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License #02BLO0002 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure that the emergency exit door in Room 1 is easily operable at all times.
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Provide annual training logs for all staff members.
Provide the center's written policy for the use of television, computers and other technology.
Provide documentation of at least two lockdown drills annually.
Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Maintain a written emergency plan in a readily accessible location that includes all required components.
Provide a current health certificate as required.
Provide CARI background checks for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff.
Ensure stacked equipment is inaccessible to the children in closet in room 2.
Provide documentation that the center tested for the presence of radon gas.
Post the center's discipline policy.
Provide CHRI background checks for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that all flooring is kept clean and in good repair; bathroom tiles.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
Ensure furniture in Room 4 is maintained to allow 3 foot wide aisle.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices in Room 1.
Provide a current Safe Building Interior Certification
Maintain a current Life Hazard Use Registration certificate.
Submit to the OOL 2 center's staff CHRI. 6/1/2021 1 center staff CHRI.
Provide annual Staff Orientation Training in all the required topics.
Develop a social media policy..
Ensure the shelf in classroom #4 is secure and stable to support contents.
Remove the small sliding structure which does not meet code requirements.
Post a diagram showing how the center is to be evacuated from each classroom and the outdoor play area.
Provide adequate lighting throughout the center; replace burnt out light bulbs in the bathrooms.
Ensure that a minimum temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit is maintained in all areas used by the children.
Replace missing sink knob in Room 3.
Submit staff training logs to OOL.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Repair and/or paint the walls in Room 3 near the entrance from the infant room.
Ensure that all cubbies and shelving are secured to a stable surface throughout the center.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean condition in the bathrooms.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff a copy of the Information to Parents document; updated/current document.
Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center, including the staff's CARI and CHRI background checks.
Ensure that all electrical outlets accessible to the children have protective coverings.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist.
Ensure that all Epi-pens are accompanied by a special care plan for two named children
Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times the director is not at the center.
Ensure that the director designee completes the Understanding Licensing training provided by OOL.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 7/8/24-Note, 4 outstanding.
Secure two supply shelves in the entry room of the first bathroom.
Submit education documentation for the daily on-site director and head teacher.
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.
Ensure that each child's bottle/sippy cup is labeled with the child's name.
Ensure that food is not prepared in or around the sink that is used for hand washing in the infant room.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use, using a two step process.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food.
Ensure that all staff are retrained in the center's policies of hand washing and sanitation. Submit training information with staff signatures to OOL.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, including during nap and rest time. One staff member was present with 18 children (8 18-24 mos and 10 2.5-3 years) during naptime upon arrival at the center. An additional staff member returned to the room during the inspection.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food.
Provide a current health certificate as required.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire.
Repair and paint the bathrooms.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Label all rooms approved by the OOL for the children's use.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required.
Ensure that the children go outdoors daily, weather permitting, and add outdoor time to posted daily schedules.
Submit required Renewal Application fee.
Complete a Child Abuse Record Information (CARI) background check as required for 2 regularly scheduled staff for the center's license renewal.
Submit to the OOL a copy of the center’s discipline policy including acceptable actions that staff members may take.
Submit to the OOL a copy of the center’s expulsion policy which includes circumstances, methods to notify parents, sufficient time limits, and reasons for immediate expulsion.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in room 3. At the time of the inspection there were 1 child under 18 months, 4 children 18 months to 2.5 years old, and 5 children 2.5 to 3 years old in the classroom with 1 staff; 2 staff are required at all times.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room 3.
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.
Submit to the OOL a Staff Records Checklist indicating that the center has obtained the required documentation for the sponsor/sponsor representative and each individual staff member.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
Submit to the OOL the center's written policy on the management of communicable diseases which includes the list of illnesses and symptoms of illness for which a child will be separated from the group and possibly sent home; the list of diseases for which a child will not be readmitted to the center unless accompanied by a statement from the child's health care provider; and assurance that during any outbreak of an excludable disease at the center, each parent whose child may have been exposed to the disease shall receive a written notice of the outbreak.
Ensure that 1 new staff complete a CHRI background check as required.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times in room 3. At the time of the inspection staff walked out the room to answer the door; leaving 10 children alone in room 3.
Submit to the OOL a copy of the center’s NJ DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance along with documentation that the center (supplied by a community water system) completed water testing conducted by a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) certified lab for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50% of all indoor water faucets used by the center.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Submit to the OOL a valid fire safety inspection certificate based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months.
Provide orientation training to 1 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. 2/15/2023 Provide orientation training to all current staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training.
Provide documentation on the climber in the indoor active play area to ensure compliance with indoor use.
Provide one evacuation crib for every four non ambulatory children and maintain the compliance documentation at the center.
Provide one outstanding CARI Clearance.
Maintain the current checklist.
Replace the torn changing pad.
Ensure a two step cleaning and disinfecting process is utilized as required.
Provide a current Certificate.
Ensure staff wash hands immediately befor serving food or bottles.
Paint any areas where the paint is chipped.
Develop a technology policy.
Provide one outstanding CHRI clearance.
Ensure the exit light in the front foyer is operational..