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License #CCC115548 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name in Room 2.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. 6.24.25. The center has a current certificate that is not applicable to ages served. 5.4.26. The code has been corrected on the township level. Abated based on the email from the township fire department.
Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair throughout the center.
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Ensure tables are washed and disinfected before each meal in Room 3.
Comply with the written conditions on the center's license. At the time of the inspection, there were 2 children less than 2.5 years in Room 3. The staff moved the children to Room 2.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.
Paint or cover the wall surfaces where the paint is peeling in Room 3.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in Room 3. At the time of the inspection, there were 11 children with one staff when 2 staff were required. 8.19.25. At the time of the inspection, there were 12 children with one staff when 2 staff were required.
Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care in Room 3.
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 children wash their hands with soap and running water as required after having their diaper changed in Room 2.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Application and Attestation for the center's license renewal.
Ensure incident reports are completed as required.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Maintain at the center and distribute to all families and staff, a copy of the 2019 Information to Parents document designated by the OOL; maintain on file a record of parental and staff receipt of the policy.
Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair throughout the center.
Repair and/or cover splintered wood on the library shelf in Room 3.
Ensure that all fire extinguishers are serviced and tagged annually and recharged if necessary.
Ensure that all cribs are equipped with all of the required components, including a firm, waterproof, snugly fitting mattress and clean snugly fitting sheet in Room 2.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in Room 2.
Ensure that the playpen in Room 2 is clean. 1
7/7/2022 Ensure that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual, including the required teaching experience in a group program for children. Provide documentation to credential the group teacher. 5/2/2023 violation transferred from monitoring report. 7/17/2023 Abated based on credentialing a conditional group teacher.
Secure the green turf on the outdoor play area so it is not a tripping hazard.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center, including the staff's CARI and CHRI background checks.
Ensure that all ceiling tiles are fitted properly. 8/2/2022 Ensure the ceiling tiles in room 1 are fitted properly.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Provide an updated and completed staff records checklist with all current staff listed.
Provide a copy of the center expulsion policy.
Address the water seepage issue in the kitchen and in the bathroom.
Provide cleared CARI clearances for staff.
Post all required documents including : Current license Radon No Smoking Sign Updated Diagram Completed 3/3/2021 Emergency Evacuation plan Fire Certificate Discipline Policy Life/Hazard Use Registration
Repair and/or replace sleeping equipment that is in disrepair in Room 3.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all regularly scheduled staff. Provide CARI clearance for one staff and three volunteers. 9.4.24. Provide CARI clearance for one staff.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed and that the emergency exit doors are easily operable. There was a chair on the outside of the exit door in Room 2 blocking the door from opening. Center staff removed the chair.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that the director designee completes the Understanding Licensing training provided by OOL.
Ensure all outdoor hazards are removed as required. Remove debris from the outdoor play area.
Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair throughout the center.
Provide and post radon test results in a prominent location.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition in Room 2.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CHRI background check are directly supervised by another cleared staff member in Room 2.
Ensure that all staff without a completed CARI background check are directly supervised by another cleared staff member and are not left alone to care for children in Room 2.
Ensure that all staff have completed training pertaining to the center's policies and procedures for tracking children and are aware of the number of children in their care at all times in Room 3.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. At the time of the inspection, staff left the classroom where 5 children were napping to dismiss 2 children at the front door therefore leaving children in Room 3 unsupervised.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed in Room 2.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after changing a diaper in Room 2.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children in Room 2.
Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center, including proof of Mantoux test for all staff.
Provide and maintain in good condition a fence for the outdoor play area. Adjust the gate as needed to minimize the space between the fence and ground.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for all regularly scheduled staff. Provide CHRI clearance for 2 staff members. 11.25.24. Provide CHRI clearance for one staff.
Ensure evacuation procedures include an alternate indoor location for evacuation that operates during the same operating hours as the center, and is within a safe walking distance or includes a written procedure for obtaining transportation to the location.
