Description: Carlotta's Kids #2 is a Temporary Child Care Center in EAST ORANGE NJ, with a maximum capacity of 19 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 13 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2023-07-27 | 2023-07-27 | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) |
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The center shall be permitted to obtain a valid fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, and submit a copy of the certificate to the Office of Licensing in lieu of a CO or CCO, if the center serves only children 2 ½ years of age or older and is located in a public school building that is used as a public school. Violation Observed: Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed. At the time of the inspection, the center had furniture blocking one of the exits from Room 2. The furniture was moved upon inspector request. |
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| 2023-07-27 | 2023-08-15 | 3A:52-5.3(q)(2)(ii) |
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Space and room requirements are as follows: at no time shall a center allow more children in attendance than the licensed room capacity. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center complies with the licensed capacity of the classrooms at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, there were 13 children in Room 1 when the licensed capacity is for 11 children. |
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| 2023-07-27 | 2023-08-15 | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) |
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The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, both staff in Room 1 stated there were 11 children in the room when 13 children were present. |
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| 2023-07-27 | 2023-08-15 | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) |
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The sponsor or sponsor representative, and each staff member shall complete a signed consent form provided by the Department that indicates the identifying information necessary to conduct a CARI background check, including the person’s name, address, date of birth, sex, race, and Social Security number. Pursuant to the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579), the Department shall advise each such person that the disclosure of his or her Social Security number is voluntary, and that the Social Security number will only be used for the purpose of conducting a CARI background check. Violation Observed: Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. Provide CARI clearance for 1 staff. |
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| 2023-07-27 | 2023-08-09 | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) |
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As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. Provide CHRI clearance for 1 staff. |
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| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-06 | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) |
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The center shall be permitted to obtain a valid fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, and submit a copy of the certificate to the Office of Licensing in lieu of a CO or CCO, if the center serves only children 2 ½ years of age or older and is located in a public school building that is used as a public school. Violation Observed: Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed. At the time of the inspection, the doorway between rooms 1 and 2 was blocked by a temporary room divider wall. The center removed the wall upon inspector request. |
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| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-30 | 3A:52-4.3(j) |
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Staff members who are under 18 years of age shall be directly supervised by and visible to a staff member who is 18 years of age or older. Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff under 18 years of age are directly supervised by a staff member who is 18 years of age or older. At the time of the inspection, a volunteer staff who was under 18 years and without clearances was alone supervising 4 infants 0-18 months in Room 2. |
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| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-30 | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(viii) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: when a child is bottle-feeding while resting, the bottle shall be removed when the child falls asleep. Violation Observed: Ensure that cups are removed when a child falls asleep. At the time of the inspection a child was asleep in a pack and play with 2 cups next to them. |
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| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-30 | 3A:52-6.1(b)(7) |
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The staff member(s) specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5 who are responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the center's daily activities shall ensure that the use of a television, computers, and other video equipment shall be limited to educational and instructional use, shall be age and developmentally appropriate, and shall not be used as a substitute for planned activities or for passive viewing. Violation Observed: Ensure that the use of television, computers, and other video equipment is for educational and instructional use, is age and developmentally appropriate, is not used as a substitute for planned activities, and is not used for passive viewing in Room 1. |
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| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-06 | 3A:52-6.4(i) |
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Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices. Violation Observed: Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices. At the time of the inspection, a child in room 2 had a strap attached to the pacifier. Staff removed the strap upon inspector request. |
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| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-30 | 3A:52-6.1(b)(7)(i) |
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The staff member(s) specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5 who are responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the center's daily activities shall ensure that the use of a television, computers, and other video equipment shall be limited to educational and instructional use, shall be age and developmentally appropriate, and shall not be used as a substitute for planned activities or for passive viewing. Centers shall prohibit the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two. Violation Observed: Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two. At the time the inspectors entered the center 1 child under 2 years was in room 1 where the television was on. |
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| 2023-03-06 | 2023-03-30 | 3A:52-3.3(a)(1) |
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Requirements for access to center records are as follows: the center's records shall be open for inspection by authorized representatives of the Office of Licensing. Violation Observed: Ensure OOL inspectors are not delayed in entering the center for inspection. At the time of the inspection, OOL inspectors rang the doorbell and knocked on the door several times before a staff member answered over a speaker. Inspectors continued to wait for entry as an additional staff member arrived and walked past OOL inspectors to go enter the center through a different door. |
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| 2023-01-31 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | |
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Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). Violation Observed: Retrain all staff on tracking children and provide documentation. |
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| 2023-01-31 | 2023-03-06 | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(ii) |
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The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that sleeping equipment shall be free of pillows and soft bedding, including, but not limited to bumper pads, when occupied by a sleeping child. Violation Observed: Ensure that all sleeping equipment is free of pillows and soft bedding when occupied by a sleeping child. At the time of the inspection, a 5 month old in room 1 was sleeping in a pack play covered with a blanket with a folded blanket under their head and a package of wipes and a diaper in the pack and play. |
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| 2023-01-31 | 2023-03-30 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, room 1 had 1 staff will 10 children when 2 staff were required. 3/6/2023 Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection, there were 11 children in Room 1, 1 child 0-18 months, 3 children 18 months - 2.5 and 7 children 2.5- 3 years with 1 staff when 2 were required. |
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