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License #11GOD0005 · Center · Child Care Center
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Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
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Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use. (Room 2)
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed. ( Room 2)
Ensure that the center has an American Red Cross First Aid Manual or its equivalent accessible to the staff at all times.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. (CARI needed for 5 staff members)
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 upon renewal.
Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are crawling or walking.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Complete radon testing for all classrooms on the lowest level used by children.
Complete water testing with a DEP certified lab for lead and copper and provide OOL with a copy of the water test as well as the Drinking Water Checklist and Statement of Assurance forms.
Based on the information, ensure that adequate procedures for incidents occurring at the center 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: 1. The center's policies and procedures for incidents, including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect; 2. Meeting the needs of the children, including feeding and changing infants as needed; 3. The center's discipline policy.
Based on information, ensure that infants are fed as needed in accordance with their individual feeding plans.
Ensure the area rugs in rooms 3, 5, and 7 are cleaned and free of rips along the edge to prevent a tripping hazard.
Provide a bolt cover for the toilet in rooms 3 and 6. Repair or replace the toilet paper holder that is broken in the room 5 bathroom.
Ensure the bolts on the green and white colored play equipment in the younger children's outdoor play area are free of rust.
Ensure that the emergency lighting in room 9, above the exit door, is operable.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. ( CHRI needed for 7 staff members)
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after assisting a child in toileting. ( Room 2)
Ensure that Benadryl is present, as required by a special care plan or other equivalent documentation from a healthcare provider.
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. (Epi pen expired for 4 children)
Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices.
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.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. (Renewal CHRI needed for 7 staff members). *Update- 9/12/23 - renewal CHRI needed for 3 staff members.
Based on the information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff would use an inappropriate tone of voice and say disparaging things towards the infants. The same staff would raise her voice, mock infants for crying and tell infants that they would not be fed.
Based on information, ensure that infants' diapers are changed as needed.
Ensure the center has an updated health certificate on file.
Ensure radon testing is completed in every room on the lowest floor used by children.
Ensure that there are 5 activity area and 5 supplies in each area in room 3, 4, and 5.
Ensure that all bottles in room 1 are labeled with both the child's name and date.
Cease the use of pacifier straps in room 1.
Repair or replace the diapering pads in rooms 2 and 3 that are ripping.
Ensure the staff records checklist is maintained and up to date.
Repair or replace the sleep mats in rooms 7 and 8 that are coming apart along the edges.
Provide documentation of 2 individuals that have current CPR and first aid certification and who are on staff at all times.
Provide paint for the walls in rooms 5 and 7 where there is chipping paint.
Ensure CARI checks are completed for all staff as required. There is 1 missing CARI check.