All areas to be disinfected shall first be washed with soap and water.
Ensure that all cots are cleaned with soap and water prior to disinfecting in Room 1.
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Ensure that all cots are cleaned with soap and water prior to disinfecting in Room 1.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training annually.
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Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for all regularly scheduled staff. Missing for 1 staff.
Ensure the center maintains on file, a record of each fire drill which includes all required components.
Ensure fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center, one fire drill per year is conducted during nap time, if applicable, and all children are evacuated from the building within three minutes during each fire drill.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition in Room 2.
Repair or replace the stained ceiling tiles in Room 1.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all regularly scheduled staff. Missing for 3 staff.
Ensure that children are not inactive for more than 30 minutes unless they are eating, sleeping or ill in Room 2.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two in Room 2.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name in Room 1.
Provide at least four different activity areas with at least four types of supplies and equipment for children under 18 months.
Provide at least five different activity areas with at least five different types of supplies and equipment for children over 18 months of age.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in Room 2.
Post the center's discipline policy.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff for the center's license renewal.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that fire extinguisher is secured in room 1.
Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for the children that indicate the children's arrival and departure times.
Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for staff that indicate the hours the staff worked at the center. 1/13/2023 Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for staff that indicate the hours the staff worked at the center. This includes the director and group teacher.
Ensure that adequate and direct supervision is maintained at all times in room 2, wherein a child was pulling another child hair and staff was not aware.
Develop and implement a method to keep track of children wherein staff in room 2 were aware of the number children in their care, stating the incorrect number having to count.
Ensure the director designee is free of all classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center.
Submit to the OOL a table of organization indicating lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Repair or replace leaking bathroom sink in room 1.
Ensure children throughout the center have on shoes. 8/22/19- endure infants are not in bouncers in pack and plays.
Recite: Ensure staff wash their hands after having a diaper change.
RECITE: Repair or replace broken bathroom door and frame in room 1. RECITE: Repair or replace torn climbing mats in room 1.
Recite: Ensure all staff wash their hands before meals in room 1.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition.
Ensure door closers are on the door leading to primary egress area in room 2.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. At the time of the inspection the door that leads to the furnace room was open in room 2. Ensure door remains closed at all times during program operating hours.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required by state and local laws and regulations.
Remove excess storage and/or combustibles from the furnace room.
Ensure accident report description includes: the incident; the injury to the child; the names of witnesses to the incident; and the follow-up action taken by the center including the application of first aid and consultation or treatment by a licensed physician or other health care provider, if applicable.
Repair and/or paint the ceiling in room 2 as required.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan maintained on file in room 2.
Ensure that all cribs and playpens are equipped with all of the required components, including a firm, waterproof, snugly fitting mattress and clean snugly fitting sheet in room 2.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility, and job descriptions.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Complete and maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including understanding center operations, policies and procedures. Center specific training shall include: building and physical premises safety, including identification of and protection from hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; handling and storage of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of biocontaminants; and appropriate precautions for transporting children (as applicable); and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training.
Complete and maintain on file a Children's Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required.
Ensure that the center has an adequate supply of child size furniture to meet the needs of the children of the program in room2
Ensure that each child's bedding and sleeping equipment are labeled with the child's name in room 2.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. 2/7/2025 Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance.
Ensure the center provide one evacuation crib for every four non-ambulatory infants and toddlers.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Ensure required medication are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription for 1 named child in room 2.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually. Ensure children and staff participate in the drills.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Cease the use of blankets for children under 12 months of age in room 2.
Ensure that the center develops and implements job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Ensure that the group teacher is present at the center for at least 75% of the center's daily operating hours or at least six hours a day, whichever is less.
Maintain the building structure to prevent water from entering in room 1.
Replace ceiling tiles located in room 1.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Provide orientation training to 4 newly hired staff within two weeks of hire and to current staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training. 2/10/2023 Provide orientation training to 3 current staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training. 8/11/2023 Provide orientation training to 1 newly hired staff within two weeks of hire,, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training.
