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405 Route 18, East Brunswick NJ 08816 · License #080300036 · Center · Child Care Center
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Provide documentation that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Repair and/or paint the walls in rooms 108 and 119.
Provide documentation that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
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Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices in room 111.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center per month.
Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care. In room 121, staff indicated 15 children were present, 16 children were receiving care.
Ensure that 1 named child has an antihistamine present as per the special care plan.
Ensure that 5 named staff complete orientation training annually.
Repair or replace the broken outlet cover in room 108.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all regularly scheduled staff.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Based on complaint, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center.
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Based on information, retrain all staff on completing incident reports accurately and as required.
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Based on information, ensure that parents are notified of incidents occurring at the center as required, including being notified immediately for head and facial injuries.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times in Room 114.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named staff was uncertain how a named child's injury occurred.
Based on Complaint #23351, ensure that adequate procedures for incidents are adhered to at all times, including completing and providing parents incident reports as required.
Ensure that school-age children in Room 126 are made aware of the center's discipline rules and procedures.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline. A named staff was physically escorting a named child down the hallway when the named child flopped to the ground. A 2nd named staff nudged a child with her foot and light smacked children with her hand.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including during a fire drill. Three named staff failed to adequately track the children during a fire drill and a named child was left inside unsupervised.
Ensure that toilet in bathroom in Room 111 is maintained in operating condition.
Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location.
Secure cords in Room 114.
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Based on report, retrain the named staff on the center’s policies and procedures for tracking children.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in Room 119.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that the fence surrounding the outdoor play area is maintained in good condition.
Ensure that the center has an adequate supply of materials to meet the daily activity needs of the children and the program.
Ensure that the methods of guidance and discipline used at the center lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control in Room 119.
Cease swaddling infants in Room 104.
Ensure the center’s fire protective systems are operative at all times.
Submit center’s radon testing report conducted within 5 years in every room on the lowest floor used by children.
Based on report, ensure that staff maintain adequate supervision at all times throughout the center.
Update staff record checklist.
Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care in Room 119.
Ensure children under 12 months of age are initially placed in a face-up sleeping position in Room 108.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed in play area.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in Room 108.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child was left unsupervised on the playground for approximately 15 minutes.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. A named staff did not complete a name to face count and was unaware that a named child was left unsupervised on the playground. The named staff also denied knowing who the named child was when asked where she was by the named child's parent and another staff.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's supervision policy.
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/sponsor representative.
Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times in Room 114.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in Room 108.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in Room 104.
Based on information, ensure that parents are notified of incidents occurring at the center as required, including being notified immediately for head and facial injuries.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
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.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times in Room 114. Observed children drinking from other children's cups, playing in shaving cream unsupervised, as well as a child urinated on herself and staff was unaware.
Based on information, ensure that incident reports are completed as required and that are completed with accurate information.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff.
Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children in Room 132.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
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.
Based on information, retrain all staff on completing incident reports accurately and as required.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff.
Based on information, ensure that incident reports are completed as required and that are completed with accurate information.
Based on information, retrain all staff on maintaining adequate staff/child ratios.
Ensure that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Provide a current health certificate as required.
Repair bookshelf surface in Room 108.
Ensure that blinds are maintained in good repair in Room 111.
Ensure that the fence surrounding the outdoor play area is maintained in good condition.
Ensure that the director designee completes the Understanding Licensing training provided by OOL.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative completes a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist.
Develop and distribute a social media policy.
Repair broken handle on cabinet in Room 114.
Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription.
Complete accident reports as required.
Ensure that food provided by the center is stored in a sanitary manner in Room 114.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name in Room 119.
Complete and submit a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food in Room 108.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after outdoor play in Room 104.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children in bathroom in Room 132.
Ensure the safety of the children while outside.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually.
Based on Compliant #23188, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center.
Ensure that the head teacher is able to spend time in Room 126 in order to plan, discuss and observe the implementation of the program.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food in Room 126.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food in Room 126.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy.
Based on information, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. On 4/25/24, in Preschool 2, there were 15 4 and 5 year olds with 1 staff.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for fire drills are adhered to at all times.
Retrain all staff from outside source on center's policy on expulsion.
Ensure center complies with expulsion policy.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in Room 104.
Ensure that a primary caregiver is assigned to each group of four infants or six toddlers.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal in Room 108.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children in bathroom in Room 104.
Based on Complaint #23351, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times in Room 126. Child took a pair of scissors in the restroom and cut her pants. Staff was unaware of the incident until another child notified them.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal in Room 126.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food in Room 108.
Ensure that all sand used in the outdoor play areas is maintained in a sanitary manner.
Repair or replace stained ceiling tile in Room 111.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Based on Complaint #23465, ensure that safe conditions are maintained at all times throughout the center. Children in Preschool 3 have been observed running out classrooms, standing on shelves, cubicles and sinks. No with no staff intervention.
Based on Complaint #23188, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Observed child hitting and pushing other children in Room 114 and staff did not intervene.
Retrain all staff from outside source on center's policy on understanding and maintaining ratios at all times throughout the center.
Retrain all staff on center's policy on supervising children.
Ensure that each child's sleeping equipment are labeled with the child's name in Room 114.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use in Room 104.
Ensure that field trip permission slips include the name and telephone number of the bus company providing service.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including during fire drills. A named child was left unsupervised in a classroom for approximately 5 minutes during a fire drill.
