the diapering surface shall be flat, smooth, clean, dry, non-absorbent, and in good repair.
Ensure that diapering surfaces are clean and in good repair.
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1450 Parkside Ave, Ewing NJ 08638 · License #11KID0002 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure that diapering surfaces are clean and in good repair.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that all indoor equipment is sturdy, safe, free of hazards and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Ensure children are buckled in when using the bucket tables.
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Ensure that pacifiers, bottles, or sippy cups are removed when children are crawling or walking.
Provide at least five different activity areas with at least five different types of supplies and equipment for children over 18 months of age in room 4.
Ensure all surfaces are clean and in good repair including ceiling tiles in room 5.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate with the correct use code applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name.
Ensure the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times.
Ensure the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times.
Ensure that all cribs have a snugly fitting sheet.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed and that the emergency exit doors are easily operable in Room 6.
Ensure children under 12 months of age are initially placed in a face-up sleeping position in Room 6.
Ensure children are directly supervised at all times in Room 3, including when staff are assisting other children in the bathroom.
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. There is 1 CHRI clearance outstanding.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children in Room 1.
Based on information, retrain all staff on appropriate staff interactions.
Based on information, ensure that appropriate staff interactions occur at all times throughout the center. A named staff threw a bag towards a table and it hit a named child in the back of the head.
Ensure that all illuminated exit signs and emergency lighting are operable at all times throughout the center (rm 2 bath).
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Application and all required documents.
Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed and that the emergency exit doors are easily operable.
Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. CHRI missing for 1 named staff.
Ensure that all tables and diapering stations are cleaned using the 2 step process of soap and water first and then bleach and water or a commercial disinfectant. Staff were either spraying both at the same time or only using a disinfectant product.
Provide a copy of the center's liability insurance.
Provide a copy of the center's illness log for the past 30 days.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Based on complaint #17332, the center needs to develop a detailed policy for food allergies and alert procedures and ensure adequate feeding procedures are followed at all times throughout the center. A named child was served regular milk when the child requires Lactaid milk.
Based on complaint #17332, retrain all staff on food allergy and alert procedures and provide documentation to OOL.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Operate within each rooms licensed capacity. There were 19 children present in room 2 and the licensed capacity is 18.
Ensure staff/child ratios are maintained at all times including nap time. There were 19 children ages 18m to 21/2 years in room 2 with 1 staff.
Ensure that the exit door is not blocked in Brown Room. There were sleep cots in front of the exit door. Abated at the time of inspection.
Ensure children's water bottles are labeled with each child's name in room 5.
Ensure that all ceiling tiles are kept clean and in good repair (room 1).
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date (room 5).
Ensure that medication listed on the special care plan is present when required.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. (Room 3)
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. (Room 3)
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices. (Room 3)
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. *Update 7/2/24- CHRI needed for 1 staff member.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. ( CARI needed for 1 staff member)
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 all crib sheets are snuggly fit.
Ensure that sheets are not kept on the cots and are stored in individual cubbies, bags, or bins when not in use.
Ensure staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in room 2. There were 6 children under 18 months with 2 staff however 1 staff left the room leaving the room out of ratio.
Ensure all renewal CARI checks have been completed for all center staff.
Provide a table of organization with staff names, titles, and job responsibilities.
Provide a copy of the staff records checklist.
Provide a copy of the center's radon testing for all spaces used by children on the lowest level.
Provide a copy of the center's Life Hazard Use Certificate.
Provide a copy of the center's fire inspection certificate.
Provide a copy of the center's communicable disease policy.
Provide current documentation for at least 2 staff who are trained in CPR and first aid.
Ensure that all individuals entering the building are screened and all health and safety requirements for screening are followed.
Complete the Statement of Assurance and Drinking Water Checklist.
Provide copies of the CHRI (fingerprint) clearances for all center staff.
Ensure all repair work is completed when children are not present. A large ladder was left in the red room and an individual who does not have a CARI or CHRI check was working in the building while children were present.
