Description: Our mission is to provide a safe, nurturing environment to enable culturally diverse children and families achieve their full potential. The foundation of which Thea Bowman House is built is Agape, unconditional love.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.11(a)(1) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. | |||
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.11(a)(2) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional competencies that the staff will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child. | |||
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.11(b)(1)(ii) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work. | |||
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.11(i)(18)(i) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Toilet facilities must be kept clean at all times, and must be supplied with toilet paper, soap and towels accessible to the children. | |||
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.13(b)(5) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child day care centers must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be checked are required to provide the following: the information necessary to determine whether the applicant is listed on the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of Persons with Special Needs, pursuant to Section 495 of the Social Services Law, as required by section 418-1.10(b)(1)(ii); and | |||
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.13(g)(5)(ii) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: To be qualified as an assistant teacher to any age class, a person must possess either: one year of experience working with children less than 13 years of age. | |||
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.14(b) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each applicant for, or individual in the position of director, teacher, or volunteer must complete Office-approved training that complies with federal minimum health and safety pre-service or three-month orientation period requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. | |||
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.14(c) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: | |||
| 2020-01-16 | Violation | 418-1.14(c)(1) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen (15) of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person's first six months at the program. | |||
| 2019-05-30 | Violation | 418-1.5(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2019-05-30 | Violation | 418-1.6(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A child must never be left unattended in any motor vehicle or other form of transportation. The program must develop and follow procedures to guarantee no children are left alone on a bus, vehicle or other transportation modes without adult supervision at any time, including insuring all children have departed the vehicle. | |||
| 2019-05-30 | Violation | 418-1.6(f) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All children must be secured in child safety seats properly installed per manufacturers recommendations, or with safety belts, as appropriate for the age of the child in accordance with the requirements of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, before any child may be transported in a motor vehicle where such transportation is provided or arranged for by the program. | |||
| 2019-05-30 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2019-05-30 | Violation | 418-1.8(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When a child day care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to insure the health and safety of the children in care. | |||
| 2019-05-30 | Violation | 418-1.15(c)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
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