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License #01ENG0001 · Center · Child Care Center
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Redistribute the current Information To Parents document and maintain on file staff and parental signatures attesting to the recipt of the policy.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition.
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Ensure Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan that includes procedures for contacting parents and emergency medical services, and both epi-pens are present when two are required.
Ensure that approved sleeping equipment is provided for each child as required. At the time of the inspection, a child had fallen asleep in a bouncy and was not transferred to a crib as required.
Cease swaddling infants.
Cease the use of blankets for children under 12 months of age.
Ensure bottles, nipples, bibs and other feeding equipment are washed and sanitized after each use.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Provide a CHRI background clearance for 1 named staff.
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.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water as required before preparing or serving food.
Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are crawling or walking.
Maintain a written emergency plan in a readily accessible location that includes all required components.
Update the center's communicable disease policy to include all required components and redistribute to families and maintain on file parental signatures attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care. At the time of the inspection, staff in room C indicated there were 14 children present when there were 15.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water as required before preparing or serving food.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required before each meal.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times. At the time of the inspection, staff in room A and room C were observed leaving the classroom with a child, leaving the other staff alone with 20 school age children when 2 staff were required.
Ensure accident reports are completed as required including time of immediate notification..
Provide orientation training for all staff and maintain on file staff signatures attesting to the training.
Replenish resilient surfacing as required in all play equipment use zones in accordance with ASTM F1292.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required after each diaper change.
Ensure tables are washed and disinfected before each meal.
Maintain an illness log on file at the center that includes all required components including date of the child's return to the center.
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.
Develop and follow a written communicable disease policy with all required components including notifying parents when their child may have been exposed to a communicable disease.
Based on complaint, ensure that adequate procedures for incidents are adhered to at all times throughout the center including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times. At the time of the inspection, staff on the playground had their back to a group of children for some time while attending another matter and staff in a classroom I was unable to properly supervise a child in the bathroom as the staff was alone and assisting other children with their snack.
Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center.
Based on report, retrain the 2 named staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. A named staff failed to notify other staff that she was leaving the room and named child was able to elope from the room. Upon the named staff's return to the room, she failed to account for the named child's whereabouts.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child left the classroom unsupervised and went to another room.
Based on information, retrain all staff on: 1. The center's supervision policy; and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child was left unsupervised on the playground.
Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Two named staff failed to account for a named child and the named child was left unsupervised on the playground.
Based on complaint #23632, ensure positive and appropriate staff actions at all times.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children. Relocated cleaning supplies to a an area inaccessible to children in room D bathroom.
Ensure that all ceiling tiles are secure in room A bathroom and in room K.
Repair and/or paint the walls in rooms C and J.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Repair and/or remove broken toys from the outdoor play areas.
Ensure that all cribs, cots and sleeping equipment are arranged to provide access to a three foot wide aisle that leads to an exit. Removed cot obstructing exit in Room M.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in Room M and N.
Ensure that diapering surfaces are in good repair in Rooms M and K.
Repair and/or paint the walls in Room I.
Maintain mechanical ventilation in all bathrooms free from dust.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Complete and maintain on file a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Based on complaint #20007, ensure that the center maintains usable activity indoor floor space in the infant room.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed and that the emergency exit doors are easily operable.
Based on complaint #19431, per the Updated COVID-19 Standards – Child Care Centers, ensure all staff, children, and visitors, including but not limited to, parents, prospective clients, third party service providers are screened for COVID-19 symptoms prior to entering the center in accordance with the center's written screening policy. Provide to the OOL a corrective action plan to ensure that all staff, children, and visitors follow the center's screening policy.
Ensure the fence around the outdoor play area is rust free.
Ensure CARIs for 2 staff are completed and maintained on file.
Provide credentials for the director.
Ensure that all prescription medication is in it's original box and that the medication is not expired.
Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center.
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Ensure that food provided by the center is stored in a sanitary manner in the freezer in room J.
Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required.
Ensure that the medication log maintained on file at the center includes all of the required components.
Ensure that the illness log maintained on file at the center includes all of the required components.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed in room I.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child was left unsupervised in the outside playground bathroom.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's supervision policy.
Ensure that the center conducts fire drills at least once per month during each session provided at the center.
Ensure that garbage receptacles are maintained as required, including being covered securely in the Village bathroom.
