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License #170800216 · Center · Child Care Center
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Post the radon results.
Ensure shelving is secure and not overloaded. Pertains to the shelf in room 2B.
Submit a written MOU on the center's letterhead to the OOL indicating the following: 1. The center is licensed to serve children ages 2.5-13 years of age only. Enrollment of any child younger than 2.5 years is prohibited. 2. The center sponsor understands that any future incident of enrolling children under 2.5 years will result in enforcement action taken against the center's license.
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Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Provide documentation that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure there are a minimum of 2 staff when 6 or more children are present. The center had one staff with 15 children ages 2-6.
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.
Provide the fire drill log.
Ensure all outdoor hazards are removed from the outdoor play area as required including by removing the unapproved red and blue slide.
Ensure all outdoor hazards are removed from the outdoor play area as required including by removing the concrete cylinder log from the basket ball area.
Clean the refrigerators in room 2B.
Cease caring for children below 2.5 years of age. The center has an E use C of O and had 2 children in attendance under the age of 2.5.
RECITED: Ensure there are a minimum of 2 staff when 6 or more children are present. There was 1 staff with 6 children and a second staff was needed in the building.
Ensure that all indoor equipment is sturdy, safe, free of hazards and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. The center was using a Little Tykes Bounce House. The Bounce House instructions indicate that no more than 3 children can use at a time. The center was permitting 4 children. Additionally, the instructions require the bounce house to be anchored and it was not anchored. 9.17.2025-Equipment no longer in use.
Ensure that food refrigerated or ice packs are provided with the children's lunch bags.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that the consulting head teacher makes at least two on-site visits to the center per month to observe the center's program and provide staff development as required. Maintain documentation on file.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.
Provide the accident logs.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times. One child left the classroom and went into the second classroom without the staff member being aware.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that the children are washing their hands with soap and running water when entering the center.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's communicable disease policy.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's illness log for the previous 30 day period.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's staff attendance for the previous 2 week period.
Ensure staff files contain all aspects of the Staff Records Checklist.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that microwave and toaster ovens are secured out of the reach of children and are not used when children are in the area.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including understanding center operations, policies and procedures.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
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. 11.14.2024-Need supplemental water forms.
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.
Maintain on file signatures from all parents and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the child's name, address, birth date and date of enrollment.
Maintain on file signatures from all families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Maintain on file signatures from all families and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Maintain on file the signatures of the parents attesting to their receipt of the policy.
Complete accident reports as required.
Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components.
Ensure the designee has access to documentation.
Ensure that the center develops and implements job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff.
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.
Grade the outdoor play area.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. The CPR will expire on the 7th of October.
Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Remove overgrown vegetation from the outdoor play area.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal.
Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the children's attendance record for the previous 2 week period.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's table of organization, including all staff.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's current completed Staff Records Checklist, including proof of orientation training.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's expulsion policy.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards Child Care Centers, issued 5.26.2021, ensure that everyone is screen prior to entering the center.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the current Safe Building Interior Certificate.
Remove the overgrown vegetation in the outdoor play area.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the fire drill log for the previous 90 day period.
Submit to the OOL, proof of at least 2 staff with current CPR and First Aid training.
Remove from the center all construction materials and equipment.
Ensure that the center complies with the licensed capacity of the classrooms at all times throughout the center. There were 14 children in a room licensed for 12.
Per the NJ Department of Health COVID-19 Public Health Recommendations pursuant to Executive Order No. 246, ensure that all health and safety guidelines are adhered to as required. Most of the children were not wearing masks, and the center did not provide extra.
Remove the vending machine and red refrigerator from the outdoor play area.
Ensure the outdoor play area is graded to remove the huge dips in the surfacing.
Remove the little tykes rockers.
Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that the 2 rice cookers and toasters are secured out of the reach of children and are not used when children are in the area.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. The center had 1 child 0-18m and 19 children ages 2.5-5 with 2 staff when a 3rd staff was needed. 6/7/2022-The center had 13 children ages 2.5-4 with one staff member and a second staff was needed.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CARI background check are directly supervised by another staff member. The center's new director was left alone with the children without the required CARI clearance letter on file in the center.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's radon testing results.
Submit to the OOL, proof of the center's current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Ensure that all the staff know how many children are in their care. The staff had to count the children when asked.
Ensure that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that the children are offered activities throughout the day. The children were all sitting with no materials for about 20 minutes, waiting for the next activity.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of all staff's cleared Renewal CARIs.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CHRI background check are directly supervised by another staff member. The center's new director was left alone with the children without the required CHRI clearance letter on file in the center.
Ensure that the center obtains a Certificate of Occupancy or valid fire safety inspection certificate that corresponds with the ages of the children receiving care. Ensure there are no children less than 2.5 years of age in care. The center had an infant in care. 6/7/2022-The center has an E use certificate of occupancy and an infant was in care. 7/5/2022-The center has an E use certificate of occupancy and an infant was in care. 8/8/2022-The center has an E use certificate of occupancy and an infant was in care. 8/25/2022-The center has an E use certificate of occupancy and an infant was in care. 9/12/2022-The center has an E use certificate of occupancy and an infant was in care. 9/30/2022-No children under 2.5 present.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's fire safety inspection certificate.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of Drinking Water testing results and all required documents.
Ensure that a minimum of 2 staff are present at the center as required. There was one staff member with 13 children ages 2.5-4 years of age in the building. One staff member left out the building with an infant resulting in the center not maintaining the required minimum staffing requirements.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of all staff cleared CHRIs.
Submit to the OOL, a copy of the center's discipline policy.
Ensure that the diapering mat is cleaned using the required 2 step process after diapering. The staff cleaned the diaper mat with the same paper towel for both steps.
Ensure that the tables are cleaned using the required 2 step process immediately before meals. The staff cleaned the table with the same paper towel for both steps.