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License #15ALL0001 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure surfaces are washed and disinfected after each use including the cots after nap time.
Ensure all surfaces are clean and in good repair including the back of the doors in Room #3.
Ensure surfaces are washed and disinfected daily including tables throughout the center at required times.
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Replenish the mulch at the bottom of the slides.
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 all surfaces are cleaned with soap and water prior to disinfecting.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required before each meal.
Ensure that hot tap water does not exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit. At the time of the inspection, the water temperature rooms 1, 2 and 3 were at 118 degrees.
Ensure that all cribs have a firm, waterproof, snugly fitting mattress and are used in accordance with manufactures instructions. At the time of the inspection, cribs had two mattresses stacked on top of one another.
Ensure that the director designee does not have full time classroom responsibilities during times when the director is not present.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times. At the time of the inspection, there were 6 children under 18 months of age in room 2 with 1 staff.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, staff in Room 5 had their backs to a child as staff engaged in conversation with others.
Complete and maintain daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for all staff.
Ensure diapering surfaces are washed and disinfected after each use.
Ensure that a primary caregiver is assigned to each group of four infants or six toddlers.
Complete accident/incident reports as required. Provide documentation of staff training on completing incident reports.
Ensure that crib sheets are snuggly fitting
Ensure that the classroom sink which is used for handwashing is not also used for washing toys bottles and dishes.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire.
Ensure that all staff orientation training is related to the ages of the children served.
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff a copy of the Information to Parents document and maintains on file signatures of all staff and families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that all cabinets are kept in good repair.
Ensure that children are supervised at all times including while walking down the hallway to the bathroom.
Submit to OOL, CARI background clearance for 1 staff.
Per updated COVID-19 Standards – Child Care Centers, issued 5.26.2021, ensure that all visitors are screened upon arrival and documented on the center's log.
Submit a current fire certificate to OOL.
Maintain a current life hazard certificate.
Ensure that disinfectants are used in accordance with the manufactures instruction.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and water before preparing or serving food.
Provide documentation from the manufacturer or a certified playground inspector indicating that the playground equipment meets ASTM F1487 (or ASTM F2373 for children under 2.5 years of age). 11/18/25 The equipment was removed from the playground.
Repair and/or paint surfaces where paint is chipping.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition. 11/18/25 Pertains to bathroom vent in the bathroom between rooms 3 and 4.
Ensure a written health statement is maintained on file as required for school aged children.
Provide mechanical ventilation or a screen for the window in the adult/children's bathroom.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Develop a written policy for the use of television, computers and other technology.
Develop a policy for parental notification of injuries since the center is using a method other than a telephone call; maintain on file a record of staff and parental receipt of receipt of the policy.
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.
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. 11/18/25 Water testing has been completed and Statement of Assurance and Checklist are needed.
Update the center's social media policy to include any platforms used by the center and indicate what parents and staff can and cannot do.
Ensure that the use of television, computers, and other video equipment is for educational and instructional use, is age and developmentally appropriate, is not used as a substitute for planned activities, and is not used for passive viewing.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required before each meal.
Ensure a commercially prepared disinfectant is used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
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.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water as required after each diaper change.
Provide and maintain the resilient surfacing and use zones under all play equipment as required. Replenish or redistribute mulch.
Remove debris and overgrown vegetation from the outdoor play area.
Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location.
Ensure that age and developmentally appropriate seating is provided for all children who no longer need to be held for feeding. Ensure children are strapped in while seated at the bucket seat table.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. Ensure the correct LHU code is indicated on the certificate.
Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan.
Provide training from an outside source on mandated reporting requirements.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Ensure that the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that all staff orientation training is documented as clock hours of staff development.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the and date.
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.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required.
Ensure that all surfaces are cleaned with soap and water prior to disinfecting.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food.
Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a feeding plan documented in writing.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that all cribs, cots and sleeping equipment are arranged to provide access to a three foot wide aisle that leads to an exit.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair.
Ensure that there is at least one staff physically present in the room or area where children are napping. Staff came to the front door leaving 5 children unattended.
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 center notifies the local health department of any reportable diseases occurring at the center by the next working day.
Ensure that staff wash their hands after wiping a child's nose.
Ensure that all electrical outlets accessible to the children have protective coverings.
Repair and/or remove all broken and/or rusted toys from the outdoor play area.
Ensure that all staff working with children under 2.5 years of age have training specific to this age group initiated within 90 days of hire and completed within one year.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Staff came to the door to retrieve a child and left 2 children unattended.
Ensure that sinks are maintained in operating and sanitary condition.
Provide and maintain the resilient surfacing and use zones under all play equipment as required. Ensure required depths under use zones of outdoor equipment are maintained.
Ensure that all fluorescent tubes and incandescent light bulbs have protective coverings. Replace the broken light cover in room #5.
Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two.
Ensure that all sleeping equipment is free of pillows and soft bedding when occupied by a sleeping child. Children under 12 months of age must not have blankets in the crib.
Ensure that the fence surrounding the outdoor play area is maintained in good condition.
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.
Upload into the center's file cabinet in NJCCIS a current Life Hazard Certificate.
Ensure that approved sleeping equipment is provided for each child as required. Ensure that the crib has only 1 mattress and not 3 stacked on top of each other.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food.
Based on complaint #20197, ensure that the center provides, in writing or by e-mail, the center's telephone number that provides direct on-site contact during operating hours to all parents.
Based on complaint #20197, 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.
Ensure that all sleeping equipment is free of pillows and soft bedding when occupied by a sleeping child.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water after each diaper change.
Upload into the center's file cabinet in NJCCIS the centers current liability insurance policy.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center.
Submit to OOL, CHRI background clearance for 1 staff.
Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, including during nap and rest time.
Ensure that children's bottles are dated.
Ensure that staff have orientation training and CARI and CHRI clearance before being left alone to supervise children.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times. At the time of the inspection a staff was using the restroom and another staff was asked to supervise her room and left her own room unsupervised.
Ensure that staff/child ratios are maintained at all times wherein room 1 had 5 children under that 18 months of age with 1 staff when 2 were required.
Cease the use of blankets for children under 12 months.
Ensure that tables are washed and disinfected before each meal.
Ensure that infants are directly supervised while being provided tummy time. At the time of the inspection, a staff member was rinsing items at the sink while 2 infants were left unsupervised on the carpet doing tummy time.
Ensure that staff have CARI and CHRI background clearances and that orientation training is completed before being left alone to supervise children.
Ensure that blankets do not cover the children's faces wherein room 3 several children's faces were covered by their blankets and the staff uncovered them upon request.
Upon renewal, submit newly cleared CARI background checks for all current staff.
Conduct water testing for lead and cooper as required by OOL upon renewal and submit the checklist and statement of assurance along with the test results to OOL.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and water immediately after each diaper change.
Ensure children are buckled when occupying bucket seats.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and water before each meal.
Ensure that hot tap water does not exceed 110 degrees.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and water after assisting a child blowing their nose.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and water immediately after each diaper change.
Ensure that diapering surfaces are washed and disinfected after each use.
Cease the use of microwaves damaged on the interior.
Operate within the licensed room capacity at all times to include rest time wherein rooms 11 and 12 were over capacity at rest time.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and water immediately after outdoor play.