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License #170500073 · Center · Child Care Center
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Provide orientation training to all regular / substitute annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.
Ensure Epi-pens are current for 1 named child in room 3; Ensure required medication and current special care plan are present for 1 named child in room 6.
Based on information, retrain all staff from an outside source on 1. Adequate supervision during transitions and 2. Adequate procedures for tracking children, particularly during transitions.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child was left outside unsupervised for approximately 15 minutes in 93 degrees Fahrenheit weather. The named child attempted to open the door several times then headed towards the street where she was found by a Good Samaritan.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Two named staff were not aware that a named child was left unsupervised outside.
Ensure bookcase shelving are arranged to provide access to a three foot wide aisle that leads to an exit in room 4.
Ensure that a child who is too young to use a feeding chair or other seating apparatus need to be held for feeding At the time of the inspection an named child was sitting in the bouncy for their feeding in classroom 4.
Ensure that bottles are not propped at any time. At the time of the inspection a named child bottle was propped.
Ensure that all carpeting is securely fastened to the floor in room 4.
Ensure the UV Sanitizing Light is not accessible to children in room 4. At the time of the inspection staff removed the UV Sanitizing Light out of the reach of children.
Ensure that children are directly supervised by a staff member at all times. At the time of the inspection children walked out of room 1 alone into the bathroom located in the hallway.
Repair or replace fence for the outdoor play area.
Based complaint #19302, ensure that all staff are retrained on the proper procedures for hand-washing and maintaining sanitary conditions.
Based on complaint #19302, ensure that all staff are retrained on proper supervision and ratios..
Based on complaint #19302, the center needs to ensure the director designee is free of all classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Maintain and update Staff Record Checklist for all current staff working at the center.
Provide orientation training to 2 regular staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training.
Ensure exit door are easily operable in room 10b.
Ensure exit in room 10B are unobstructed. At the time of the inspection clutter was blocking the exit..
Provide orientation training for 2 new staff within 2 weeks of hire; 2 regular staff ,and 1 substitute staff annually.
Replace/clean the stained ceiling tiles by room 9A.
Clean vents throughout the center.
Based on report, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Provide orientation training to 2 newly hired staff within two weeks of hire and to 7 current staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training. 4/12/2023 Provide orientation training to 2 current staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that all credentialed staff and director designee complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components, including the date when the child returned to the center symptom-free.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room 4.
Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required in room 8
Ensure that parents are notified immediately when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head.
Complete accident reports as required, including the time of the notification to the parent.
Maintain adequate staff/child ratio in room 3 wherein there were 8 children under 18 months to 2.5 years old in the classroom with 1 staff ; 2 staff are required.
Clean and/or paint the walls and other surfaces as required in room 3.
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 and families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Provide a current health certificate as required.
Ensure that all flooring and carpeting are kept clean and in good repair in room 3.
Ensure that the staff signatures attesting to the receipt of the center's discipline policy are maintained on file.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including signed authorization from the parent for emergency medical treatment.
Develop and distribute to all families and staff a social media policy and maintain on file signatures from all families and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families the center's communicable disease policy and maintains on file the signatures of the parents attesting to their receipt of the policy.
Ensure that area rugs is securely fastened to the floor in room 3.
Ensure that each child's bedding and sleeping equipment are labeled with the child's name in room 4.
Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan maintained on file in room 4.
Ensure that staff clean children's faces when soiled with nasal secretions. At the time of the inspection, there were several children's faces with nasal secretions in room 6..
Provide a barrier to the kitchen area to prevent accidental access by the children. At the time of the inspection the door for the food preparation area was open.
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 exit door in the multipurpose room by the outdoor play area is easily operable. At the time of the inspection the door was hard to open.
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 garbage receptacles are maintained as required, including being covered securely in bathroom 1.
Ensure that wash basins are maintained in sanitary condition. Re-caulk wash basins in bathroom 2.
Ensure the center has the required number of helmets when the children are riding the tricycles / bicycles located in the outdoor play area.
Ensure that all playground equipment meets public playground design standards (ASTM F-1487). Remove all Little Tikes sliding equipment.
Complete accident reports as required, including the date, time and location of the incident in room 3. At the time of the inspection a named child was accidently hit in the nose.
Ensure that the center wash and disinfect all surfaces as required in room 3.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal in room 8.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use in room 6.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after assisting a child in toileting in room 6.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects toys mouthed by infants and toddlers before being given to another child in room 6.
Ensure staff handbags are made inaccessible to children in room 3.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date. At the time of the inspection a named child bottle was not dated in room 4.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food in room 6.
Ensure that the children wash their hands after wiping their nose in room 8.
Ensure food preparation is not taking place in the same sink used for hand washing in Room 6.
Develop and implement a method to keep track of all the children and ensure that the staff know the number of children in their care at all times; whereas, a named staff needed to count the children in the room 2.
Maintain adequate staff/child ratio in room 2 wherein there were 10 children under 18 months to 2.5 years old in the classroom with 1 staff ; 3 staff are required.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline. A named staff aggressively pushed 2 named children face down on their cots for not sleeping.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food in room 3.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that the fence surrounding the outdoor play area is maintained in good condition.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition in bathroom 2.