Ensure staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in room 5. There was 1 staff with 20 school age children when the second staff member left the room to get lunches.
Ensure CARI checks are completed for all staff as required. There are 2 missing CARI checks. 8/6/2019: There is 1 missing CARI check.
Ensure items are not stored directly on top of children's sleeping equipment.
Provide a Fire Inspection Certificate for Building 2 (Sixth Street).
Repair or replace the lids to the toilets in the Building 1, boys first floor bathroom, which are broken. Provide bolt covers for the toilets in the Building 1, boys first floor bathroom, which are missing.
Ensure that the classroom materials are accessible to children at all times. In room 5, book and toy shelves were turned around and in the Red Room, shelves were turned and children were being placed at the tables with no activities prior to lunch.
Ensure the bleach and water solution is prepared daily throughout the center.
Ensure all classrooms have both soap and water and a disinfectant for cleaning tables and diapering stations.
The center shall ensure all staff have completed orientation training and maintain staff signatures on file attesting to the completion of orientation training.
Repair or remove the broken caterpillar tunnel in the smaller children's outdoor play space.
Ensure all classroom sinks and cabinets throughout both buildings are cleaned and free of food. Clean both the inside and outside of the refrigerator in room 4. Remove the boxes and storage from room 1. Abated 9/19/19. Ensure the filing cabinet in the Blue Room is free of rust. Abated 7/19/2019. 8/6/2019: Replace the batteries in the smoke detector on the 2nd floor of Building 1 that is chirping. Abated 9/19/19.
Based on information, retrain all staff on: 1. The center's supervision policy 2. Maintaining adequate staff/child ratios.
Based on information, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center.
Provide documentation of 12 hours of annual training for all non-credentialed staff and 20 hours of annual training for all credentialed staff.
Submit an RAO letter for the Building 2 (Sixth Street) location.
Ensure that all classrooms in Building 2 are set up with the required activity areas and supplies for each area. The classrooms in Building 2 are not set up and have no supplies in them.
Maintain staff/child ratios at all times. There were 13 children ages 18m-24m with 2 staff in room 2 when 3 were required.
Provide documentation of radon testing for all classroom spaces on the lowest level used by children.
Repair the stairs on the large climber in the outdoor play space which have exposed rusted metal along the sides.
Ensure safety straps are used in the red room when seating children in bucket seats at the table. 9/19/19: Red room now room 1.
Bases on information, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child was left outside unsupervised in September 2019.
Based on information, retrain all staff on: 1. The center's supervision policy; 2. Maintaining adequate staff/child ratio; 3. The center's policies and procedures for incidents including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect and notifying parents of injuries at the center as required; 4. 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 all times throughout the center.
Repair the fence in the outdoor play area which is leaning and missing fence pickets.
Ensure children in the red room wash their hands prior to eating lunch.
Ensure children in the red room are supervised at all times. There were several children climbing and hiding under cribs.
Provide documentation of monthly fire drills for Building 2.
Ensure the pipes for the radiator in the front lobby are completely covered.
Ensure that there are 5 centers with 5 activities in each center for children 18 months of age and older in 1, 2, yellow, and orange rooms.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Two named staff did not provide adequate supervision and two named children engaged in inappropriate behavior.
Remove the locks from the bathroom stalls in the Building 1, girls and boys bathrooms.
Ensure all children have 2 pieces of bedding.
Ensure all staff have completed CHRI checks as required. There is 1 missing check.
Provide paint for the walls and brown floor moldings in room 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, Blue Room, Green Room, and Orange Room. 1/14/2020: 6th street building only.
Provide documentation for both buildings of a lockdown drill.
Provide a Life Hazard Use Certificate for Building 2 (Sixth Street).
Based on information, ensure that parents are notified of injuries occurring at the center within the required timeframes as required.
Provide documentation of water testing conducted by a laboratory certified by the DEP.