10A NCAC 09 .0803 · Violation

Name of Operation: SPANISH FOR FUN! Facility ID: 92002589 Consultant: BRIDGGETTE CAMPBELL Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/10/2025 Number Present: 75 Completed Date: 1/10/2025 Age: From 1 To 5 Total Minutes: 375 Time In: 10:00 AM Time Out: 04:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor compliance with child care requirements for an annual compliance assessment. This facility currently operates with a Five (5) Star License that was issued on 8-9-2018. The last sanitation inspection was completed on 10-17-24 with an “Superior” classification. The last approved fire inspection was conducted on 12-4-24. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed today and this facility’s corporation’s name, Spanish for Fun!, Inc. was listed as “Current-Active.” Today’s visit was conducted with you, Emiliano Merced, Center Director. I monitored the seven (7) classrooms in use for compliance with staff/child ratios, supervision, and staff interaction/discipline. The program was also monitored for health and safety requirements both indoors and outdoors using the annual compliance monitoring checklist. Children completed daily activities with adequate supervision and engagement from the caregivers. The children were observed outdoors on the playground running about, interacting in activity centers, at the table with playdough, caregivers were reading to the children, singing songs, and on the carpet doing yoga/meditation. Handwashing and toileting routines were also observed. Lunch was served and the children prepared for naptime resting on cots with linens. The program requirements, along with equipment and furnishings were observed. Compliance with staff records was documented by you. New staff records, along with children’s records were reviewed today. Medications observed on the premises were monitored. This facility provides not transportation. During today’s visit, an assessment of applicable child care requirements was conducted and the following violations of child care requirements were cited. Technical assistance on how to maintain compliance was offered. Violation Number Comment Rule 842 A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. Permission to administer Boudreaux Butt Paste for one child in space #1 expired 12-1-2023. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(a & b) 1823 The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and or the required information. The Ready to Go File did not contain staff contact information as required. .0607(d)(10) The above violations must be corrected immediately and a letter must be sent to me no later than 1-24-25 stating how the items were corrected and a plan to maintain compliance with the requirements. My mailing address is: PO Box 865, Knightdale, NC 27545-0865 or a correction letter can be emailed to: bridggette.campbell@dhhs.nc.gov. The following were discussed with you during today’s visit: • 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. • Technical Assistance was provided with the following suggestions that may be beneficial: Medication Authorization: Any medication on the premises must be labeled with the child’s name, be accompanied by a permission slip, filled out completely with the parent/guardian’s signature and date. Set a reminder to review/update medications in each classroom. You must remember the “five rights” of medication use: the right child, the right medication, the right time, the right dose, and the right route—all of which are generally regarded as a standard for safe medication practices. You and the caregivers must know what medication the parent/guardian authorized to be administered and how the parent/guardian wants medication given. If documentation is required after the medication is administered, then documentation with the required information must be completed and kept on file for six months. Having clear, detailed procedures for obtaining administered medication protects children from mistakes that can affect their health. It was suggested to reiterate in your monthly newsletter to parents that medication must accompany a permission slip and it was suggested all staff complete training on administering medications. Ready to Go File: The Ready to Go File requirement is crucial because it acts as a readily accessible collection of critical information needed to quickly respond to an emergency situation, allowing staff to efficiently evacuate children, contact parents, and address specific needs during a crisis, ensuring the safety and well-being of all individuals in the facility. Your Ready to Go File notebook needs to be updated with all of the required paperwork. At least twice a month, your Ready to Go File should be monitored to ensure that it is up to date. The file should be updated when new staff are hired or staff is no longer employed and when new children enroll or disenroll, and/or when new medication is provided for a child or when the medication is no longer needed, and/or when a child has an allergy, the allergy list needs to be modified. It is suggested to mark your calendar or set an alarm to remind you at least every other week to update your EPR Plan/Ready to Go File. • Complete the Annual Immunization Report by 1-15-25. The reporting period for child care immunizations is now open. Reporting for 2024-2025 has been extended due to Hurricane Helene. Children have a grace period from requirements until 11-30-24, and reports will be accepted until 1-15-25. Send any questions regarding child care immunization reporting to immunization.reports@dhhs.nc.gov. • A suggestion was made to save the most recent child care requirements in Chapter 9 effective November 1, 2024, to your desktop computer for easy access. As well as, bookmark the Division of Child Development and Early Education on your computer for access to valuable resources like, the criminal background check link, forms and documents, what’s new, etc. • Please connect/link you and your staff in the criminal record check portal asap. Center directors can now access the Automated Background Check Management System (ABCMS), the DCDEE’s criminal background check system. A handout titled Creating Connecting Applications in the Automated Background Check Management System (ABCMS) was provided today that provides instructions for connecting/linking you and your staff. ABCMS requires the successful completion of a Moodle course consisting of a short video followed by a test. The course is titled ABCMS Child Care Provider Portal Training - under the Early Childhood Professional Development Tab, then under the Criminal Background (CBC) tab. If you need assistance with your NCID, please reach out to the NCID Help Desk at 919-754-6000 or 800-722-3946, or visit https://it.nc.gov/support/ncid/reset-password-unlock-account. If you need assistance please contact the Child Care Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-6401 or email at DCDEE_ABCMS_Provider@dhhs.nc.gov . • Now that you have completed the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids webinar, you need to complete your registration and log back into your account on the website asap. You completed the webinar and need to finish the program. There are no results listed for the lead in paint and asbestos because you need to watch the training videos and complete the questionnaire. Please contact Clean Classrooms at 1-888-997-9290 to find out what is needed for you to complete the program requirements. The Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids program helps fulfill North Carolina requirements (NC 10A NCAC 41C.1001-1007, NC 154A NCAC 18A.2816) for public schools and child care facilities related to lead in water, lead-based paint, and asbestos. The goal is to identify and eliminate exposure to lead and asbestos hazards where North Carolina children learn and play. • Place an updated date on your allergy list. • Your children’s files were thick with a lot of papers. You explained that every new school year parents have to fill out the packet. It was explained that only the application has to be updated and completed every year. • Your playgrounds have mulch in areas that do not require a fall zone and six inches depth of mulch. It was suggested to use tuff timbers to encase the mulch and maintain it within the required fall zones. We also discussed that installing pour-in-place or astro turf would be no maintenance. • Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website for child care updates at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact me. Bridggette Campbell PO BOX 865, Knightdale, NC 27545-0865 bridggette.campbell@dhhs.nc.gov (919) 819-9357 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.

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: SPANISH FOR FUN! Facility ID: 92002589 Consultant: BRIDGGETTE CAMPBELL Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/10/2025 Number Present: 75 Completed Date: 1/10/2025 Age: From 1 To 5 Total Minutes: 375 Time In: 10:00 AM Time Out: 04:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor compliance with child care requirements for an annual compliance assessment. This facility currently operates with a Five (5) Star License that was issued on 8-9-2018. The last sanitation inspection was completed on 10-17-24 with an “Superior” classification. The last approved fire inspection was conducted on 12-4-24. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed today and this facility’s corporation’s name, Spanish for Fun!, Inc. was listed as “Current-Active.” Today’s visit was conducted with you, Emiliano Merced, Center Director. I monitored the seven (7) classrooms in use for compliance with staff/child ratios, supervision, and staff interaction/discipline. The program was also monitored for health and safety requirements both indoors and outdoors using the annual compliance monitoring checklist. Children completed daily activities with adequate supervision and engagement from the caregivers. The children were observed outdoors on the playground running about, interacting in activity centers, at the table with playdough, caregivers were reading to the children, singing songs, and on the carpet doing yoga/meditation. Handwashing and toileting routines were also observed. Lunch was served and the children prepared for naptime resting on cots with linens. The program requirements, along with equipment and furnishings were observed. Compliance with staff records was documented by you. New staff records, along with children’s records were reviewed today. Medications observed on the premises were monitored. This facility provides not transportation. During today’s visit, an assessment of applicable child care requirements was conducted and the following violations of child care requirements were cited. Technical assistance on how to maintain compliance was offered. Violation Number Comment Rule 842 A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. Permission to administer Boudreaux Butt Paste for one child in space #1 expired 12-1-2023. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(a & b) 1823 The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and or the required information. The Ready to Go File did not contain staff contact information as required. .0607(d)(10) The above violations must be corrected immediately and a letter must be sent to me no later than 1-24-25 stating how the items were corrected and a plan to maintain compliance with the requirements. My mailing address is: PO Box 865, Knightdale, NC 27545-0865 or a correction letter can be emailed to: bridggette.campbell@dhhs.nc.gov. The following were discussed with you during today’s visit: • 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. • Technical Assistance was provided with the following suggestions that may be beneficial: Medication Authorization: Any medication on the premises must be labeled with the child’s name, be accompanied by a permission slip, filled out completely with the parent/guardian’s signature and date. Set a reminder to review/update medications in each classroom. You must remember the “five rights” of medication use: the right child, the right medication, the right time, the right dose, and the right route—all of which are generally regarded as a standard for safe medication practices. You and the caregivers must know what medication the parent/guardian authorized to be administered and how the parent/guardian wants medication given. If documentation is required after the medication is administered, then documentation