The Rolling Fork facility where a toddler died earlier this year has permanently lost its day-care license and will no longer have programs for children younger than 13, the Mississippi Department of Health, which licensed the facility in 1985, has ruled.

The decision, made by Interim Health Officer Dr. Ed Thompson, came just more than two months after the July 2 death of 19-month-old Kaleb Johnson, who was left in a van for at least six hours in the 90-plus degree heat after the Mississippi Christian Family Services van arrived at the Rolling Fork center.

Susie Evans, director of MCFS, said Thursday that the board is scheduled to meet Monday to decide what its next step will be. Health Department officials said the center may appeal the ruling to the Sharkey County Chancery Court.

The state agency suspended the center’s license on July 11 and held an administrative hearing Aug. 7. The decision is a result of that hearing.

Three employees at the day-care were placed on administrative leave without pay after the child’s death. Other employees were moved to other programs.

A grand jury also looked into the case and returned a no bill, finding no cause for a criminal case against Mirenda Frazier, a van escort and teacher’s aide. She had been arrested by Rolling Fork police July 10 and charged with manslaughter with culpable negligence. Frazier was believed to have exited the van before the children, who were strapped in car seats, arrived at the place they were to be unloaded for the day’s events. The children, between the age of 1 and 3, were reportedly left on the van with substitute bus driver Eugene Lane, who turned the children over to Latasha Coleman, lead teacher aide, when he arrived at the center. Out of the five or six children, who were picked up at their homes and taken to the day care, Kaleb was the only one who was left behind. An autopsy report showed that he died of exposure to extreme heat.

MCFS is a nonprofit organization that relies on grants and private contributions. The day care, described as an early intervention program for at-risk children, was one of several program that the center offers.