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85 W Mt. Pleasant Ave, Livingston NJ 07039 · License #07IRI0001 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually. 2 staff missing orientation logs.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. 1 staff missing a CARI.
Ensure garbage receptacles are durable, leak-proof, non-absorbent, maintained in a sanitary manner, emptied when filled, and lined with a leak-proof lining and securely covered if used for diapers or food throughout the center.
Repair and/or paint surfaces where rust is present in the bathroom of Room 3.
Ensure special care plans have parent signatures for 2 named children.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility, and job descriptions.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for 4 named staff. 5/27/25: 3 CHRI background checks received, 1 outstanding.
Replace cracked / broken light protective coverings in the all purpose room.
Ensure that first aid and CPR training includes a hands-on component in addition to any online training.
Secure ceiling tiles in the all purpose room.
Clean and/or paint the walls and other surfaces as required throughout the center.
Provide orientation training to 1 volunteer staff annually, and secure and maintain on file, each staff member's signature attesting to the review of the orientation training.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal in room 3. At the time of the inspection a named child placed a block on the table prior before sitting to have snack in room 3.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food. At the time of the inspection a named child picked up a toy block in room 3.
Ensure that materials are accessible to the children at all times, except during lunch and nap time. At the time of the inspection a bookcase shelve was inaccessible to the children in room 3.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually and that the completion of the training is documented on the Staff Records Checklist.
Update the center staff record checklist with all current staff.
Conduct and document monthly fire drills provided at the center and evacuate all children within 3 minutes.
Submit the center’s table of organization indicating lines of authority, responsibility and job descriptions of current staff.
Submit the center staff record checklist that includes all current staff and sponsor representative.
Obtain and maintain on file current fire certificate.
Repair or replace cracked protective cover in all purpose room.
Conduct and document two lockdown drills annually.
Ensure fire extinguisher located by kitchen are service and tagged annually.
Ensure 2 named children have Benadryl as required on their special care plan.
Ensure that the carpeting is secured in the congregation room and in room 3.
Ensure tables are washed and disinfected before each meal in room 5.
Ensure that a CARI background check is completed for 1 named staff.
Provide a current health certificate as required from the food vendors.
Ensure that 4 named staff complete orientation training. 5/27/25: 3 orientation trainings received, 1 outstanding.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including a record of the child's health examination and immunizations for early childhood programs.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required for 2 named children.
Ensure that toilets, wash basins, kitchen sinks and other plumbing are maintained in operating and sanitary condition. Repair / paint wash basins rusty fixtures in room 1.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition in room 2.
Sand and paint the rusted bathroom stall dividers throughout the center.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
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 all fluorescent tubes and incandescent light bulbs have protective coverings in hallway by room 1.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including training on including children with special needs in the center's program.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including implementing safe sleep practices to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Submit to the OOL the center’s current staff records checklist.. Ensure that the center update and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL to include all current staff and sponsor representative(s).
Ensure that all staff and sponsor representative submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 9/22/2023 Ensure that 1 staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Ensure that a minimum temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit is maintained in all areas used by the children.
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.
Develop a written policy for parental notification of injuries if the center uses methods other than a telephone call and maintain on file the signatures of staff and parents acknowledging receipt of the policy.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food. At the time of the inspection a named staff pick up a I pad in room 4.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that parents are notified immediately when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
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. 3/1/2024 Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance.
Ensure that all staff who have not completed the required orientation training are directly supervised by another staff member.
Clean ceiling grates in room 4.
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 toilets, and wash basins are maintained in sanitary condition in room 1.
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 for 1 named child.
Ensure that the center has the medication that is requires as per special care plan for 1 named child.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CARI background check are directly supervised by another staff member.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. 9/12/2022 ensure that 1 staff complete a CHRI background check as required.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Ensure that all fluorescent tubes and incandescent light bulbs have protective coverings in room 2.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CHRI background check are directly supervised by another staff member.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
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.
Submit the center’s Radon Testing Report, conducted within 5 years in every room on the lowest floor used by children.
Obtain current general liability insurance.
Ensure staff members who are under 18 years of age are directly supervised and visible to a staff member who is 18 years of age or order in room 4.
Ensure 5 staff have received CHRI clearances before being left alone to supervise a child or group of children. 7/29/2021 Ensure 1 staff have received CHRI clearances before being left alone to supervise a child or group of children.
Ensure 3 staff have received CARI clearances before being left alone to supervise a child or group of children. 7/28/2021 Ensure 1 staff have received CARI clearances before being left alone to supervise a child or group of children.
Ensure the center complete application for age change to include ages 6 to 13 years of age. At time of inspection 2 children ages 12 and 13 years old was in room 4.
Ensure that the Out of State CARI clearances are completed for sponsor representative.
Ensure that 2 staff member who have current certified basic knowledge of first aid principles and CPR are at the center at all times when enrolled children are present.
Submit the staff’s daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for the prior 2-week period.
Submit the children’s daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for the prior 2-week period.
Complete and submit DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance.
Submit CHRI clearances for sponsor representative.
Submit the center’s illness log for a period of at least 30 days.
Ensure CARI checks are completed for 3 new staff. 7/28/2021 ensure CARI checks are completed for 1 new staff.
Submit CHRI clearances for staff members. 7/29/2021 1 outstanding regular staff CHRI. 9/10/2021 2 outstanding regular staff CHRI.