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71 Depot Hill Rd, St Johnsbury VT 05819 · License #73714 · Center · Cbccpp
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7.2.2 · The licensee shall ensure that all new staff and auxiliary staff, prior to working with children in the CBCCPP; 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.
The provider was contacted via emails, US Postal Service, the program BFIS account and two (2) phone calls reminding them to complete the 2022 Child Care Providers Immunization Survey by 12/31/2022. This communication provided the link to be used and CDD contact information for questions or challenges with submitting the report. An email was sent to the provider on 12/30/22, stating that they could complete a PDF version of the immunization report with the information on where to send the report. The provider submitted their report on 1/2/23 to this licensor. The provider reported that they were not able to secure updated immunization information for all children. This is a violation because the report was not submitted by the deadline. This violation has been previously cited on 02/08/22, 01/02/2019.
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5.2.3.6 · The licensee shall ensure that used disposable diapers are placed in a container that is washable and has a cover that prevents children from accessing the diapers.
In the adjoining Preschool & PreK bathroom, soiled disposable diapers were placed in an open plastic bag inside a trash can that did not have a cover on it that prevents children from accessing used diapers.
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3.7.2.2 · The licensee shall ensure that evacuation drills are conducted at least once a month, and children and staff are evacuated in under three (3) minutes. Licensees of a CBCCPP located within a public or independent school building may count a lock-down drill performed while the CBCCPP is in operation in place of a monthly evacuation drill with the CBCCPP children and staff and at least three (3) of the monthly drills conducted within 365 days shall be evacuation drills.
Evacuation Drill for January 2023 was documented as a staff review/discussion of the Evacuation Plan. Staff and children did not participate in the physical practice of the Evacuation Drill for the month of January 2023. This is a repeat violation previously cited on 2/8/2022.
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5.10.4.5.6 · Exterior stairs, walks, ramps, and porches shall be cleared of ice and snow or other environmental hazards that may block exits.
Both the Preschool & PreK door leading to the outside had un-cleared snow build up, impeding a clear walkway path to be used in evacuation drills and in the case of emergency evacuations. This is a violation because all exits of the program must be clear to ensure safe exit. This is a repeat violation previously cited on 2/8/2022.
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5.4.2.3 · Staff shall ensure that infants sleep in cribs or port-a-cribs. Infants shall not be placed to sleep on soft surfaces, such as a couch or sofa, pillow, quilts, sheepskins or blankets. Infants shall not be placed in car seats, swings, high chairs, jumping chairs or similar equipment for sleep. A child that falls asleep in this type of equipment shall be gently transferred to a crib or port-a-crib as soon as feasible.
A child younger than one year of age was sleeping, with a blanket, in a Rock 'n' Play at the program. Staff confirmed the child was allowed to sleep in this equipment because the child would not sleep in a crib or port-a-crib at the program.
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5.10.4.5.6 · Exterior stairs, walks, ramps, and porches shall be cleared of ice and snow or other environmental hazards that may block exits.
The exit at the end of the hallway leading to the parking lot was blocked by ice and snow. Additionally, there were materials stored near this exit door inside that impacted the ability to use the exit. This is a violation because all exits of the program must be clear to ensure safe exit.
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3.7.2.2 · The licensee shall ensure that evacuation drills are conducted at least once a month, and children and staff are evacuated in under three (3) minutes. Licensees of a CBCCPP located within a public or independent school building may count a lock-down drill performed while the CBCCPP is in operation in place of a monthly evacuation drill with the CBCCPP children and staff and at least three (3) of the monthly drills conducted within 365 days shall be evacuation drills.
No evacuation drills were conducted in the month of December 2021, or January 2022. The last evacuation drill that was conducted at the program was on 11/8/2021. It was reviewed that 10 (ten) out of the 15 (fifteen) evacuation drills conducted recently, were over 3 (three) minutes in length.
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5.1.4 · The licensee shall submit a Vermont Child Care Immunization Report at least once every 365 days to the Vermont Department of Health, Immunization Office as required by 18 V.S.A. SS 1120 - 1129.
Between 11/16/2021 and 12/17/2021, CDD sent two (2) separate emails to all programs, one (1) reminder letter using US Postal Service, one (1) reminder letter sent through the program's BFIS account, and a final email reminder. This communication provided the link to be used and CDD contact information for questions or challenges with submitting the report. This is a violation because the report was not submitted by the program. The program reported that they were not able to secure updated immunization information for all children to submit the report. This is a repeat violation, previously cited on 01/02/2019.
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7.3.1.5 · The program director of a CBCCPP licensed for thirteen (13) or more children shall complete within one (1) year of employment start date a three (3) college credit course in managing an early care and education program that includes budgeting and financial management, approved by the Division; or the licensee shall employ a business manager as in the rule 7.6.1 of these regulations.