Develop and distribute to all families and staff a social media policy and maintain on file signatures from all staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Complete accident reports as required. 10/10/2023 Abated based on the center states there have been no accidents at the center and no reports needed to be completed.
Ensure that the staff signatures attesting to the receipt of the center's discipline policy are maintained on file.
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff the center's policy on the release of children and will maintain on file signatures from all staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center, including the staff's CARI and CHRI background checks.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
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 attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 7/17/2023 Provide renewal CARI clearances for 2 staff including the sponsor representative. 8/21/2023 Provide a renewal CARI clearance for 1 staff.
Ensure that the director completes the Understanding Licensing training provided by OOL within 90 days of hire.
Ensure that the director designee completes the Understanding Licensing training provided by OOL.
Ensure that the consulting head teacher makes at least two on-site visits to the center per month and is able to observe the center's program and provide staff development as required.
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 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 complete orientation training which may be included for six of the required annual training hours. Provide documentation of completed orientation training for all staff.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Replace all stained ceiling tiles in the bathroom.
Ensure that all bathroom equipment is fastened securely. Secure the 3 sinks in the bathroom. 7/17/2023 Ensure the sink in the middle is secured.
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 all fluorescent tubes and incandescent light bulbs are shatterproof or have protective coverings. Provide documentation of shatterproof bulbs.
Provide the center's written emergency plan and ensure it includes an alternate indoor location that operates during the same operating hours as the center.
Ensure that each cot or mat used for rest and sleep is covered with a sheet, blanket or other covering. 7/17/2023 At the time of the inspection, children in Room 3 were sleeping directly on mats without a sheet and a cover.
Ensure that all cribs and playpens are equipped with all of the required components, including a clean, snugly fitting sheet. At the time of the inspection, a child was sleeping in a crib without a sheet covering the mattress.
Ensure that approved sleeping equipment is provided for all children who need rest. At the time of the inspection, multiple children were observed in Room 3 sitting in chairs asleep with their heads down on the table.
Ensure that the center complies with the licensed capacity of the classrooms at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, there were 21 children when the licensed capacity is 19 children in Room 3. 7/31/2023 At the time of the inspection, there were 9 children in Room 1 when the licensed capacity is for 5 children. 8/21/2023 At the time of the inspection, there were 10 children in Room 1 when the licensed capacity is for 5 children.
Ensure children are not sitting at the table without an activity.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, children were sleeping on the other side of toy shelves and the staff was unable to see them.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, there were 21 children in Room 3 with 1 staff when 2 were required.
Ensure the outdoor play area is free of debris from construction work. 9/21/2023 At the time of the inspection, the outdoor play area had piles of broken cinder blocks. 11/13/2023 At the time of the inspection, the playground was filled with items covered with tarps waiting for removal. 1/8/2024 At the time of the inspection, the items previously covered with tarps had all been removed. Remove the pile of lumber from the outdoor play area.
Ensure that all staff who do not have CARI and CHRI clearances are directly supervised by another staff member who has CARI and CHRI clearances. At the time of the inspection, a staff without CARI and CHRI clearances was alone supervising children in Room 1. 8/21/2023 At the time of the inspection, a staff without CARI and CHRI clearances was alone supervising children at the park.
Designate an additional director designee who does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times that the director and other director designee are not present. At the time of the inspection, there was no one present that could provide necessary paperwork. 9/21/2023 At the time of the inspection the director and director designee were not present at the center. 10/10/2023 At the time of the inspection, the director designee had fulltime classroom duties and inspectors were given access to limited records in the office.
Ensure that the center maintains on file a record of signed permission slips for going to the park.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, staff from Room 3 left the room to answer the door and had a conversation with the person at the door for several minutes leaving the children in the room without supervision.
Ensure that all playpens are equipped with all of the required components, including a clean, snugly fitting sheet. At the time of the inspection, a child was in a playpen that did not have the manufacturers base covering the bottom.
Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two. At the time of the inspection, a video was playing for the children in Room 2.
Ensure children under 12 months are not covered with a blanket in Room 3. Staff were unaware that children under 12 months cannot be covered with a blanket while sleeping in a crib. 11/13/2023 At the time of the inspection, an infant was sleeping on top of a blanket in a crib.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. Provide a CHRI clearance for one staff. 10/30/2023 No longer applicable as center informed OOL this staff is no longer employed.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CHRI background check are directly supervised by another staff member. Staff without CARI and CHRI clearances was alone with children in Room 3. A second staff came to the center and went to Room 3.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. Provide a CARI clearance for 1 staff. 10/30/2023 No longer applicable as center informed OOL this staff is no longer employed.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, staff was observed leaving the kitchen area to answer the door while leaving the children unsupervised in Room 3.
Ensure a named staff uses an appropriate tone of voice in the presence of children.
Ensure that children under 12 months of age are placed in a face-up position in their sleeping equipment, unless it is contraindicated in writing by the child's health care provider. At the time of the inspection, a child under 12 months was in a crib on their belly and staff indicated the child could not roll over on their own. The staff repositioned the child into a face up position upon inspector request.
Cease the use of electric space heaters, portable liquid fuel-burning or wood burning heating appliances. At the time of the inspection, there was a space heater on in Room 2. The heater was removed from the center upon inspector request.
Ensure that the playpen in Room 2 is clean. 12/11/2023 The director removed the playpen from the center.
Ensure that the director is at the center at least 50% of the center's daily operating hours. At the time of the inspection on November 27, 2023 sign in logs for the director had not been filled out since November 13, 2023.
Ensure that CHRII background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. Provide a CHRI clearance for 1 staff. 12/11/2023 No longer applicable as center informed OOL this staff is no longer employed.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, staff in Room 2 did not know how many children were present and needed to count the children.
Ensure children are directly supervised at all times. At the time of the inspection, a child who was in a crib that did not have a sheet covering the mattress was tearing the plastic covering of the mattress. The child was also tearing the felt off the bottom of the mattress in the crib next to him and throwing pieces on the floor without staff being aware until an inspector brought it to the attention of staff in the room. The staff never picked up the torn pieces of felt from the floor. An inspector picked the material up.
Ensure that children are not in cribs unless it is for sleep.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices.
Ensure that all cribs and playpens are equipped with all of the required components, including a clean, snugly fitting sheet. At the time of the inspection, at child was in a crib that did not have a sheet covering the mattress.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use.
Ensure that staff wash their hands after changing a diaper.
Ensure unapproved space is inaccessible to children from the outdoor play area. At the time of the inspection the door to the back area of the building was removed.
Ensure unapproved space is inaccessible to children from the outdoor play area. At the time of the inspection, the garage door which is the back wall of the playground was open giving children access to unapproved space.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed. At the time of the inspection, there was a plush material covering half of the building including the exit from room 2. The center moved the material to the side of the exit door upon inspector request.
Ensure that the center provides one of the four monitoring options listed in the manual, including any other OOL approved monitoring system. At the time of the inspection, there was a plush material covering half of the building including all windows into Room 2.
Repair/replace the end of the railing on the ramp in Room 2 where the end cap is missing.
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 classrooms that care for children under 18 months of age provide at least four different activity areas and that each area contains at least four types of supplies and equipment. At the time of the inspection, multiple toy shelves and toy bins were empty.
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 in Room 3.
Ensure that children have their hands washed immediately after having their diaper changed.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, staff in Room 3 stated there were 14 children when 15 children were present. 7/17/2023 At the time of the inspection, staff in Room 3 did not know how many children were present and needed to count the children.
Ensure infants are only placed in their designated crib. At the time of the inspection an infant was sleeping in another child's crib in Room 2. 11/27/2023 At the time of the inspection, the cribs were not labeled and staff indicated a specific crib was for 2 different children. 12/11/2023 Labels with the child's name were on the wall above each crib.
