5.39 · Within six months of hire, all paid Staff counted in the staff/child ratios shall have obtained CDD-approved training in infant/child CPR and basic first aid for children, injury prevention and emergency readiness. All Staff shall receive retraining in first aid prior to the expiration date on each Staff person's first aid card.

Three (3) staff who have been employed by the program for more than three (3) months do not hold current First Aid/CPR certificates. This rule was modified from six (6) months to three (3) months via a memorandum from the DCF Commissioner's office on 7/30/2019 in response to a change in federal law.

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5.11 · The licensee shall ensure that any new individuals regularly present at the Afterschool Child Care Program submit a Records Check Authorization form to the Division prior to working with children in the Afterschool Child Care Program.

Several volunteers arrived to read with the children and none of them had a record check authorization form submitted to the Division. The program director said that some of the volunteers had been present more than three (3) times. Any non-parent volunteer who is present more than three (3) times per year is required to submit a record check authorization form.

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18.79 · The Licensee shall maintain a current list of the Licensee or Designee, Staff, and Volunteers, as applicable in BFIS. Any changes shall be reported through BFIS within five working days of the change.

The program's BFIS associated parties list is missing two (2) staff members who were scheduled to work at the program. The two (2) staff were former employees who left the program and then returned to the program in less than 180 days. One staff member returned 9/30/2021 and the other returned 10/25/2021.

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18.77 · Within six months of the initial date of employment, Staff working with children and the Site Director and/or Program Administrator shall maintain an up-to-date BFIS Quality and Credential Account. Documentation, verification of qualifications and all annual professional development activities as specified in the rules in Section 5 of these regulations shall be submitted to NLCDC to be verified and maintained in BFIS.

Five (5) staff who have been employed over six (6) months have incomplete BFIS quality and credential accounts.

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5.12 · The licensee shall ensure that all new staff prior to working with children in the Afterschool Child Care Program; and any new individual designated as the representative of the licensee shall submit a Records Check Authorization form to the Division and shall submit to fingerprinting at a location designated by the Division after having received the Fingerprinting Authorization Certificate by the Division.

Two (2) staff did not submit to fingerprinting within sixty (60) days of receiving the Fingerprint Authorization Certificate from the Division. It is a federal requirement that all new staff must submit to fingerprinting prior to working with children.

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18.77 · Within six months of the initial date of employment, Staff working with children and the Site Director and/or Program Administrator shall maintain an up-to-date BFIS Quality and Credential Account. Documentation, verification of qualifications and all annual professional development activities as specified in the rules in Section 5 of these regulations shall be submitted to NLCDC to be verified and maintained in BFIS.

BFIS Quality and Credential Accounts for most staff members do not reflect documents for verification of qualifications and professional development activities.

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5.31 · Orientation training shall be conducted for every employee before they are left alone with children. This training shall be documented and shall cover material included in the Staff handbook and licensing regulations. Complete written information and the orientation training session shall include: * Basic knowledge of child growth and development; * Routine and emergency health protection of children including health related exclusions; * Safety and sanitation requirements including handling and storage of hazardous materials and disposal of bio contaminants; * Positive behavior management and child guidance; * Curriculum development policies and responsibilities; * Supervision of children; * Policies and procedures for reporting a missing child; * Child accident and injury procedures including building and physical premises safety; * Safe sleep practices; * Requirements for administration and storage of medication; * Emergency Response Plan and emergency procedures, including: staffing emergencies, school closings, evacuation plans such as site evacuations in case of national or environmental emergency, lock-down procedures, responding to a sick or injured child and medical emergencies; * Use of fire extinguishers; * Nutrition and food safety including prevention of and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions; * Recordkeeping, including daily attendance procedures; * Transportation and child passenger safety; * Off-site activities (field trips) * Release of children; * Respectful engagement of families, including daily communication with parents about their child's activities; * Preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect; including information about the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse, sexual violence, grooming processes, recognizing the dangers of child sexual abuse, and other predatory behaviors of sex offenders; * Recognition of and response to the symptoms of common childhood illnesses; * Preventing the spread of infectious disease; * Providing developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children; * Inclusion of children with special needs; * Guidelines for volunteers; * Responsibility to comply with current applicable licensing regulations; * Staffing plans and definitions of related duties to include opening and closing procedures; * Afterschool Child Care Program licensing regulations; * Employee complaint and grievance procedures; and * Assuring children have extra clothes and diapers available.

Staff members present and working with children have not completed the orientation training.

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5.28 · The Licensee is required to maintain an accurate record of Staff schedules and assignments for all Staff including substitutes.

The program does not have a system for documenting staff schedules and assignments.

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