with the required information must be completed and kept on file for six months. Having clear, detailed procedures for obtaining administered medication protects children from mistakes that can affect their health. It was suggested to reiterate in your monthly newsletter to parents that medication must accompany a permission slip and it was suggested all staff complete training on administering medications. Ready to Go File: The Ready to Go File requirement is crucial because it acts as a readily accessible collection of critical information needed to quickly respond to an emergency situation, allowing staff to efficiently evacuate children, contact parents, and address specific needs during a crisis, ensuring the safety and well-being of all individuals in the facility. Your Ready to Go File notebook needs to be updated with all of the required paperwork. At least twice a month, your Ready to Go File should be monitored to ensure that it is up to date. The file should be updated when new staff are hired or staff is no longer employed and when new children enroll or disenroll, and/or when new medication is provided for a child or when the medication is no longer needed, and/or when a child has an allergy, the allergy list needs to be modified. It is suggested to mark your calendar or set an alarm to remind you at least every other week to update your EPR Plan/Ready to Go File. • Complete the Annual Immunization Report by 1-15-25. The reporting period for child care immunizations is now open. Reporting for 2024-2025 has been extended due to Hurricane Helene. Children have a grace period from requirements until 11-30-24, and reports will be accepted until 1-15-25. Send any questions regarding child care immunization reporting to immunization.reports@dhhs.nc.gov. • A suggestion was made to save the most recent child care requirements in Chapter 9 effective November 1, 2024, to your desktop computer for easy access. As well as, bookmark the Division of Child Development and Early Education on your computer for access to valuable resources like, the criminal background check link, forms and documents, what’s new, etc. • Please connect/link you and your staff in the criminal record check portal asap. Center directors can now access the Automated Background Check Management System (ABCMS), the DCDEE’s criminal background check system. A handout titled Creating Connecting Applications in the Automated Background Check Management System (ABCMS) was provided today that provides instructions for connecting/linking you and your staff. ABCMS requires the successful completion of a Moodle course consisting of a short video followed by a test. The course is titled ABCMS Child Care Provider Portal Training - under the Early Childhood Professional Development Tab, then under the Criminal Background (CBC) tab. If you need assistance with your NCID, please reach out to the NCID Help Desk at 919-754-6000 or 800-722-3946, or visit https://it.nc.gov/support/ncid/reset-password-unlock-account. If you need assistance please contact the Child Care Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-6401 or email at DCDEE_ABCMS_Provider@dhhs.nc.gov . • Now that you have completed the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids webinar, you need to complete your registration and log back into your account on the website asap. You completed the webinar and need to finish the program. There are no results listed for the lead in paint and asbestos because you need to watch the training videos and complete the questionnaire. Please contact Clean Classrooms at 1-888-997-9290 to find out what is needed for you to complete the program requirements. The Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids program helps fulfill North Carolina requirements (NC 10A NCAC 41C.1001-1007, NC 154A NCAC 18A.2816) for public schools and child care facilities related to lead in water, lead-based paint, and asbestos. The goal is to identify and eliminate exposure to lead and asbestos hazards where North Carolina children learn and play. • Place an updated date on your allergy list. • Your children’s files were thick with a lot of papers. You explained that every new school year parents have to fill out the packet. It was explained that only the application has to be updated and completed every year. • Your playgrounds have mulch in areas that do not require a fall zone and six inches depth of mulch. It was suggested to use tuff timbers to encase the mulch and maintain it within the required fall zones. We also discussed that installing pour-in-place or astro turf would be no maintenance. • Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website for child care updates at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact me. Bridggette Campbell PO BOX 865, Knightdale, NC 27545-0865 bridggette.campbell@dhhs.nc.gov (919) 819-9357 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

G.S. 110-91 · Violation

Name of Operation: SPANISH FOR FUN! Facility ID: 92002589 Consultant: AMBER TELFAIR Operation Type: Center Case Number: 0324-388A Visit Date: 4/1/2024 Number Present: 79 Completed Date: 4/1/2024 Age: From 1 To 5 Total Minutes: 230 Time In: 10:45 AM Time Out: 02:35 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Complaint Visit Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of this unannounced visit was to investigate allegations of violations of child care requirements at this child care facility. Emiliano Merced, accompanied me during a walk-through of the facility. During the visit, I discussed the allegations with Mr. Merced, Carol Marin, Executive Director, and additional staff members. Limited monitoring of child care requirements occurred during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 902 Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs. On March 28, 2024, staff members in a classroom for three-year-old children handled children improperly and spoke to children in an intimidating manner. G.S. 110-91(10) You may contact me Amber Telfair, Investigations Consultant, (919) 830-7551, amber.telfair@dhhs.nc.gov or Sheronda Harris, Central Investigations Supervisor, Sheronda.harris@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time. 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.