It was confirmed that the program does not have an identified business manager and the director, who has been in the position for over one year, has not taken the required course in financial topics, as required if the program does not employ a business manager.
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3.4.7.3 · Within six (6) months of the initial date of employment; staff and auxiliary staff left alone with children and/or counted in staff/child ratio as specified in the rule 6.2.1.8 of these regulations, and the program director 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 sections 7.3 and 7.4 of these regulations shall be submitted to Northern Lights at CCV to be verified and maintained in BFIS.
After a review of staff BFIS Quality and Credential accounts and files, it was determined that eight (8) staff employed longer than six months did not have an up to date BFIS Quality and Credential account that reflected qualification, required trainings, or annual professional development. Proof of documentation that these items were sent to Northern Lights for entrance into BFIS was not available.
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3.4.3 · A system for taking attendance, including documentation of the time when each child arrives and departs each day he/she attends the CBCCPP, shall be established. The licensee shall save all daily attendance records identifying the hours of children's attendance for at least twelve (12) months from the date that care is provided.
At approximately 10:20AM, it was identified that the preschool group had 8 children in care and only 6 children signed in on the attendance. Staff did not identify that the attendance was incorrect until this licensor identified it. The children had been in attendance for more than twenty (20) minutes.
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3.7.1.1 · The licensee shall develop and maintain a written Emergency Response Plan to respond to a full range of emergencies both natural and man-made. A complete plan shall include how the licensee will address and manage the following situations and responsibilities: Evacuations or other emergencies such as leaving the premise and lockdown situations; Specific concerns related to the location of the program, such as proximity to a nuclear reactor, an area prone to flooding or power loss; Notifying the local authorities of the emergency; A system for notifying the parents of the emergency; Notifying the local emergency planning committee regarding the location of the CBCCPP and using the committee as a resource in emergency planning for the program; A system of identifying the children and staff present at the time of the emergency and maintaining knowledge of their whereabouts; A system for handling infants, toddlers, and children with special needs; An established evacuation meeting location within walking distance of the CBCCPP; A system to account for all children and staff at the evacuation meeting place; A process for relocation if necessary, including safe transportation; A system for shelter in place if the staff and children present need to remain in the CBCCPP for an extended period; and Staff chain of command and individual staff roles and responsibilities, (if applicable) during emergencies.
The Emergency Response Plan for the program was reviewed and assessed. It was identified that seven (7) out of the required eleven (11) bulleted topics were missing from the plan.
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6.2.4.1 · The licensee shall ensure that the CBCCPP has at least one (1) staff member who meets the qualification for the position of program director and that the program director is present at the CBCCPP at least 60% of the hours of operation.
There is no approved director that has been identified for the program. There has not been an approved Director for the program in place since the previous Director left, April 29, 2018. The program was provided additional technical assistance on 10/22/18 via a site visit and the need to seek out and hire a director was discussed. The program has not taken any steps to seek or hire a director.
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6.2.4.3 · The program director shall ensure that each group of children is led by a staff member who is at least qualified as a teacher associate for at least 75% of the hours of operation.
The individual identified as the lead teacher, Staff A for the toddler room, does not meet qualifications as teacher associate. There are no other staff consistently present in the toddler classroom that meet the teacher associate requirement.Therefore, the group is not being led by a qualified staff member for the required time during the hours of operation.
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5.10.1.10.4 · Materials required for routine cleaning shall be stored and used in a safe manner out of the reach of children.
There are three bathrooms at the program. In each bathroom, cleaning products that were toxic and labeled to keep out of reach of children were accessible to children. These toxic products included bleach and cleaning spray. These products were under the sinks in each bathroom, unsecured, and behind the door of the bathroom on the floor in the upstairs bathroom between the kitchen and the 3 year old room.
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5.1.4 · The licensee shall submit a Vermont Child Care Immunization Report at least once every 365 days to the Vermont Department of Health, Immunization Office as required by 18 V.S.A. SS 1120 - 1129.
Between 11/5/2018 and 12/21/2018, CDD sent 2 separate emails to all programs, 1 reminder letter using US Postal Service, 1 reminder letter sent through the program's BFIS account, and a final email reminder. This communication provided the link to be used and CDD contact information for questions or challenges with submitting the report.
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6.2.4.2 · The program director shall ensure that when he/she is not present at the CBCCPP that another staff member is designated and in-charge of the CBCCPP.
