251.05(3)(gr)3.a. · Meal Prep Personnel - Training

Rule states food service personnel who prepare meals shall document training of at least 4 hours in kitchen sanitation, food handling and nutrition prior to assuming the position. Contrary to rule, there was no documentation of this annual training for the meal preparation personnel at the program, nor could documentation be provided to licensing specialists following the visit.

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251.05(2)(a)2. · Staff Record - Completed Background Check

Fingerprints not completed for the following individuals: Individual 001

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251.06(4)(f) · Electrical Outlet Limit

Contrary to rule, the center had more than two electrical appliances plugged into a wall outlet in the infant room.

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251.04(2)(L)1.b. · Department Notices Posted

The licensee failed to post the enforcement letter dated 09/10/24.

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251.04(3)(jm) · Report - Prohibited Actions

Center staff and management failed to report multiple instances of prohibited actions as specified in s. DCF 251.07(2)(e) by an employee to a child in care, within 24 hours after the incident.

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251.04(4)(a)2.e. · Parent Notification - Inappropriate Child Guidance

Based on staff interviews, neither child care workers, nor the center director, notified parents that his/her child was subject to child guidance that is prohibited under s. DCF 251.07 (2) (e) and (f).

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251.07(2)(e) · Child Guidance - Prohibited Actions

Actions that may be psychologically, emotionally or physically painful, discomforting, dangerous or potentially injurious are prohibited. Based on staff interviews, there were several instances where staff engaged in prohibited actions including but not limited to: - Throwing and/or dumping wood chips at or on children, including on a child's head; - Taking a child's shoes away on the wood chip-covered playground and throwing their shoes over fence;

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251.07(2)(e)2. · Prohibited Actions - Verbal

Actions such as verbal abuse, threats or derogatory remarks about the child or the child's family are prohibited. Based on staff interviews, there were several instances where staff engaged in prohibited actions including: - A staff threatening a child that he would not be allowed to eat lunch after returning indoors; that he would need to go straight to nap. - A staff threatening children that they were going to have an awful day if they didn't listen to her.

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251.07(2)(e)5. · Prohibited Actions - Cruel, Aversive, Frightening, Humiliating Actions

Actions that are cruel, aversive, frightening or humiliating to the child are prohibited. Based on staff interviews, there were several instances where staff engaged in prohibited actions including but not limited to: - Dumping water over children's heads outside as punishments, and dumping a staff person's water bottle over a 3 year-old-child's head in the classroom; - Yelling and screaming at children; - Making statements to children such as, "You need to stop crying and be nice."

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251.04(4)(a)2.e. · Violation

(Parent Notification - Inappropriate Child Guidance ) on 7/19/2024 : Based on staff interviews, neither child care workers, nor the center director, notified parents that his/her child was subject to child guidance that is prohibited under s. DCF 251.07 (2) (e) and (f).

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251.07(2)(e) · Violation

(Child Guidance - Prohibited Actions ) on 7/19/2024 : Actions that may be psychologically, emotionally or physically painful, discomforting, dangerous or potentially injurious are prohibited. Based on staff interviews, there were several instances where staff engaged in prohibited actions including but not limited to: - Throwing and/or dumping wood chips at or on children, including on a child's head; - Taking a child's shoes away on the wood chip-covered playground and throwing their shoes over fence;

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251.07(2)(e)2. · Violation

(Prohibited Actions - Verbal ) on 7/19/2024 : Actions such as verbal abuse, threats or derogatory remarks about the child or the child's family are prohibited. Based on staff interviews, there were several instances where staff engaged in prohibited actions including: - A staff threatening a child that he would not be allowed to eat lunch after returning indoors; that he would need to go straight to nap. - A staff threatening children that they were going to have an awful day if they didn't listen to her.

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251.07(2)(e)5. · Violation

(Prohibited Actions - Cruel, Aversive, Frightening, Humiliating Actions ) on 7/19/2024 : Actions that are cruel, aversive, frightening or humiliating to the child are prohibited. Based on staff interviews, there were several instances where staff engaged in prohibited actions including but not limited to: - Dumping water over children's heads outside as punishments, and dumping a staff person's water bottle over a 3 year-old-child's head in the classroom; - Yelling and screaming at children; - Making statements to children such as, "You need to stop crying and be nice."

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