24-01 · Food Preparation Area

A food preparation area is a designated room, such as a kitchen, or a designated space in a facility not normally used or accessible to the children in daily operations for indoor play, classroom, work or nap spaces, and not included when calculating usable indoor floor space. Licensing Specialist (LS) observed the kitchen area being used to store items other than food (Pictures were taken)

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.

24-13 · Food Preparation Area

Child care personnel, while working in the food preparation area, must wear proper head covering, such as a hair net or hat. To prevent contact with ready to-eat foods, child care personnel must use clean disposable gloves, utensils, or similar items in the food preparation area. Staff member while working in the food preparation area was not wearing a hair net or hat. TA was given by CCRC to the staff and director in reference to this matter

Corrected Corrected by May 31, 2024

Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.

33-01 · Training Requirements

During a Re-inspection visit to the facility on 9/18/2023 the staff member noted on the supplemental who started in the child care industry on 7/5/2021 has not completed the Introduction Course. The Licensing Counselor provided technical assistance explaining that training must be completed within 12 months from the day employment begins in the child care industry. Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month must begin training within 90 days of employment in the child care industry and successfully complete Departments training within 12 months from the date training begins. Training taken prior to employment in the child care industry does not constitute begin training. The begin training timeframes begin at the time of employment in the child care industry. Training completion may not exceed 15 months from the date of employment in the child care industry in any licensed Florida child care facility. This may be accomplished by classroom attendance in a Department-approved training course, acquiring an educational exemption from a Department-approved training course, beginning a Department-approved online child care training course, or by receiving results from a Department-approved competency examination. The child care program is responsible for obtaining training documentation from child care personnel. Mandated Introductory care personnel must successfully complete 40 hours of child care training as evidenced by successful completion of competency examinations offered by the Department or its designated representative with a weighted score of 70 or better. Child care personnel who successfully completed the mandatory 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training prior to January 1, 2004 are not required to fulfill the competency examination requirement. A. Part I Courses (30 Hours)Child care personnel must complete all of the following:? Child Care Facility Rules and Regulations? Health, Safety and Nutrition? Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect? Child Growth and Development? Behavioral Observation and ScreeningB. Part II Courses (10 Hours)Child care personnel must also complete 10 hours of the following Part II courses:? Special Needs Appropriate Practices (10 hours), or? Understanding Developmentally Appropriate Practices (5 hours) and one of the following courses:1. Infant and Toddler Appropriate Practices (5 hours)2. Preschool Appropriate Practices (5 hours)3. School- Age Appropriate Practices (5 hours)

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.

32-07 · Outdoor Equipment

If the ground cover in place is loose ground cover (such as, but not limited to: mulch, shredded rubber chips, or sand) a minimum of 6 inches in depth is required in the use zone. Asphalt, concrete, hard packed dirt, hay, grass or leaves are unsuitable for use in the use zone area. The mulch on both playgrounds needs to be replenished. Technical assistant was provided. Permanent or stationary playground equipment must have a fall/use zone that extends a minimum of 6 feet in all directions from the perimeter of the equipment. All types of ground cover must be maintained to provide resilience and reduce the incidence of injuries to children in the event of falls. If the ground cover in place is loose ground cover (such as, but not limited to: mulch, shredded rubber chips, or sand) a minimum of 6 inches in depth is required in the use zone. Asphalt, concrete, hard packed dirt, hay, grass or leaves are unsuitable for use in the use zone area. Child care regulation observed on the front playground, that mulch was missing (pictures were taken). This is due by 10/18/2023. The back playground is currently not in use, CCRC notified the staff responsible that the back playground cannot be used until it is clean and safe for children to use

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.

33-01 · Training Requirements

One staff member noted on the supplemental who started in the child care industry on 7/5/2021 has not completed the Introduction Course. The Licensing Counselor provided technical assistance explaining that training must be completed within 12 months from the day employment begins in the child care industry. Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month must begin training within 90 days of employment in the child care industry and successfully complete Departments training within 12 months from the date training begins . Training taken prior to employment in the child care industry does not constitute begin training. The begin training timeframes begin at the time of employment in the child care industry. Training completion may not exceed 15 months from the date of employment in the child care industry in any licensed Florida child care facility. This may be accomplished by classroom attendance in a Department-approved training course, acquiring an educational exemption from a Department-approved training course, beginning a Department-approved online child care training course, or by receiving results from a Department-approved competency examination. The child care program is responsible for obtaining training documentation from child care personnel. Mandated Introductory Training Child care personnel must successfully complete 40 hours of child care training as evidenced by successful completion of competency examinations offered by the Department or its designated representative with a weighted score of 70 or better. Child care personnel who successfully completed the mandatory 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training prior to January 1, 2004 are not required to fulfill the competency examination requirement. A. Part I Courses (30 Hours) Child care personnel must complete all of the following: ? Child Care Facility Rules and Regulations ? Health, Safety and Nutrition ? Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect ? Child Growth and Development ? Behavioral Observation and Screening B. Part II Courses (10 Hours) Child care personnel must also complete 10 hours of the following Part II courses: ? Special Needs Appropriate Practices (10 hours), or ? Understanding Developmentally Appropriate Practices (5 hours) and one of the following courses: 1. Infant and Toddler Appropriate Practices (5 hours) 2. Preschool Appropriate Practices (5 hours) 3. School- Age Appropriate Practices (5 hours)

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.