Develop and maintain on file an expulsion policy and maintain on file signatures from all families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Repair and/or remove all broken and/or rusted toys from the outdoor play area.
Ensure expired food is not served and discarded.. At the time of the inspection several items expired in the refrigerator.
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 a primary caregiver is assigned to each group of four infants in Room 4.
Ensure that 11 staff and sponsor representative submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 7/5/2023 Ensure that 7 staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 8/8/2023 Ensure that 3 staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 8/14/2023 Ensure that 2 staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children in room 3.
Ensure that parents are notified immediately when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head in room 3. At the time of the inspection a named child was accidently hit in the nose.
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 parents and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed in room 6.
Ensure that an additional covering is provided for use as a covering for each child in room 3.
Remove the clutter in room 7.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy.
Endure that the staff wash their hands after wiping a child's nose in room 4.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the name, address and telephone number of the child's health care provider.
Ensure that the inhaler is stored in the original box and have a current special care plan for 1 named children in room 8.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required.
Maintain on file a record of a signed and dated application for all staff.
Ensure that classrooms that care for children over 18 months of age provide at least five different activity areas and that each area contains at least five different types of supplies and equipment in room 3.
Ensure that staff clean children's faces when soiled with nasal secretions. At the time of the inspection, there were several children's faces with nasal secretions in room 6..
Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for the children that indicate the children's arrival and departure times.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for 1 new hire staff within two weeks of hire.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that all surfaces are kept clean and in sanitary conditions. At the time of the inspection food was found on the floor in room 2.
Ensure that diapering surfaces are flat, smooth, clean, dry, non-absorbent and in good repair. Diaper surface in room 3 was dirty.
Secure all area rugs in room 3.
Ensure exit in room 4 are unobstructed. At the time of the inspection their was several toys blocking the exit.
Ensure that children in room 1 wash their hands before the intake of food.
Ensure that children in room 1 wash their hands immediately after outdoor play.
Ensure exit in room 10 B are unobstructed. At the time of the inspection clutter was blocking the exit.
Ensure exit door are easily operable in room 3.
Ensure a named child in room 4 obtains a special care plan by the child's health care provider for required medical equipment.
Clean room 3.
Ensure that food provided by the center is stored and served in a sanitary manner.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices in room 4.
Ensure that 3 new hire staff complete a CHRI background check as required. 4/21/2022 ensure that 2 new hire staff complete a CHRI background check as required. 6/15/2022 ensure that 1 new hire staff complete CHR background check as required.
Ensure that room 4 is free of clutter. At the time of the inspection the room their was toys and clothing piled throughout the floor.
Maintain adequate staff/child ratio in room 6, wherein 1 staff left out the room leaving 10 children 18 months to 2 years old in the classroom with 1 staff; 2 staff are required.
Based on complaint #19302, the center needs to ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times.
Ensure that children are directly supervised by a staff member at all times. At the time of the inspection a child walked out of room 1 alone into the bathroom located in the hallway.
Clean clutter in room 9A.
Ensure expired food is not served and discarded.
Remove overgrown vegetation in the outdoor play area.
Based on complaint #19302, The center needs to cease the use of the parking lot as an outdoor play area.
Based on complaint #19302, the center needs to ensure that a professional exterminator removes the poison ivy from the outdoor play area.
Ensure exit door in room 3 is easily operable. At the time of the inspection the door was hard to open.
Based on complaint #19302, the center needs to ensure that sanitary conditions are maintained at all times including, cleaning and sanitizing surfaces, removing toys mouthed by children after each use for cleaning and sanitizing.
Operate within each room's capacity. There were 15 children in room 2 which has a capacity of 11.
Ensure that children are directly supervised by a staff member at all times. At the time of the inspection a child walked out of the multipurpose room alone into the bathroom located in the hallway.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards- Child Care Centers shall ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required before intake of food in room 3.
Ensure that children are directly supervised by a staff member at all times. At the time of the inspection a child walked out of room 7 alone into the front office.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards- Child Care Centers shall ensure that staff wash their hands as required upon arriving at the center.
Clean room 7 to remain odor free.
Ensure diapering surface in room 7 is clean at all times.
Cease the transportation of children.
Provide a Memorandum of Understanding to the OOL indicating how children will be transported due to an medical emergency that occurs at the center.
Retrain all staff on the center's transportation policy.
Based on information, retrain all staff on: 1. The center's supervision policy; 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Ensure that the CHRI clearances are completed for 2 regular staff. 4/7/2020 1 staff outstanding.
Conduct and document two lockdown drills annually.
Based on information, retrain all staff on: 1. The center's supervision policy. 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Two named staff failed to adequately count the children while transitioning to the playground and the staff were aware that a named child was left unattended in the classroom.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including during transitions. A named child was left unattended in the classroom for approximately 15 minutes when the class transition to the playground.
Operate within each room's capacity. There were 7 children in room 9A which has a capacity of 6.
Provide and maintain a special care plan and medication for 1 named child that has a health condition. 6/6/2019 special care plan abated.