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 the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibilities and job descriptions.
Ensure the lights are fully operational in Room 3. At the time of the inspection, several lights in Room 3 were blinking.
Ensure that children are not walking around the classroom while eating.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times. At the time of the inspection, the fire panel had a trouble signal. The center called the fire panel company and reset the fire panel. The fire panel had a system normal reading.
Ensure that the center's fire monitoring systems are operative at all times. At the time of the inspection, the monitoring panel was “on test” due to electrical work being done at the center. The fire official confirmed via phone that the center could continue to operate.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that the children’s health, safety, and well-being is maintained at all times. At the time of the inspection, a child was on a changing table while the staff was across the room.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that the director is at the center at least 50% of the center's daily operating hours and accurately documents arrival and departure times for each date. At the time of the inspection, the sign in sheets provided indicated the director was present at the center on 6/22/2023 from 8:30am until 6:00pm and 7/17/2023 from 7:00am until 5:00pm although OOL inspectors were at the center on those days at approximately 10:30 and the director was not present. Additionally, according to the time sheets the director has not been present at the center since 7/28/2023. 9/6/2023 Director was not present at the center. 9/21/2023 Director was not present at the center. 10/10/2023 Director was not present at the center.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. Provide a CARI clearance for 1 staff. 12/11/2023 No longer applicable as center informed OOL this staff is no longer employed.
Ensure that all staff who do not have CARI and CHRI clearances are directly supervised by another staff member who has CARI and CHRI clearances. At the time of the inspection, the 2 staff in Room 2 did not have CHRI and CARI clearances and were alone supervising children.
Ensure that a minimum of 2 staff are present as required when children are away from the center. At the time of the inspection, 1 staff was at the park with 10 children. The staff returned to the center with the children upon inspector request.
Ensure that children are not in playpen without an activity. At the time of the inspection, a child was in a playpen without activities and staff indicated it was due to the child' behavior.
Ensure that all cribs meet CPSC standards and that the CPSC documentation is maintained on file at the center. Provide documentation for evacuation cribs.
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 each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date. 12/11/2023 The baby bottle was labeled upon inspector request.
Provide documentation of completed annual orientation for 2 staff.
Ensure that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Provide documentation to credential the program supervisor.
Provide requested MOU as required for age change application.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. 1/20/2023 Provide the hands on component for 2 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.
Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. At the time of the inspection, the center failed to comply with a written agreement wherein an individual who was barred from the center due to a previous disqualification was present during operating hours and was designated to act on behalf of the sponsor. This individual was in an authoritative role and had full access to all areas of the center, including walking through rooms where children were present.
Ensure the refrigerator on top of shelves in room 2 is secured.
Ensure staff sign in and out daily as required. At the time of the inspection, the director had not documented the hours worked since July 14, 2022.
Ensure an additional staff is present due to the remote location of the rooms or combine children in room 2.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, a child was standing alone without direct supervision inside the foyer while a parent knocked on the door. A few minutes later 3 children were in the foyer by the front door without supervision as inspectors were outside ringing the bell and knocking on the door.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in the infant room.
Ensure that cups are removed when a child falls asleep. At the time of the inspection, 1 child was asleep on a cot with a sippy cup and 3 children were asleep in cribs with sippy cups.
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 the director is at the center at least 50% of the center's daily operating hours. 1/5/2023 A review of documentation indicated the director was last present at the center on December 8, 2022.
Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Provide documentation to credential the director.
