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License #190300247 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure to remove storage from the rear exit of Room 1.
Complete and maintain daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for children.
Ensure to secure the bathroom sink.
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Ensure that staff immediately wash their hands with soap and running water after coming into contact with nasal secretions in Room 2.
Submit updated annual staff training logs reflecting 12/20 hours of staff development annually.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually. Ensure children and staff participate in the drills.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation for the center's license renewal.
Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Repair and/or paint the hallway walls in disrepair outside of Room 1/office.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after having their diaper changed.
Ensure all shelving is secure near the main entrance in Room 1.
Ensure that the microwave in Room 3 is secured to a stable surface.
Ensure that children in room 2 wash their hands immediately after having their diaper changed.
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.
Provide education documentation for director, head teacher and group teacher as there have been staff changes. 10/24/23-Note, group teacher outstanding, received director and head teacher documentation.
Retrain staff in the center's policy of hand washing and sanitation. Ensure that staff use soap and running water when required and not hand sanitizer. Submit training information with staff signatures to OOL.
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 at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Based on information, ensure that the center notifies parents of incidents occurring at the center as required.
Based on information, ensure that the center completes incident reports as required.
Based on information, ensure that the adheres to the health and safety guidelines as required by Executive Order 149. The center is mixing staff between groups. NOTE: Violation is abated as the center was adhering to the health and safety guidelines during inspection.
Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The health and safety guidelines as required by Executive Order 149 and 2. The center's policies and procedures for incidents occurring at the center.
Based on complaint # 17530, ensure that the center complies with the written conditions on it's license. The center is licensed for a maximum of five children under the age of 2 1/2, however, seven children under the ages of 2 1/2 were present during the inspection.
Ensure all children have updated Universal Health Records on file.
Ensure that the director designee attends understanding licensing.
Obtain a fire certificate.
Ensure that the outdoor playground does not pose a trip hazard.
Ensure health records are maintained on file as required including Universal Child Health Records updated annually. 7/8/2025: 1 named child pending.
Provide signatures for 2 named staff members attesting to the required OOL policies.
Ensure fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center once a month.
Submit a lead paint risk assessment for the center's license renewal.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named staff was actively engaging with other children and had her back to the named child when he walked out of the classroom unsupervised and exited the center, where he was found by a passerby.
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Provide documentation that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual OR submit a decrease request through NJCCIS.
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.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's supervision 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. 8/18/2025: 2 CARIs pending.
Ensure all shelving is secure near the main entrance in Room 1.
Sand and paint the bottom of the cabinet in Room1 that is rusting.
Complete and maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL; update.
Provide documentation that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual OR submit a decrease request through NJCCIS.
Repair or replace diaper changing pad in Room 2.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use.
Ensure that at least two staff members who have current pediatric first aid and CPR certifications and are present at the center at all times. Submit CPR cards to OOL.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually. Ensure children and staff participate in the drills.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff; 2 named staff.
Submit updated annual staff training logs reflecting 12/20 hours of staff development annually.
Retrain staff on the center's policies of hand washing and sanitation. Submit training information with staff signatures to OOL.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after changing a child's diaper.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Submit updated annual staff training logs.
In the women's bathroom, ensure that the pipes are fully padded throughout the bathroom and that the loose tape is securely fastened.
Ensure that the evacuation crib is located in the room with the infant and emptied of storage.
Ensure that staff in room 2 wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food.
Ensure that the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times; fire panel was beeping and showing a trouble signal.
Replace diaper changing pad in Room 2.
Ensure that children in room 2 wash their hands before the intake of food.
Ensure that the sump pump in room 3 is blocked off and out of the reach of children.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required; one named staff member.
Ensure that air purifiers and air conditioners are installed properly into windows with insect screening. 12/19/23-NOTE, all items removed and windows securely closed.
Ensure that staff in room 2 wash their hands immediately after changing a child's diaper.
Identify a new director designee and have that person complete the course in understanding licensing.
Ensure that the air fryer in Room 3 is secured out of the reach of children.
Clean and repair or remove refrigerator from room 3.
Secure all areas of lifting artificial grass in the outdoor playground as it is a trip hazard.
Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required at this license renewal. 7/19/22-Note, 2 named staff outstanding.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually and that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually. Submit training logs.
Submit a lead paint risk assessment as required.
Ensure that tall play structures, microwaves and shelving are secured to a stable surface throughout 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.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Provide protective covers to the electrical outlets throughout the center.
Label all classrooms.
Complete a lockdown drill.
Obtain DOH Safe Building Interior Certificate.
Enclose/block off the sump pumps in the classrooms.
Update emergency procedures.
Complete a Children's Records Checklist
Ensure both staff and parents sign off on the center's social media and technology policy.
Ensure staff complete 12 hours and credentialed staff complete 20 hours of annual staff training.
Ensure CHRI clearances are maintained on file for all staff members.
Complete a Staff Records Checklist.
Ensure adequate fall zones surrounding the equipment on the playground.
Ensure that rooms not approved for use by children are made inaccessible to children. The center was observed using Room 4 as a classroom, which was not approved and added towards the center's licensed space.
Ensure all staff have new CARI clearances completed under the new center ID number.
Provide education documentation for one head teacher, group teacher and program supervisor.
Complete and submit drinking water testing.