St. Cloud home child care provider loses license following neglect ruling

Sep. 2—The Minnesota Department of Human Services has revoked the license of a St. Cloud family child care provider after an investigation found her responsible for maltreatment of a child, according to public documents.

Kimberly Grimit had a license to provide care for up to 12 children. The license was temporarily suspended in July 2020 after Stearns County learned of allegations of a "serious incident of abuse by an individual who had access to children in your care," according to the Order of Temporary Immediate Suspension. Records show she appealed the order but not on time.

Details of the alleged incident are not included in any of the licensing orders.

The county ruled in October 2020 that Grimit was "responsible for maltreatment of a minor by neglect," according to the revocation order. "Specifically, Stearns County determined that you failed to provide required supervision to a child in care resulting in a serious incident of abuse."

Grimit told the St. Cloud Times Wednesday that she did not know if she will appeal.

The order of license revocation was dated Aug. 25 and the window for appeal is open for 10 days after she received the order.

Grimit's facility was cited with a correction order in March 2019 for operating over licensed capacity by caring for three infants or toddlers when the limit on her license was two in that age range.

There is a shortage of child-care providers in the Minnesota. And greater Minnesota family child care providers have been closing more quickly than they are being replaced.

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