Ensure that the center cooperates with all DCF inspections and investigations as required. During an age change inspection for Room 2, prompt access to the remainder of the center was denied by the individual designated by the sponsor to act on her behalf at the scheduled inspection with OOL staff. The inspectors were denied access until the sponsor arrived more than 10-15 minutes later. Additionally, the individual raised his voice and refused to speak with representatives from OOL via phone including the inspectors’ supervisor and manager. The sponsor must provide a Corrective Action Plan to OOL indicating that: a) prompt access to all areas of the center will not be denied in the future whether the sponsor is present or not (b) the center, including all designees, will cooperate with OOL inspectors at the time of the inspection (c) the center, including all designees, will not refuse to speak to other OOL representatives including supervisors and managers.
Ensure that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual, including the required teaching experience in a group program for children. Provide documentation to credential the group teacher. 5/2/2023 Violation transferred to renewal report.
Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times the director is not at the center.
Ensure that the center complies with the conditions of the license including the age restrictions for specific classrooms. Ensure children less than 2.5 are limited to room 2. At the time of the inspection, staff needed assistance from inspector to retrieve the children's belongings from room 3 where they started out the day. Both staff present indicated that all children are dropped off in room 3 which is not approved for children less than 2.5 years old. 9/2/2022 Abated based on CAP and interviews with staff.
Ensure that each cot used for rest and sleep is covered with a sheet, blanket or other covering and each crib mattress is covered with a tightly fitted sheet. At the time of the inspection, multiple children were asleep directly on the cots and crib mattresses.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. Provide CARI clearances for 3 staff, including the sponsor representative.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. Provide CHRI clearances for 3 staff, including the sponsor representative. 7/18/2022 Provide CHRI clearance for the sponsor representative.
Ensure two staff are at the center when more than 5 children are present. On the day of the inspection, there was 1 staff present with 9 children. The second staff arrived approximately 20 minutes after the inspectors arrived.
Replace the water stained ceiling tile in the hallway.
Ensure sheets and blankets are stored separately and to not have contact with each other.
Provide and display the Life Hazard Use Registration certificate
On 3/23/2021 there were 6 children present with one staff. The center will ensure that 2 staff are present when more than 5 children are present.
On 3/23/2021 a child was alone in a classroom unattended by staff
Provide a table of organization along with job descriptions.
Ensure a staff with a cleared Criminal History Background Information clearance is present to supervise children.
Ensure used food containers from the previous day and wet rags are not in the bathroom sink.
Provide a current fire safety inspection certificate.
Provide documentation of education and experience for a director.
Ensure staff have completed orientation training prior to being alone with children.
Ensure all staff receive orientation training.
Secure the cd player and speakers.
Replace the ceiling tiles in the bathroom and the kitchen.
Provide enough supplies to encourage social distancing and minimize the sharing of toys.
Ensure staff can provide documentation of first aid and CPR training and that at least 2 of the staff present have current certifictions.
Provide documentation of completed fire drills.
Ensure the microwave is maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.
Provide a copy of the center's discipline policy
Provide a copy of the Center's Communicable Disease Policy.
Provide an illness log.
Provide the Certificate of Liability Insurance Declarations Page.
Ensure children are directly supervised. On 5/4/21 a child left the classroom and was hiding in the adjacent room.
Remove the broken shelf from the classroom
Ensure television viewing is limited to educational and instructional use. On 6/22/2021 the children were watching an adult cooking show.
Ensure Staff records are maintained on site, including Child Abuse Record Information clearances and Criminal History Record Information clearances.
6/22/2021 Ensure children are directly supervised. One staff was preparing lunch and the other left the room to answer the door.
6/22/21 A child was sleeping on a mat which was not visible to either staff.
Ensure ratios are maintained at at all times. The children were alone when the staff went to answer the door.
Provide Child Abuse Records Information clearances for on site staff. On the day of the inspection, no CARI clearances were available for the staff present.
Ensure garbage used for food or diaper disposal is covered.
Provide a current Staff Records Checklist
Per the COVID-19 Standards-Child care Center, ensure staff wear masks at all times
Replace the metal floor molding by the ramp in classroom 1 which is protruding and poses a tripping and injury hazard.
