The center is required to establish and implement procedures for appropriate supervision of all children in care. The centers procedures state employees will use only positive guidance techniques. On 4-10-2026, Staff #1 popped Child #1 with their open hand on the child's forehead, in response to something the child said.

22.1-289.031-B-2 · Correction status not published

The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years. The most recent central registry check for staff #1 was overdue by two years.

22.1-289.035-A · Correction status not published

The center shall establish and implement procedures for appropriate supervision of all children in care, including daily intake and dismissal procedures to ensure safety of children. On December 12, 2025 a five year old child was left alone on a locked bus for approximately an hour in the center's parking lot.

22.1-289.031-B-2 · Correction status not published

Each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.

Staff #3, who began employment over 10 weeks ago and was supervising a group of children during the inspection, did not have current certification by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.

22.1-289.031-A-4 · Correction status not published

The center is required to establish and implement procedures for appropriate supervision of all children in care. The centers procedures state staff are not to pull or jerk a child in the direction they want them to go. A staff member was observed jerking a 7-year-old child by the strap of their backpack which resulted in the child falling to the floor. The staff member then picked the child back up into a standing position using the backpack strap. When the staff member let go of the backpack strap, they shoved the child away from themselves with their hand

22.1-289.031-B-2 · Correction status not published

Based on inspection and interview with staff, the center has not established and implemented procedures for a daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a trained person.

Evidence: The Director confirmed that there was not a trained person on site to conduct a daily simple health screening.

22.1-289.031-B-3 · Correction status not published