Submit to the OOL the center’s current staff records checklist.. Ensure that the center update and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL to include all current staff and sponsor representative(s).
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices in room 2.
Ensure that the center conducts fire drills at least once per month during each session provided at the center, including one fire drill annually that is conducted during nap time.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Maintain required staff to meet ratios, there were 3 staff with 13 children ages 0-18 months in Classroom #2, an additional staff is required.
Ensure that the group teacher is present at the center for at least 75% of the center's daily operating hours or at least six hours a day, whichever is less.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that the director is at the center at least 50% of the center's daily operating hours.
Ensure that the group teacher is present at the center for at least 75% of the center's daily operating hours or at least six hours a day, whichever is less.
Ensure that the center conducts at least two lockdown drills per year during each session provided at the center and maintains records of the drills on file.
Ensure staff is aware of how many children are in their care at all times; wherein staff in room 2 were unaware of the number children in their care, having to count.
Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Hire and submit required documentation for a head teacher.
Ensure that approved sleeping equipment is provided for each child as required. Ensure that all cribs used by the center comply with the CPSC Federal Safety Standards. At the time of the inspection 1 named child 12 months was sleep in a a bouncy chair in room 2.
Provide to OOl the mold test results to show that mold does not insist in the center after water intrusion.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for 4 staff within two weeks of hire. 2/10/2023 Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for 2 staff within two weeks of hire.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room 2.
Ensure that the director is at the center at least 50% of the center's daily operating hours.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition in room 1 bathroom.
Maintain required staff to meet ratios, there were 2 staff with 17 children ages 0-2 yrs old in Classroom #2, 2 additional staff is required.
Eliminate moisture resulting from leaks or seepage in room 1.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that 4 staff complete a CHRI background check as required. 2/10/2023 Ensure that 3 staff complete a CHRI background check as required. 9/20/2023 Ensure that 2 staff complete a CHRI background check as required. 1/11/2024 Ensure that 1 staff complete a CHRI background check as required.
Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components.
Submit to the OOL the staff’s daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for the prior week.
Submit the center staff record checklist that includes all current staff and sponsor representative.
Provide orientation training to 4 newly hired staff within two weeks and 5 regular staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training. 11/4/2021 Provide annually orientation training to 2 regular staff, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training.
Hire and submit required documentation for a head teacher.
Secure area rugs located in rooms 2.
Ensure that staff offer children a mixture of staff directed and child selected activities throughout the day in room 2.
Provide enough supplies and equipment for the required activities to preclude the need for sharing of items in room 2.
Cease the use of blankets for children under 12 months. On the day of the inspection a child was placed in their pack and play with a blanket.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards- Child Care Centers shall provide a written screening policy to Parents and Staff.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or attachment devices in room 2.
Ensure that staff use positive methods of discipline consistent with children's age and development needs wherein staff placed 2 children in the pack and play in room 2.
Wash and disinfect tables before each meal. At the time of the inspection a child placed a blanket on the table in room 2.
Submit to the OOL a copy of the center’s current comprehensive general liability insurance policy.
Ensure children wash their hands with soap and running water immediately before the intake of food in room 2. At the time of the inspection children were observed placing blankets on the table and touching toys, but was seated to eat lunch. 9/16/2021 unable to abate, at the time of the inspection children was observed touching the floor and then seated to eat lunch in room 2.
Ensure staff wash their hands with soap and running water before preparing and serving food in room 1.
Submit to the OOL the center’s illness log for a period of at least 30 days.
Ensure that staff use positive methods of discipline consistent with children's age and development needs wherein staff placed a child in a highchair in room 2.
Ensure egress area is unobstructed in room 2. At the time the of the inspection a pack and play obstructed the egress.
Ensure the director is scheduled to work at the center at least 50 percent of the center's daily operating hours.
Ensure that the center obtain a special care plan for 1 named child to include the required special medical equipment.
Ensure that the center maintains the required documentation for pets kept at the center, including parent notification.
Ensure that the center maintains the required documentation for pets kept at the center, including applicable vaccinations.