Ensure the garbage can in the classroom is emptied when full. The receptacle was not maintained in a clean and sanitary manner and was attracting insects.
Ensure staff without Child Abuse Record Information clearances are not alone to supervise children.
Cease the transportation of children in vehicles which violate MVC and DCF regulations. The center is providing transportation and no documentation was available at the time of the inspection.
Provide documentation of education and experience for a head teacher. 4/11/2022 Abated based on capacity decrease and consulting head teacher credentialed.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CHRI background check are directly supervised by another staff member. A staff who did not have a cleared Criminal History Record Information was left alone in the classroom with the children.
Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for staff that indicate the hours the staff worked at the center.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CHRI background check are directly supervised by another staff member. A staff who did not have a cleared Criminal History Record Information was left alone in the classroom with the children.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CARI background check are directly supervised by another staff member. A staff without a cleared Child Abuse Record Checklist clearance was left alone in the classroom with the children.
Ensure the fluorescent light in small classroom is covered.
Encourage all children over 2 to wear masks while in the center except while eating and sleeping. School age children are required to wear masks in the center. Maintain a supply of masks and encourage parents to provide masks for their children.
Ensure the toxics in the kitchen and in the bathroom are inaccessible.
Provide a diagram to The Office of Licensing to include classrooms, bathrooms, exit s and evacuation routes, toilets and sinks, fire extinguishers and manual pull stations. Post the diagram in a prominent location in the center and submit a copy to OOL.
A named person is present during operating hours when they are not permitted due to a Criminal History Record Information disqualification. 3/14/2022- Abated based on a written statement received via email.
Ensure a staff person with a Criminal History Background Information clearance, a Child Abuse Record Information clearance, and documentation of Orientation Training is present at the center to supervise the children. On the day of the inspection, these documents were not present.
Provide Criminal History Record Information clearances for all onsite staff. On the day of the inspection no CHRI clearances were available for the staff who were present.
Ensure fire extinguishers are charged and tagged annually.
Secure the computers.
Ensure the refrigerator is maintained at the required temperature range. At the time of the inspection, the temperature indicator was in the red zone. The director was instructed to adjusted the control to lower the temperature. On 8/24/2021 the temperature on the indicator on the refrigerator was in the red zone . The inspectors had staff move all perishable to a second refrigerator which was maintaining the correct temperature. The center will not store food in a refrigerator which cannot maintain a safe temperature for food.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards-Child Care Centers, ensure all visitors are screened and have their temperature taken before they enter the Center. The Staff did not screen the Inspector from the Office of Licensing.
Ensure the floor is free from water seepage or leaks. On the day of the inspection, there was water covering the bathroom floor.
Ensure staff and children sanitize their hands immediately upon entering the center.
Obtain a current health certificate. As the center prepares meals, ensure compliance with eh applicable requirements of the State Sanitary Code.
Ensure children's sleep mats have sheets.
Replace the water damaged tiles in the kitchen and classroom #1
Ensure children are directly supervised. On 3/23/2021 , a child was in a classroom alone.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. On the day of the inspection, one staff stated that there were 10 children present and the other staff stated that there were 8 children present. On that day, there were 9 children present.
The sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for all staff members at least 18 years of age. If a staff member refuses to consent to a CHRI background check, the sponsor representative shall immediately terminate the staff member's employment at the center. 10/25/21 provide 1 outstanding CHRI clearance.
Ensure staff without Criminal History Record Information checks are not alone to supervise children.
Ensure staff/child ratios are maintained at all times. A staff left the classroom unattended and went into the kitchen.
Provide CHRI clearances for staff .3/1/2021 At the time of the inspection, no documentation of current CHRI clearances could be provided.
Each Staff shall complete a signed consent form to conduct a Child Abuse Record Information background check. If a staff member refuses to consent to a CARI background check, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall immediately terminate the staff member's employment at the center. 10/25/21 Provide one outstanding CARI clearance