Neither the past director or the Licensee has established a system to ensure that another staff member is designated and in-charge of the CBCCPP in their absence. Upon my arrival on 7/6/2018 I spoke with staff person A and staff person B, requesting to speak with the Director. Both staff members informed me that the Director no longer worked there and that the Licensee was not present either. When asked who was in charge, both staff person A and staff person B told me they were unsure. After some discussion, they referred me to staff person C, who was working in the infant room. Staff person C was initially unsure that she was in charge, however after additional discussion staff person C acknowledged that she was likely in-charge since she has been with the program longer than anyone else on-site. While following up later with the Licensee, the Licensee identified staff person A as the staff member I should have talked with as she was the one in charge. However, Staff A was the first staff member to report that she was not in charge.
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3.2.1 · Serious injury or death of a child: The licensee shall make a timely report to the Division of any injury or accident involving an enrolled child resulting in in-patient or out-patient medical or dental treatment or death. In the event of a death, a verbal report shall be made immediately followed by a written report within twenty-four (24) hours. In the event of an injury or accident resulting in in-patient or out-patient medical treatment, a verbal report shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours and the written report shall be made within five (5) business days.
A child in your program sustained an injury connected to climbing on a shelf, resulting in outpatient medical care and you did not notify the Child Development Division within 48 hours as required by rule. Both staff and parental statements confirm that the program was made aware that the child was seen in the ER.
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6.2.1.4 · Staff who are qualified as defined in the rules in section 7.3 of these regulations, meet professional development requirements as defined in the rules in section 7.4 of these regulations, and are physically present and working with children may be counted in staff/child ratios.
On 7/2/2018 Staff x, Staff y, and Staff z were the only individuals working in the toddler room with 9 children between 18 months and 3yrs old when a child was injured. Staff x and Staff y are both high school students, there is no documetation that either were enrolled in a Human Services Certificate program and they do not meet trainee qualifications.
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3.4.7.5 · The licensee shall maintain a current list of the licensee or designee, staff, auxiliary staff, and volunteers as in the rules in section 7.7.5 of these regulations, as applicable in BFIS. Any changes shall be reported through BFIS within five (5) working days of the change.
A list of all current staff members and positions are not available for review as required in the Bright Futures Information System (BFIS). During a visit on July 6, 2018, when the Division requested to speak to the Director of the program as identified in BFIS we were told that she had not been working with the program since April 2018. It was then determined that at least two other individuals that were listed as staff members in BFIS had also left the programs employment. Staff present then identified 5 other individuals who were working for the program that did not appear on BFIS as required. The program was requested in July to review and edit this information for accuracy. On October 22, 2018 at least one staff member that had been previously identified as leaving in June 2018, was still listed as an active staff, and one other individual that had reportedly been hired in June 2018 was not yet listed.
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7.2.2 · The licensee shall ensure that all new staff and auxiliary staff, prior to working with children in the CBCCPP; 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 individuals, X and Y, were routinely present and interacting and engaging with children on a consistent basis for a minimum of three weeks and they did not submit record checks. Three staff members were also identified on that same day, July 6, as not having submitted to record checks. During a review on 10/22/2018 at least one of these staff was still working with children and had not yet submitted to a record check as required by rule.
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5.10.4.4.4 · Bathrooms used by enrolled children shall have toilet paper readily available and dispensed properly. Toilets shall be flushed after every use.
On March 15, 2018, water testing was conducted at the program that included shutting the water off for periods of time on two separate occasions while children were in care. Staff were not told how to maintain compliance with toileting and hand washing while the water was out and preparations such as drawing extra water for flushing and hand washing were not made ahead of time. Later on that day the water system malfunctioned, causing the program to be without water for a third time while children were in care. Staff statements indicate that more than one child used the toilet without having it flushed between each child on this day.
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5.11.1.5 · Children shall be offered food and provided an opportunity for seconds when the food is provided by the program, but shall not be forced to eat.
Staff statements indicate that meals do not consistently contain adequate portion sizes. The Child and Adult Care Food Program has also identified that based on receipts for food purchased for the program and food records documenting how much food is prepared, insufficient amounts of food are made available to the children in accordance with the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Pattern Guidelines.
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5.11.2.2 · The program director shall ensure that the meals and snacks provided meet the current USDA/Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal pattern requirements that are adjusted according to the age of each child.
Breakfast during this licensing visit consisted of yogurt, Rice Krispies, apples and water. Fluid milk was not served with breakfast; therefore, children ate Rice Krispies in a bowl, dry or with yogurt. When asked why milk was not served, it was stated that Val had served yogurt, and because yogurt is a dairy, Val assumed that it met the criteria for the required food components for breakfast. Val completed the New CACFP Meal Pattern training on September 1, 2017 which covered the required meal components for breakfast, lunch and snack. Milk has always been a required component of breakfast.
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