Ensure that all animal waste is disposed of in sealed plastic bags and placed in the outdoor garbage receptacle.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food room 2.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed in room 2.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food in room 2.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal in room 2.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. 12/29/2021 Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Statement of Assurance forms.
Ensure that sponsor representative and 1 regular staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 12/10/2021 Submit 1 regular staff CARI background check upon renewal.
Submit the required renewal application fee.
Ensure that the center maintains the required documentation for pets kept at the center and that the pets are free from disease.
Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required.
The center shall provide a supply of age- appropriate and developmentally appropriate play equipment and supplies that are sufficient for school-age children in the program.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use in room 2.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards-the center needs to ensure that sanitary conditions are maintained at all times including each child’s bedding separate and store in individually labeled bins, cubbies, or bags in room 1. At the time of the inspection all bedding was arranged on each child cot stacked on the floor.
Submit to the OOL the children daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for the prior week.
Cease the use of blankets for children under 12 months in room 2.
Ensure egress area is unobstructed in room 2. At the time the of the inspection a pack and play obstructed the egress.
The center shall provide children over the age of 18 months and under the age of four years daily rest or sleep for each child who attends the center for four or more consecutive hours; children over the age of 4 who are displaying a need for rest shall be awarded a rest period while the child is at the center. On the day of the inspection staff was observed instructing two children 6 years old to lay down for nap.
Submit to the OOL job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff.
Provide documentation for evacuation cribs. One evacuation crib is needed for every four non-ambulatory children.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards- Child Care Centers shall , ensure staff wear disposable gloves for food handling in room 2.
Ensure that the center maintains the required documentation for pets kept at the center and that pets are kept from the required areas of the center, including toilet facilities.
Ensure CHRI's are completed for 4 regular staff and sponsor representative. 11/4/2021 Ensure CHRI's are completed for 4 regular staff and sponsor representative. 12/10/2021 Ensure CHRI's are completed for 5 regular staff. 1/12/2022 4 CHRI's outstanding. 1/27/2022 2 CHRI's outstanding. 3/4/2022 1 CHRI outstanding.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards- Child Care Centers shall, ensure that children wash their hands as required upon arriving at the center in room 1.
Provide 2 piece bedding in room 1.
Recite: Ensure all children wash their hands before meals in room 1.
Repair and/or paint the peeling paint throughout the center.
Recite: Utilize a two step cleaning and disinfecting process on diapering surfaces after each diaper change.
Recite: Ensure children wash their hands after every diaper change.
Provide infants/toddlers the opportunity to leave their playpens to move and play, whereas 5 children less than 18 months were placed in their playpen when awake and not allowed to move around the room in classroom 2.
Cease the use of TV/ video for children under the age of 2 in classroom 2.
Cease the use of blankets in classroom 2.
Ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year.
Ensure that CARI checks are completed for 2 staff members.
Ensure children do not exceed the size and weight limit for the bucket seat table in room 2. Ensure children are strapped in.
Ensure that CHRI checks are completed for 3 staff members. 2/3/2020 1 staff outstanding.
Provide documentation for evacuation cribs. One evacuation crib is needed for every four non-ambulatory children.
Complete and maintain.
RECITE: Based on complaint 1043, ensure sleeping mats are washed and disinfected after accidents.
Update and maintain.
Notify parents immediately of any head injury wherein a child bumped their head the table and no phone call or report was written in classroom 2.
Submit Drinking Water Checklist and Statement of Assurance.
Maintain adequate staff/child ratio in classroom 2 wherein there were 14 children ages 0-2 years old in the classroom with 3 staff ; 4 staff are required.
Hire and submit documentation for a head teacher.
Ensure all staff working with children under 2 1/2 years of age have training specific to this age group initiated within 90 days of hire and completed within one year.
Cease the use of TV/ video for children under the age of 2 in classroom 2.
Ensure children are not sleeping in bouncy seats. 1 child was sleeping in bouncy seat.
Ensure staff is present at all times to meet ratio. Three staff members were present with 18 children under 2.5 wherein 4 staff are required.