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License #CCC130588 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure diapering surfaces are washed and disinfected after each use in room 1. The staff was observed only using the soap and water solution.
Ensure that community playground equipment used by the children complies with the Playground Safety Subcode. Provide documentation for the climbing equipment and the surfacing.
Ensure that all rooms approved for use by children are labeled according to OOL approved names.
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The only sink in the classroom is labeled for food preparation. Ensure that the diaper area is within 15 feet from a sink not used for food preparation in room 1.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water after each diaper change in room 1.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Children's Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Maintain on file a record of parental receipt of the center's expulsion policy. The policy was not available at the time of the inspection and missing from the parent signature page.
Ensure staff without a cleared CARI, CHRI and orientation are not working with children alone. At the time of the inspection, a therapist was working alone with a child in room 9.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff. Missing CARI background checks for 9 staff.
Post the center's discipline policy.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. Missing CHRI background checks for 11 staff. 11/17/25: Missing CHRI background checks for 3 staff. 12/4/25: Missing CHRI background checks for 1 staff.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually. Missing completed and signed orientation logs for all staff.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility, and job descriptions.
Ensure that the head teacher provides educational documentation and associates themselves with the center in NJCCIS.
Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care in room 4. The staff stated that 20 children were present when there were 22.
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. The illness log was unavailable at the time of the inspection.
Ensure health records are maintained on file as required. Missing health record for 1 child.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Ensure the center's fire protective systems are operative at all times. Communication was confirmed. Restore the fire panel to ready mode.
Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care in room 2. The staff stated that 6 children were present when there were 5.
Cease swaddling infants in room 1.
Maintain on file a record of parental receipt of the center's social media policy. The policy was unavailable at the time of the inspection and missing from the parental sign off page.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Ensure all active staff and the sponsor representative are listed on the Staff Records Checklist.
Ensure that the group teacher provides educational documentation and associates themselves with the center in NJCCIS. Due to the licensed capacity, the center needs to appoint 2 group teachers. 10/30/25: Missing group teacher credentials for 1 additional staff.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Ensure that parents are notified immediately when: a child is bitten and the skin is broken; a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head; a child falls from a height greater than the height of the child; or an injury requiring professional medical care occurs.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required after having a diaper change in room 1.
Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care in room 5. The staff stated that 23 children were present when there were 24.
Submit a copy of the final Certificate of Occupancy or Certificate of Continued Occupancy. The center currently has a temporary CO with an expiration date of 9/28/25. 9/25/25: The new temporary CO expires on 10/24/25. 10/22/25: The new temporary CO expires on 1/21/26.
Maintain a written emergency plan in a readily accessible location that includes all required components.
Based on complaint number 24749, ensure appropriate staff action is maintained at all times. Ensure that the named staff is retrained on the appropriate ways to handle children. 12/4/25: Named staff no longer works at the center.