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1331-B Magie Avenue, Union NJ 07083 · License #20ACH0003 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure that all fire extinguishers are serviced and tagged annually and recharged if necessary.
Ensure carpet in room 1 is maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility, and job descriptions.
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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.
Ensure the vent in the bathroom, and the ceiling tile surrounding it, is maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, free from dust and debris.
Provide current fire drill/lockdown drill log.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Provide CHRI background clearance for all staff members.
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 within two weeks of hire and annually and that the completion of the training is documented on the Staff Records Checklist.
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.
Submit Table of Organization.
Submit staff records checklist.
Submit timesheets for staff.
Submit attendance records for children.
Ensure garbage cans have covers.
Provide current fire drill log.
Replace the stained ceiling tiles in room 1.
Ensure staff sign in and out daily including the director.
Provide documentation of director's attendance.
Conduct an additional lockdown drill and provide documentation.
Ensure two staff members are present when six or more children are present wherein there was one staff when seven children were present at the center.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required. 1-27-2025: One Universal Health Record and one immunization record are needed.
Ensure that the fence surrounding the outdoor play area is maintained in good condition. Repair the fence to ensure there are no exposed sharp edges or gaps between the fence and the ground.
Ensure that all fire extinguishers are serviced and tagged annually and recharged if necessary.
Ensure that all children's enrollment applications are fully completed and maintained on file at the center.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Ensure the safety of the children en route to the outdoor play area. Provide cones or other marking indicating children are crossing the driveway to the outdoor play area. At the time of inspection, cars were observed to be turning the corner of the building quickly and going the wrong way through a one way area of the parking lot where the children cross to go to the outdoor play area.
Ensure that all staff members complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff members. 8/14/2025: Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor representative and 1 regularly scheduled staff member.
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 maintain on file, a current Children's Records Checklist designated by OOL. Obtain and maintain on file at the center all documents listed on the children's records checklist, specifically, the signed enrollment applications, health care provider's information, signed proof of receipt of policies, signed authorization from the parent(s) for emergency medical treatment, and a record of the parent's statement concerning the child's health.
Take necessary action to eliminate outdoor hazards. Remove the fallen tree branches, debris, and overgrown vegetation from the outdoor play area.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.
Ensure that the center director completes the OOL's Understanding Licensing training within 90 days of hire.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff members.
Ensure that the director designee completes staff development in Understanding Licensing Regulations as provided by the Office of Licensing.
Complete and maintain daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for children and staff. 8/14/2025: Ensure that the center director is indicating arrival and departure times for herself on the daily time sheets.
Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check for the center's license renewal dated 10-24-2024. 11-26-2024: One renewal CARI is needed.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that the ripped netting on the playhouse is removed.
Maintain an illness log on file at the center that includes: the child's name; symptoms of illness; actions taken by the center; and dates of exclusion and return.
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.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name.
Provide a current health 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. 8/14/2025: Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance. A copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection was submitted and uploaded to the center's NJCCIS File Cabinet..
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Obtain and maintain on file at the center all documents listed on the staff records checklist, specifically, the signed employment applications, criminal disclosure statements, signed proof of receipt of policies, Mantoux test results, and medical clearances for all staff members.
Eliminate moisture resulting from leaks or seepage in room 1 and bathroom 2 ceilings.
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.
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.
Repair and/or paint the damaged walls in room 1.
Ensure that garbage receptacles are covered securely.
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 children are not walking around with bottles.
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 exposed screws are removed from door frame leading into room 1.
Ensure that the children go outdoors daily, weather permitting.
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.
Ensure that food is stored properly. At the time of the inspection, lunches were stored in bags that required refrigeration.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food.
Ensure that the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times. At the time of the inspection the fire panel was in trouble mode and the fire monitoring company was not receiving signal.
Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee has access to all required licensing documentation.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects toys mouthed by infants and toddlers.
Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name.
Ensure that all cribs are free of items that pose hazards. At the time of inspection, there was a string tied across the top of one of the cribs with a toy hanging down from it. Staff removed it when asked to.
