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License #CCC115249 · Center · Child Care Center
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Provide documentation that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times. At the time of the inspection a child from room 7 left the room to go to their cubby in the hallway without staff supervision and infants were sleeping in cribs without staff directly supervising them in room 3.
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Provide CHRI clearances for 10 staff. 10/30/25 Provide CHRI clearances for 3 staff.
Provide CARI clearances for 7 staff. 10/30/25 Provide CARI clearances for 5 staff.
Ensure that tables are cleaned with soap and water prior to disinfecting directly before eating.
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.
Replenish resilient surfacing as required in all play equipment use zones in accordance with ASTM F1292.
Remove the 2 boxes with cribs from the gym.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition.
Repair/repaint the window sill with chipping paint in room 2.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Provide documentation that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility, and job descriptions. Ensure that the center establishes a staff substitute system.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name in room 4A.
Ensure health records are maintained on file as required including record of annual physical.
Ensure that all indoor equipment is sturdy, safe, free of hazards and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Ensure children in room 3 are secured in their bucket seat with the belt at all times.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline. A named staff grabbed and pulled the named child up by her arm twice to where her feet were lifted off the ground.
Ensure that all cleaning products are inaccessible to the children. The cleaning products were made inaccessible to children upon inspector request.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room 3.
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 fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center, one fire drill per year is conducted during nap time, if applicable, and all children are evacuated from the building within three minutes during each fire drill.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Children's Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure bowls are not reused after a one step cleaning in the sink in room 3.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy.
Ensure that each child's bedding is stored individually and not touching another child's bedding in room 2.
Ensure that all fire extinguishers are serviced and tagged annually and recharged if necessary.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water as required including after wiping a child's nose in room 6.
Based on complaint, re-train staff on the center's discipline policy. Center already completed this prior to inspection.
Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. Recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect and 2. The center's discipline policy.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for incidents are adhered to at all times, including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline. At nap time, a named staff swiftly flipped a named child onto his stomach, forcibly pressed his head into the cot and smacked his back repeatedly with force. The named staff was also abrasive with the children and had previously forced a child to sit in a chair.
Ensure that all surfaces including flooring are kept clean and in good repair.
Provide adequate lighting throughout the center. Replace inoperable light fixture in the hallway.
Provide documentation that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Provide documentation that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Based on complaint #22755, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
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.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. Missing 1 CHRI background check.
Based on complaint, ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children during nap time. This violation was cited and abated as a result of the center already re-training staff.
Submit a copy of the final Certificate of Occupancy (CO). Temporary CO expires 11/30/2020. Temporary CO expires 12/31/2021.
Based on complaint, ensure that the staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline wherein a named staff grabbed and pushed a named child's head down onto a mat at nap time when the named child wouldn't sleep.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. Provide one missing CHRI fingerprint clearance. 10/7/24 N/A Staff no longer employed at center.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center, including CARI and CHRI background check clearances.
Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. Submit 6 missing CHRI checks.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of inspection, there was 1 staff with 17 children ages 5+ in the Travelers room. Retrain staff on maintaining adequate staff/child ratios.