & Joyce Warren Certified Mail: 7012 3460 0002 3963 5441
dibia Tomorrow’s Stars Learning Center Return Receipt Requested
P. O. Box 102
Live Oak, FL 32064
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED the Department has imposed a Civil Penalty in the amount of
Two Thousand One Hundred Sixty Dollars ($2,160.00). The Department's authority and grounds to
impose this sanction are explained below:
1. The Department of Children and Families is authorized by section 402.310, Florida
Statutes, to sanction Willie Warren & Joyce Warren d/b/a Tomorrow’s Stars Learning Center for
violations of child care licensing standards in sections 402.301 ~ 402.319, Florida Statutes, and chapter
65C-22, Florida Administrative Code.
2. Willie Warren & Joyce Warren is licensed under chapter 402, Florida Statutes, and
chapter 65C-22, Florida Administrative Code, to operate a child care facility known as Tomorrow’s
Stars Learning Center License #C04DU0485 located at 4027 Moncrief Road, Jacksonville, FL 32209.
The facility license is currently a REGULAR license.
3. During a Renewal Inspection on June 4, 2014 DCF Licensing Counselor Tracey Flanders,
determined that:
The personnel record did not include a signed CF-FSP 5337 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting
Requirements form for C.W. The Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements form expired
for C.W. on February 22, 2014.
4. The foregoing facts violate Florida Administrative Code 65C-22.006(4)(c) which states:
Records shall be maintained and kept current on all child care personnel, as defined by Section
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402.302(3), F.S., and household members if the facility is located in a private residence. CF-FSP Form
5337, March 2009, Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting Requirements, which is incorporated by reference,
must be signed annually by all child care personnel.
5. The violation described above is a Class III violation of child care licensing standards. It
is the facility's fourth (4") Class Ill violation of Child Care Facility Standards Classifications
Summary #59 Personnel Records within a two-year period. The same violation has previously been
cited on June 18, 2013, October 24, 2013 and January 21, 2014. The fine imposed for this violation is
Two Thousand One Hundred Sixty Dollars ($2,160.00) at $30.00 per day for 72 days from February
22, 2014 to June 5, 2014.
If you do not wish to contest the findings of this administrative complaint, please submit a cashier's
check or money order made payable to the Florida Department of Children and Families, Child
Care Regulation Office, 5920 Arlington Expressway, P.O. Box 2417, Jacksonville, FL 32231
If you wish to contest the findings of this administrative complaint and/or the sanctions imposed you may
do so as provided in the notification of rights below.
NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS UNDER CHAPTER 120, FLORIDA STATUTES
IF YOU BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT'S DECISION IS IN ERROR, YOU MAY REQUEST AN
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING TO CONTEST THE DECISION. YOUR REQUEST FOR AN
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING MUST BE IN WRITING AND MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE
DEPARTMENT WITHIN 21 DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE. FAILURE TO REQUEST AN
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING WITHIN THE 21 DAYS PROVIDED SHALL CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF
THE RIGHT TO A HEARING.
You may submit your request for an administrative hearing to the Department at the following addresses:
David Tucker Gregory D. Venz, Agency Clerk
Chief Legal Counsel Department of Children & Families
Department of Children & Families Office of the General Counsel
P. O. Box 2417 1323 Winewood Bivd., Bldg. 1, Suite 407
Jacksonville, FL. 32231-0083 Tallahassee, FL 32301
Please note that a request for an administrative hearing must comply with section 120.569(2)(c), Florida
Statutes, and Rules 28-106.201(2), Florida Administrative Code. Those provisions require a petition for
administrative hearing to include:
(a) The name and address of each agency affected and each
agency's file or identification number, if known;
(b) The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner; the
name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner's
representative, if any, which shall be the address for service
purposes during the course of the proceeding;
(c) An explanation of how the petitioner’s substantial interests will be
affected by the agency determination;
(d) A statement of when and how the petitioner received notice of the
agency decision;
(e) A statement of all disputed issues of material facts. If there are
none, the petition must so indicate;
(f) A concise statement of the ultimate facts alleged, including the
specific facts the petitioner contends warrant reversal or
modification of the agency's proposed action;
(g) A statement of the specific rules or statutes the petitioner
contends require reversal or modification of the agency's
proposed action, including an explanation of how the alleged facts
relate to the specific rules or statutes; and
(h) A statement of the relief sought by the petitioner, stating precisely
the action petitioner wishes the agency to take with respect to the
agency's proposed action.
Section 120.569, Florida Statutes, and rule 28-106.201(4), Florida Administrative Code, require a petition
to be dismissed if it is not in substantial compliance with the requirements above.
Mediation as described in section 120.573, Florida Statutes, may be available if agreed to by all parties,
and on such terms as agreed to by all parties. The right to an administrative proceeding is not affected
when mediation does not result in a settlement.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
| HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished by certified mail
return receipt no. 70412 3460 0002 3963 5441 to Willie Warren & Joyce Warren d/b/a Tomorrow’s
Stars Learning Center, P O Box 102, Live Oak, FL 32064 this he day of June 2014.
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Safety Programm Manager
Docket for Case No: 14-003517