Department of Health and Human Services
DEPARTMENTAL APPEALS BOARD
Appellate Division
SUBJECT: Babyland Family Services, Inc.     DATE: August 28, 2007
Docket No. A-07-19
Decision No. 2109

Babyland Family Services

DECISION

By letter dated November 7, 2006, Babyland Family Services, Inc. (Babyland) appealed the decision of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to terminate Babyland's Early Head Start Program (EHSP) grant. ACF relied on Babyland's "failure to correct all deficiencies within the time period specified in prior written notice." ACF letter to Babyland at 1 (Oct. 5, 2006) (ACF termination notice). Babyland argued that it submitted a corrective action plan, which ACF did not reject, and that all the cited deficiencies were corrected before Babyland received the termination notice. Babyland also alleged that all of the deficiencies cited in the termination letter were included in the corrective action plan and corrected before the date of the termination letter. Babyland therefore asked that the termination be dismissed as premature and, in the alternative, for a hearing. Full text» [PDF, 117KB]