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JAY PARK PLZ COLUMBIA DR+ DARTMOUTH DR, Marshalls Creek PA 18302 · License #CER-00252171 · Center · Child Care Center
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3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) · The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. TIERED LIS: 1. Facility Person #1 may not work in a child care position with direct contact with children at the facility. THIS PORTION OF THE PLAN REQUIRES AN IMMEDIATE CORRECTION DATE. 2. The director will create a hiring checklist to ensure staff are being hired with correct documents and these documents are received within the proper timelines as required by the CPSL. This checklist shall be sent to the regional office for approval prior to using. THIS PORTION OF THE PLAN REQUIRES A DATE FOR WHEN THIS CHECKLIST WILL BE CREATED AND REVIEWED.
A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Staff #1 was hired using a volunteer child abuse clearance dated 11/18/24 and did not have a state police clearance on file. Staff #1 was not hired correctly as required by the CPSL.
Corrected Corrected by Feb 20, 2026
Category: background checks. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.66(a)/3270.133(4) · Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children. Medication shall be stored in a locked area of the facility or in an area that is out of the reach of children.
A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. Regulation requires cleaning materials, other toxic materials and medications to be stored locked or inaccessible to children. In the front section of Unit 3, nose spray was found in a backpack that was accessible to children. This bottle contained the note that it must be kept out of reach of children and children were viewed receiving care in this area. In the front section of Unit 5 a backpack was found that contained the following items: Motrin, Allegra, Pain and Fever, Moisturizer and Chest Rub. These items contained the note to be kept out of the reach of children. This backpack was found accessible to children and children were observed receiving care in this area.
Disposition: Compliant - Finalized
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
Data synced from Pennsylvania DHS, Office of Child Development and Early Learning on Jul 8, 2026 · Source records · Report an error
Corrected Corrected by Feb 17, 2026
Category: health medication. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.133(6) · A parent shall provide written consent for administration of medication or a special diet.
A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. Regulation states any child that requires medication to have written consent for administration of the medication on file. The following children require medication, but the facility did not have on file written consent for administration of medication: Child #11, #12 and #13.
Corrected Corrected by Feb 20, 2026
Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.134(a)/3270.152 · A staff person shall ensure that a child's hands are washed before meals and snacks, after toileting and after being diapered. A facility person shall wash his hands before meals and snacks, and after toileting and after diapering a child.
A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of the facility's diaper changing procedures and process was observed. During these diaper changes, staff did not wash their hands or the children's hands between each diaper change.
Corrected Corrected by Feb 17, 2026
Category: health medication. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) · The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Facility Person #1 may not work in a child care position with direct contact with children at the facility.
An unannounced inspection occurred at the facility on 10/3/25. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire of staff. Staff #1 did not have the correct DHS FBI clearance on file to be hired as a provisional hire to be working in a child care role at the facility per the CPSL. Staff #1 was working in a child care role at the facility at the time of this inspection.
Corrected Corrected by Oct 3, 2025
Category: background checks. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.65/3270.76 · Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger. Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards.
An unannounced inspection occurred at the facility on 10/3/25. A physical site review was conducted. Outlet covers were missing in outlets throughout the facility. These missing outlet covers were identified and discussed with the director at the time of the inspection. In the front of the Pre-K room, the outlet cover plate had come lose, exposing the electrical wires. This outlet was identified and address with the director at the time of the inspection.
Corrected Corrected by Oct 3, 2025
Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.31(e)(4)(ii) · Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in firesafety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent.
A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in fire safety training on an annual basis. The following staff did not complete fire safety training on an annual basis: Staff #1(previous 7/29/23, current 9/6/24), Staff #2 Previous 9/17/23, current 11/11/24, Staff #3 (previous 7/29/23, current 11/20/24), Staff #4 (previous 8/28/23, current 11/18/24), Staff #5 (previous 6/27/23, current 7/29/24) and Staff #6 (previous 7/29/23, current 8/31/24).
Corrected Corrected by Jan 6, 2025
Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.151(a)/3270.192(3) · A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis.
A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in a health assessment at least every 24 months. Staff #6 did not participate in a health assessment every 24 months (previous 6/20/22, no current). Staff #6 was observed working in child care at the time of this inspection.
Corrected Corrected by Jan 20, 2025
Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.32(a) · The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to Child Protective Services). Staff person #1 will have until April 27, 2024, to complete the mandated reporter training. Until such time as the required training has been completed, staff person #1 must be supervised, when interacting with children, by an AGS who has completed the required training related to this citation. If there are no staff person(s) available to supervise staff person #1, staff person #1 may not work in a child-care position at the facility.
Staff person #1 has not completed mandated reporter training within the last 60 months. This is evidenced by the previously documented mandated reporter training on file being dated May 24, 2018.
