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License #01KID0010 · Center · Child Care Center
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Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water as required after each diaper change.
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Provide orientation documentation for 1 named staff and maintain on file staff signature attesting to the training.
Provide CHRI background clearances for 3 named staff.
Ensure that at least two staff members who have current pediatric first aid and CPR certifications are present at the center at all times and that the training includes a hands-on component in addition to any online training.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required after each diaper change.
Ensure diapering surfaces are washed and disinfected after each use. At the time of the inspection staff was observed only completing one of the 2 steps required.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices.
Cease the use of blankets for children under 12 months of age. At the time of the inspection, staff removed the blanket upon request.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Post the center's discipline policy. At the time of the inspection, the director posted the center's discipline policy upon request as required.
Provide a health care plan for 1 named child requiring and epi pen and have additional medication available if required.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Based on information, ensure that parents are notified of incidents occurring at the center as required. Three named staff failed to notify a named parent that a named child was not using their arm.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation for the center's license renewal.
Provide documentation that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that all staff complete an outsourced training pertaining to recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect.
Ensure that the center complies with the licensed capacity of the classrooms at all times throughout the center. The occupancy of room 2 was exceeded by 3 children.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, including during nap and rest time in room 3.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. There was 1 staff member providing supervision between rooms 6 and 7.
Based on Complaint #22932, retrain staff on the center's policy on the management of communicable diseases including adherence to the center's policy on the management of communicable diseases, responding to symptoms of illness, maintaining a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care, and reporting of an outbreak of a communicable disease.
Based on Complaint #22932, ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families the center's communicable disease policy that includes assurance that families will be notified in writing of outbreaks of communicable diseases at the center.
Based on Complaint #22932, maintain on file a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use in room 1.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects toys mouthed by infants and toddlers before being given to another child in room 4.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed in rooms 1 and 4.
Ensure that staff wash their hands after coming into contact with nasal excretions or other bodily fluids in rooms 1 and 4.
Provide documentation of the required qualifications as specified in the manual for the Head Teacher.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy.
Complete a CHRI background check and provide results for 2 staff members.
Clean and/or paint the walls and doors throughout the center.
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.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Repair inoperable emergency lighting in room 1.
Provide results of submitted CARI background check for 1 staff.
Based on complaint #18087, the center needs to ensure that children are directly supervised by a staff member at all times, including during transitions from the outdoor play area and the class room.
Based on information, retrain all staff on ensuring parents are notified of injuries occurring at the center as required.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Children's Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure all rooms are approved by the OOL for children's use meet applicable requirements, including room 7.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility, and job descriptions.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name in rooms 1.
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 is labeled with the child's name and date in room 1.
Repair and/or paint surfaces including the walls in room 2.
Ensure garbage receptacles are maintained in a sanitary manner throughout the building.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and 2 staff for the center's license renewal.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed. Remove storage in room 7.
Ensure all surfaces are clean and in good repair including the cots in room 3.
Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Based on complaint #24190, ensure sufficient staffing and adequate procedures to safely receive children from the public school bus when it arrives at the center.
Based on Complaint #22932, ensure that children displaying symptoms of illness are separated to an area of the center where sick children can be separated from the other children and that rest equipment is provided.
Based on a Complaint #22932, contact the local health department when there is a suspected outbreak of a communicable disease to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times in room 6.
Ensure that all rugs are kept clean throughout the center.
Clean and secure the sink plumbing covers in the room 4 bathroom.
Ensure that the center annually conducts at least one annual fire drill during nap time.
Repair and/or remove helicopter with missing end cap in the outdoor play area.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation registers in clean condition throughout the center, including bathrooms.
Repair and/or paint the exit door in room 7.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually and that the completion of the training is documented on the Staff Records Checklist.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children. Cleaning bottles moved to area inaccessible to children in room 7.
Ensure that all electrical outlets accessible to the children have protective coverings in room 3.
Ensure that time frames for each activity are both age and developmentally appropriate for the children served, including during diaper changing transitions in rooms 1 and 3.
Provide at least five different activity areas and that each area contains at least five different types of supplies and equipment in room 1.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices in room 3.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times. There were 10 children under 18 months with 2 staff members in room 3.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times in room 4 and the outdoor play area (rooms 2 and 7).
Based on Complaint #22449, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Provide additional staff during transition times and as needed to ensure adequate supervision at all times in room 6.
Ensure that the center complies with the licensed capacity of the classrooms at all times throughout the center. The capacity was exceeded by 8 children in room 2.
Take necessary action to service the life safety equipment that is beeping in room 6.
Based on Complaint #22449, ensure that the staff utilize age and developmentally appropriate methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center, including in room 6.
Ensure that staff washes and disinfects tables used by the children for eating before each meal in room 6.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed in room 6.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including when a child is on the changing table in room 6.
Provide CHRI background check results for 2 staff members.
Ensure that food provided by the center is stored, prepared and served in a sanitary manner.
Ensure that emergency lighting is operable at all times in the room 5 bathroom.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use in room 6.
Ensure that all blind cords are inaccessible to the children, including in room 6.
Ensure that all cribs and playpens are equipped with a snugly fitting sheet. A blanked was used in lieu of a fitted crib sheet in room 4. Staff removed the blanket and provided a fitted sheet at the time of the inspection.
Ensure that staff who do not have a completed CHRI background check are directly supervised by another staff member.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room 4.
Ensure that the use of infant equipment, including swings, exersaucers and bouncers, is limited to 30 minutes at a time in room 4.
Ensure that the center conducts at least two lockdown drills per year and maintains records of the drills on file.
Provide and maintain the resilient surfacing and use zones under all play equipment as required.
Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two in room 1.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff was observed repeatedly grabbing and pulling children. The staff also slammed a named child on her cot several times and slammed a 2nd named child into the timeout chair several times.
Provide documentation of the required qualifications as specified in the manual for the Director.
Complete a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) background check and submit result for 1 staff.
Complete the CHRI fingerprint background check an provide results for 1 staff.
Clean ceiling ventilation outlets in bathrooms.