NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: RISING STARS JRVERSITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER Facility ID: 92002339 Consultant: ANTIONETTE WILLIAMS Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/30/2024 Number Present: 34 Completed Date: 1/30/2024 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 170 Time In: 10:00 AM Time Out: 12:50 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance visit. A full assessment of child care requirements was conducted. Your program currently operates with a Five-star license. The facility was monitored for approved curriculum. Today’s visit was conducted with you, Ashley Winter, Center Director and Shaneka Sawyer Assistant Director. You visited each child care area with me. I monitored classrooms in use for compliance with staff/child ratios, supervision, capacity, group size and staff interaction/discipline. Children throughout the facility were playing outside, listening to a book being read, and playing in activity areas. Infants were resting, having floor play time, and being fed. Staff interacted with children, assisted with play, and routines. The facility was monitored for health and safety requirements both indoors and outdoors and one violation was cited. Program requirements, along with equipment and furnishings complied. All inspections and drills were current. A sampling of children’s and staff’s records was monitored and information documented on the children’s records form and staff and training worksheet. Violations related to children and staff records were documented. A checklist was also used to monitor compliance. The last annual compliance visit was conducted 3/30/23. The owner/operator is listed as current/active with the NC Secretary of State. Transportation was monitored including three vehicles used to transport children. Violation Number Comment Rule 620 All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean and in good repair. The window sill in space two, the wall around the sink in space five, and the wall on and around a door in space ten had peeling paint. The ceiling in space ten had a large hole in the ceiling tile with the ceiling vent unsecured. 15A NCAC 18A .2825(a) 1311 Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child's first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child. Emergency medical care information was not updated at least annually for three children. .0802(c) 1899 Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. One staff member did not complete the health and safety training topics and two staff members did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to suspicions of Child Maltreatment as part of on-going training within five years of the previously completed topics in 2018 and 2017. .1103(b) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before 2/13/2024, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Antionette Williams PO Box 312 Garner, NC 27529 Antionette.williams@dhhs.nc.go If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Walls and Ceilings – Today I discussed you may need to have the building tested for lead since there is chipping paint occurring around the window sills and walls. You explained the facility has been tested in the past and may be due to be tested again. Lead may have some health risks for children and adults. Children’s Records – Today you explained you will review the children’s records to make sure the required documents are in them. You may also want to visit DCDEE website regularly for any updated forms. Health and Safety Training – Today you explained you think the staff member took the training but did not provide the certificates. We discussed the training that needed to be completed every five years including. You may access the trainings on MOODLE and visit https://www.preventchildabusenc.org/ for the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training. Updates/Resources: Make sure you are using the most recent child care requirements dated July 2023. You may access the newest version on DCDEE website. Today I discussed information regarding Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids program to identify and eliminate exposure to lead and asbestos hazards in child care. You have completed the lead water testing. Due to the age of your building, you may want to take advantage of the program. Visit cleanwaterforuskids.org/Carolina to sign up and get more information. There may be money available to assist programs needing abatement. The North Carolina Health and Safety Resource Center offers a variety of training that may be conducted onsite at your facility or virtually. For a list of trainings and resources, you may visit them at https://healthychildcare.unc.edu/. At the completion of today’s visit, the visit was discussed with you. This visit summary was sent to you. Contact me at 919-819-9383 or antionette.williams@dhhs.nc.gov if you have any questions. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.