Ensure that all children's enrollment applications are fully completed and maintained on file at the center.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including signed authorization from the parent for emergency medical treatment.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed upon enrollment and updated annually, including the immunization records and special care plans as required. 1-27-2025: One Universal Health Record and one immunization record are needed.
Ensure that the center's social media policy includes guidelines for parents. Maintain on file each parent's signature attesting to the receipt of this policy.
Ensure that the center's written schedule illustrates outdoor play time.
Ensure that a primary caregiver is assigned to each group of four infants or six toddlers.
Ensure that staff have received all of the policies outlined on the Staff Records Checklist, and maintain on file each staff member's signature attesting to the receipt of these policies.
Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for all staff, including the director, that indicate the hours the staff worked at the center.
Eliminate moisture resulting from leaks or seepage in room 1 and bathroom 2 ceilings.
Ensure that all toilet plumbing is free of rust and maintained in sanitary condition.
Ensure that the low hanging branch over the outdoor play area is removed.
Ensure that the fence surrounding the outdoor play area is maintained in good condition. Repair the fence to ensure there are no exposed sharp edges or gaps between the fence and the ground.
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 inspection an infant who could not yet role over had been placed on her belly in her crib.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects tables prior to children eating as required.
Ensure that the hole in the kitchen door is repaired.
Provide a current health certificate as required.
Repair and/or replace sleeping equipment that is in disrepair.
Ensure that all fire extinguishers are serviced and tagged annually and recharged as needed.
Secure the ceiling tiles in room 2.
Ensure that the center has a supply of labeled soap/water and bleach/water containers, and that the bleach/water solution is prepared daily.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
Ensure that all electrical outlets accessible to the children have protective coverings in the children's bathroom.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative who have CHRI clearances dated prior to 1-1-2021 complete new CHRI background checks as required. 05-23-2024: The sponsor representative and all staff have appointments scheduled for CHRI background checks. 09-17-2024: One updated CHRI clearance is needed for the Sponsor Representative.
Eliminate moisture resulting from leaks or seepage in the children's bathroom.
Ensure that bibs are removed from infants who are sleeping in cribs. Staff removed bib from a sleeping infant when asked to.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Staff stated there were 7 children in their care when 6 were present.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist, Statement of Assurance, and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection for the center's license renewal.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check for the center's license renewal dated 10-24-2024. 11-26-2024: One renewal CARI is needed.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Submit staff CHRI clearances.
Submit staff renewal CARI clearances.
Submit center's radon results.
Clean the Care Bear chairs in room 1.
Submit Lead results and certificate.
Submit DOH certificate.
Submit Illness log.
Submit center's lockdown drill.
Submit center's fire drill log.
Submit center's Expulsion policy.
Ensure that all fire extinguishers are serviced and tagged annually and recharged as needed.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Submit center's drinking water results with drinking water checklist and assurance documents.
Submit documentation of center's communicable disease policy.
Submit center's liability insurance certificate.
Submit center's Discipline policy.
Ensure the booster seat is secure on a sturdy chair in room 1.
Ensure kitchen knives are inaccessible to children. Upon request the knife was removed out of reach of children.
Ensure center notifies the parent immediately with a head/facial injury
Ensure staff document the type of notification to the parent and the time of notification to the parent.
Provide Liability insurance certificate.
Ensure kitchen door is closed at all times.
Provide center's tv/video/computer policy.
Clear all the clutter in front of the electrical and fire panel.
Repair the chipping paint on the back emergency exit door.
Repair exit emergency light by the back exit.
Provide documentation of annual training for all staff. N/A
Provide current DOH certificate.
Provide center's most recent illness log.
Provide lockdown drill log.
Provide documentation of orientation training for all staff.
Ensure the center's director designee is on the premises in the director's absence.
Ensure staff change the bleach and water solution daily.
Ensure staff clean and disinfect the tables using the 2 step cleaning and disinfecting process.