Corrected Corrected by Apr 6, 2024
Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.14/3270.21 · A facility shall be operated in conformity with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. State agencies whose regulations may relate to the operation of a facility include the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation. Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. The operator shall update the sections of their emergency plans to address continuity of operations.
The emergency plan on file at the facility was not updated to include a continuity of operations.
Corrected Corrected by Jan 10, 2024
Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.31(f) · Staff person(s) shall complete professional development in the topics of 3270.31(f)(1-9) within 90 days of hire.
Staff person #1 and staff person #2 did not complete the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see code sheet for date of hire): Health and Safety training. Staff person #1 completed the training on 12/15/23 and staff person #2 completed the training on 12/10/23.
Corrected Corrected by Jan 10, 2024
Category: health medication. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.51 · When children are grouped in similar age levels, the following maximum child group sizes and ratios of staff persons apply: Infants 1:4 with a maximum group size of 8; Young toddlers 1:5 with a maximum group size of 10; Older toddlers 1:6 with a maximum group size of 12; Preschool children 1:10 with a maximum group size of 20; Young school-age children 1:12 with a maximum group size of 24; Older school-age children 1:15 with a maximum group size of 30.
Staff person #3 was observed in the School Age classroom supervising 13 young school-aged children by herself. This amount of children requires at least two staff persons.
Corrected Corrected by Jan 10, 2024
Category: supervision. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.82(h) · A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility.
A hand washing sign was not observed to be posted near a sink in the Pre-Kindergarten, Middle School Age, and Preschool classrooms.
Corrected Corrected by Jan 10, 2024
Category: health medication. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.104(a) · Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child's size, age and special needs.
The following seats in each of the buses were found to be torn, with foam exposed: Bus #1: one seat on passenger side; Bus #2: first and second seats on the driver's side and first seat on passenger side; Bus #4: Last seat on the driver's side and fifth seat on the passenger side.
Corrected Corrected by Jan 10, 2024
Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.107 · A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45° F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator.
A thermometer was not observed in the refrigerator for the Pre-Kindergarten classroom.
Corrected Corrected by Jan 10, 2024
Category: nutrition. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.161(d) · Potentially hazardous food brought from the child's home or provided by the facility shall be refrigerated.
Throughout the facility, the children's perishable food items from home were observed to be in lunch bags in the classroom instead of the facility's refrigerators. The Director confirmed that the children's personal food items are not stored in the facility's refrigerators.
Corrected Corrected by Jan 11, 2024
Category: nutrition. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.113(c) · A facility person may not single out the child for ridicule, threaten harm to the child or the child's family and may not specifically aim to degrade the child or the child's family.
Inspection on this date 8/18/22, per interview and document review revealed that staff number 1 referred to child number 1 a school age child as a baby and this was heard by individual number 2 and per interview with individual number 2 would have been heard by the other children in the room.
Corrected Corrected by Aug 18, 2022
Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) · The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). Staff Person # -1- may not work in a child care position at the facility. A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. AS of 9/30/19 the CPSL was changed to including a requirement of facility persons and household members who have lived outside of Pennsylvania within the past five years. These persons are required to provide background checks for the State (s) they have resided in within the past five years.
Inspection on 8/18/22 revealed that staff number 1 has lived outside of Pa. within the past five years and does not have a record of the required out of state background check including clearance request and completed clearance on file.
Corrected Corrected by Aug 18, 2022
Category: background checks. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.27(c) · The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training and kept on file at the facility.
During renewal inspection on 2/22/22 CR reviewed several staff files. STAFF # 1 (start date 1/24/22), STAFF # 2 (start date 1/24/22), STAFF # 3 (start date 9/9/21), STAFF # 4 (start date 11/1/21), STAFF # 5 (start date 9/24/21), and STAFF # 6 (start date 1/31/22) did not receive emergency plan training at any time since their start dates.
Corrected Corrected by Feb 25, 2022
Category: recordkeeping. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.32(a) · The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).
During renewal inspection on 2/22/22 CR reviewed several staff files. STAFF # 7 had an FBI clearance for Dept. of Education dated 6/10/21. Department of Education clearance is no longer accepted for child care employment.
Corrected Corrected by Mar 11, 2022
Category: background checks. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.77(a) · Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility.
During renewal inspection on 2/22/22 CR observed damaged paint on the blue wall in the OSA room.
Corrected Corrected by Feb 22, 2022
Category: physical safety. Marked corrected in the state record.
3270.133(5) · Medication shall be stored in accordance with the manufacturer's or health professional's instructions on the original label.
During renewal inspection on 2/22/22 CR observed an EpiPen for CHILD # 1 with an expiration date of 1/13/2022.
Corrected Corrected by Feb 28, 2022
Category: ratio. Marked corrected in the state record.