Ensure that the accident/injury records maintained on file at the center include all of the required components.
Complete CARI background checks and provide results for 6 staff members. On 3/11/2024, 4 outstanding. On 4/18/2024, 1 outstanding.
Complete a CHRI background check and provide results for 17 staff members. On 4/18/2024, 9 outstanding. On 8/2/2024, 6 outstanding. On 8/13/2024, 4 outstanding.
Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required.
Repair and/or replace cracked cots in room B.
Ensure that vent registers are free of dust throughout the center.
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 protruding anchoring spikes are maintained flush with the plastic borders of the outdoor play areas.
Ensure that the garbage receptacle is maintained in a sanitary manner in Room I.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy.
Complete a CHRI background check for 2 staff members and provide results.
Submit a CARI background check for the center's license renewal for 31 staff members. On 7/18/2023, 1 outstanding.
Based on Complaint #22097, ensure that the center washes and disinfects surfaces as required, with a commercially prepared disinfectant used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for incidents are adhered to at all times, including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect.
Based on information, retrain all staff on: 1. The center's supervision policy, and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Two named staff forgot a named child on the playground on 6/26/23 and on 7/6/23, 1 of the named staff forgot a 2nd named child on the playground.
Ensure that all table tops and legs are kept clean throughout the center including but not limited to Rooms I and J.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline. A named staff repeatedly picked a named child up and roughly put him on the cot. The named staff also restrained the named child on his cot preventing him from getting up.
Ensure that mechanical ventilation grills and/or registers are maintained in sanitary condition throughout the center.
Ensure that garbage emptied from interior receptacles is placed in an outdoor garbage receptacle.
Ensure that garbage receptacles are covered throughout the center including but not limited to the restroom in Room A, outside of Rooms M and N, the kitchen, and the hallway outside of the kitchen.
Cease the use of blankets for children below 12 months of age in Room M.
Remove disassembled furniture and equipment stored in Room E.
Based on information, retrain all staff from an outside source on recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. On 6/26/23, 2 named staff left a named child unsupervised on the playground for approximately 10 minutes. On 7/6/23, 1 of the named staff left a 2nd named child unsupervised on the playground for approximately 4 minutes.
Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices in Room N.
Provide an adequate amount of light in the classroom during naptime.
Ensure that all staff complete a CHRI background check as required. Provide results for 13 staff members. On 3/1/2023, 5 outstanding. On 3/29/2023, 1 outstanding.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff grabbed a named child by the wrist and dragged her across the floor to where the rest of the class was sitting.
Ensure shelving and floors are free of floor wax build-up in classrooms and bathrooms throughout the center.
Ensure that bucket seat straps are used when occupied by a child in Rooms M and N. On 6/22/2022, the center failed to provide and/or implement use of seat straps when occupied by a child. As a result, provide documentation of re-training on the use of seat straps.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy.
Cease use of blankets for children under 12 months in Room N.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. 2 named staff members were observed on their cell phones while responsible for the direct supervision of children in the outdoor play area.
Ensure that children are directly supervised by a staff member at all times, including during participation of on-site activities. A staff member was provided to supervise children while participating in an on-site activity.
Cease use of blankets for children 12 month of age and younger in Room N.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices in Room N.
Provide at least four types of children's daily activities and at least four types of supplies and equipment for each activity area in the infant room.
Ensure annual trainings are completed and maintained on file for 2 staff.
Clean the bathroom walls in room E. Clean the bathroom walls in room F & G. Clean the bathroom walls in room J.
Ensure the toilet fixtures in room B are rust free. Ensure the toilet fixtures in room F are rust free. Ensure the toilet fixtures in the outdoor bathroom are rust free.
Ensure universal health records are updated annually.
Provide and maintain special health care plans for the use of epi-pens for 2 children
Provide and maintain needed asthma medication and special healthcare plans at the center for 3 children.
Ensure renewal CARIs are completed and maintained on file for the sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. As of 7/30/2020, 5 CARI background checks outstanding.
Label cleaners throughout the center to reflect cleaner and sanitizer.
Provide Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) background check results for 7 staff.
Ensure 1 CHRI is completed and maintained on file for 1 staff.
Complete the CARI background check process for 7 staff for the center's renewal.
Complete the CARI background check process for 2 staff.