Based on Complaint #23626, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. While observation did not reveal staff on their cell phones while supervising children, staff confirmed that they have observed staff on their phone on numerous occasions while supervising children.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 2/12/2024: 10 outstanding renewal CARI's
Repair and/or paint the walls in Room 108.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all 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 staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's policies and procedures for incidents occurring at the center, including timelines for parental notification and incident reports.
Ensure that all surfaces are cleaned with soap and water prior to disinfecting in Room 104.
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.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in Room 126.
Repair and/or replace sleeping equipment that is in disrepair.
Ensure that the center has an adequate supply of materials to meet the daily activity needs of the children in Room 108.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name in Room 111.
Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are walking in Room 106.
Ensure that the center's evacuation procedures include an alternate indoor location that operates during the same operating hours as 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.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after toileting in Room 104.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after having their diaper changed in Room 104.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after coming into contact with nasal secretions in Room 119.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times in Room 119.
Based on report, retrain the named staff on the center's supervision policy.
Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center.
Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center.
Based on report, retrain 2 named staff on the center's policies and procedures for tracking children.
Ensure that a primary caregiver is assigned to each group in Room 126.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food in Room 126.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food in Room 126.
Ensure that staff wash their hands after coming into contact with nasal excretions or other bodily fluids in Room 126.
Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are crawling or walking in Room 126.
Based on Complaint #22414, ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan.
Ensure infants are securely fastened in high chair when in use.
Provide daily sleep opportunities based on the infants individual needs.
Based on information, ensure that the center's expulsion policy is adhered to at all times as required, including documenting the ongoing behavioral concerns and the steps taken to address them.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's expulsion policy, including documenting ongoing behavioral concerns and the steps taken to address them.
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Ensure that all staff completes a CHRI background check as required.
Ensure that unapproved space is inaccessible to the children at all times. Center places infants in strollers and they remain in Director's office when center is out of ratio.
Ensure hole near egress in play area is inaccessible to children.
Ensure that blinds are maintained in good repair in Room 114.
Clean vent in bathroom in Room 104.
Repair and/or paint the wall in Room 132.
Ensure that a primary caregiver is assigned to each group of four infants or six toddlers.
Based on information, ensure that parents are notified of head injuries immediately as required.
Ensure that diapering surfaces are in good repair in Room 104.
Prepare and post a discipline policy.
Repair and/or replace sleeping equipment that is in disrepair in Room 126.
Ensure that the use of infant equipment, including strollers, are limited to 30 minutes at a times.
Ensure that the children go outdoors daily, weather permitting.
Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center.
Ensure that toilet seat is fastened securely in bathroom in Room 111.
Retrain all staff on center's policy on primary caregivers.
Based on information, ensure that incident reports are completed as required.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire.
Maintain the building structure to prevent water from entering.
Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including during transitions from the classroom.
Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including during transitions from the classroom.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required.
Based on Complaint #20590, provide parent with a copy of the accident report by the end of the next business day, upon request.
Retrain all staff on the center's policy on positive guidance and discipline.
Retrain all staff on the center's supervision policy.
Based on Complaint #20590, retrain all staff on the center's policy on recognizing and responding to injuries and emergencies.
Ensure that staff wash their hands after coming into contact with nasal excretions or other bodily fluids in Room 104.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Center was unaware and did not intervene when a named child cut another student's hair.
Ensure that all exits are unobstructed and that the emergency exit doors are easily operable at all times in Room 132.
Retrain all staff on implementing safe sleep practices to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Based on Complaint #20590, ensure that parents are notified of injuries not requiring immediate notification by the end of the day.
Ensure that all staff completes a CHRI background check as required.
Ensure CHRI checks are completed for all staff and sponsor representative.
Update staff record checklist.
Submit a table of organization indicating lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Submit center’s fire drill log for each session provided at the center for a period of at least 90 days.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff scolded a named child for not wiping appropriately and then began to lightly smack the named child on the side of the head a few times.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy.
Submit center’s water testing conducted by a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) certified lab for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50% of all indoor water faucets used by the center.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards – Child Care Centers, ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water before the intake of food in Room 108.
Clean around toilet in bathroom in Room 119.
Ensure center operates within licensed capacity in Room 132.
Ensure bottles are labeled with dates in Room 104.
Repair / replace torn diaper mat in Room 106.
Provide orientation for all staff.
Ensure credentialed staff / director designee receive 20 hours. Ensure non-credentialed staff receive 12 hours.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff became frustrated with a named child and pushed the child against the wall, causing the child to hit the back of his head. Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff placed a named child in a diaper as a form of discipline. The named staff indicated that it had been at the direction of center management.
Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for incidents are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect.
Based on information, retrain all staff on recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect. (cited 8/23/2019)
Wash and disinfect tables before each meal in Room 108.
Ensure children wash their hands with soap and running water immediately before the intake of food in Room 108.
Ensure children wash their hands with soap and running water after wiping their noses in Room 119.
Based on information, ensure that parents are notified of head injuries occurring at the center within the required timeframes.
Ensure CHRI checks are completed for all staff.
Obtain a current health certificate.
Ensure CARI checks are completed for all staff.
Provide education and experience for two group teachers.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's policies and procedures for incidents, including the required timeframes for parental notification. (cited 8/23/2019)
Replace missing toilet caps in bathroom in Room 119.
Obtain a current fire certificate.
Ensure staff that do not have a CHRI clearance are not left alone to supervise a group of children.
Repair torn sleeping mats in Room 108.
Label sippy cups throughout center.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy. (cited 8/23/2019)
Touch up walls throughout center.
Secure ceiling tile in Room 121.
Repair / replace missing light bulbs in bathrooms throughout center.