Description:
We are here to be a light and joyous faciltiy that loves children with a warm heart. Our job is to provide excellent childcare. A place where every child can learn, come and grow with us!!
Our center is Covid-19 free and we are taking every step to be safe and have an healthy enviorment for our children and our staff. Precautionary steps are always being taken and implemented. We also screen and temperature check each child upon entry into our facility.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
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| 2020-02-06 | Renewal | 3270.131(a) - Within 60 days | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1(enrolled 9/3/19) and child #2 (enrolled 5/17/19) included an initial health assessment completed beyond the first 60 days of care. Child #1's health assessment was dated 12/4/19 and child #2's health assessment was dated 1/7/2020. Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent of an enrolled child, including a child, a foster child and a relative of an operator or a facility person, to provide an initial health report no later than 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) All children files will have initial health assessment before or by the 60th day of care. Any child file without initial health assessment, care will be suspended going forward we will check and maintain file folders of the children. |
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| 2020-02-06 | Renewal | 3270.151(a) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #2 contained an updated health assessment dated 1/13/2020, previous one dated 6/21/17. The file for staff person #3 contained an updated health assessment dated 1/4/2020, previous one dated 10/5/17. Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Going forward all employees folders will be maintained with accurate dates for physical renewals and updates within the 24 months after starting employment after initial health assessment service in child care setting. |
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| 2020-02-06 | Renewal | 3270.192(5) - Two written references | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #1 did not contain two written, nonfamily references. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Going forward facility person file folder will be checked and 2 written nonfamily references from someone attesting to the person suitability to work with child will be placed in file at initial hire. We will maintain by making sure all hires file folders are to have required hiring documents. Two written nonfamily references were added to file for staff person #1. |
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| 2020-02-06 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file of staff person #1 hired 6/2019 does not contain a completed DHS required FBI clearance. Also, staff person #1's mandated reporter, dated 1/4/2020, was not completed within the first 90 days of hire. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Staff Person #1 may not work in a child care position at the facility. A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Going forward, all hired staff will have a completed hiring documents FBI, Child Abuse, Criminal Background and NSOR clearance on file. Staff #1 FBI clearance was placed in employee file at facility. We will maintain and document all employee file folders of staff. All new staff will complete mandated reporter training with the first 90 days of employment. |
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| 2020-02-06 | Renewal | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was observed during inspection, that spray air freshener and solid air freshener was accessible to children in a cabinet under a changing table in the infant and toddler area. *CORRECTED ON SITE Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff moved the spray air freshener to a high shelf and threw away the solid air freshener. In the future, all toxins will be kept inaccessible to children at all times. Child safety lock was installed on cabinet in infant area. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.103 - Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the infant/toddler area that the canvas cubby baskets had staples holding the name papers in place. These cubbies are accessible to children under the age of 3. It was also observed that there was a plastic bag in one of the cubbies that was accessible to children. CORRECTED ON SITE Correction Required: Toys and objects with a diameter of less than 1 inch, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch, plastic bags and styrofoam objects may not be accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff members pulled all of the staples out of the cubby baskets on the lower shelves that were accessible to children. Director removed the plastic bag from the cubby. Moving forward, staples, plastic bags and all other small objects (under an inch) will be kept out of the reach of children under the age of 3. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.123(b) - Parent receives original | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The agreements on file for children #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 were the original. Correction Required: A parent shall receive the original agreement. The facility shall retain a copy of the agreement. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Every parent was given the original agreement from their child/children folder. The center has a copy on file now for every child. At the time of enrollment, every parent will be given the original Agreement file and the daycare will retain a copy of the agreement for the child's folder. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(2) - Physician name, address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact information on file for child #5 did not contain the address for the child's physician/source of medical care. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The address for the physician address was placed in the child's folder and updated with a signature. Going forward, all lines in the daycare forms will be checked for completion and recheck before admittance. Children folders will be checked on a monthly basis for updates. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.124(e) - Written emergency plan posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was observed that there was no emergency transportation plan posted in the child care space. CORRECTED ON SITE Correction Required: A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Operator wrote an emergency transportation plan and posted it in a conspicuous location in the child care space during the inspection. Emergency transportation plan will always be posted in every child care space and placed in the bag that accompanies on excursions. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.134(a)/3270.152 - Child's hands washed/Adult Hygiene | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was observed that staff person #1 did not wash their hands or a child's hands after changing the child's diaper. CORRECTED ON SITE Correction Required: A staff person shall ensure that a child's hands are washed before meals and snacks, after toileting and after being diapered. A facility person shall wash his hands before meals and snacks, and after toileting and after diapering a child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) After prompting, staff #1 washed their hands and the child's hands. Moving forward all staff and children will always wash their hands after every diapering and toileting and before all meals/snacks. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.182(3)/3270.182(5) - Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for children #1, #3 and #5 did not contain signatures (only had initials) for emergency medical care or administration of minor first aid procedures. Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. Written consent is required prior to admission. A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Written consent is required prior to admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) All children folders were updated and signed by the parents with notifications going out to parents immediately after State Inspection. Going forward, folders with all complete forms and paperwork will be information completed and following regulations to be in compliance. This will be done before admittance to the center. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.182(6) - Signed parental consent for transportation, walking excursions, swimming and wading | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for child #1, child #3 and child #5 did not contain parents signatures (only initials) for consent for transportation and walking excursions. Facility does not go swimming or wading. Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for transportation, walking excursions, swimming and wading. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) All parents signed the daycare forms with their signature for consent for transportation and walking excursions. Going forward, all paperwork will have signatures from the parents before admittance to the center. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iii) - Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Exp, educ., training at facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff #1 did not contain documentation of child care experience. CORRECTED ON SITE Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training following the outset of service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Operator provided written documentation of staff #1's child care experience and placed it in the staff file. Moving forward, all staff files will contain documentation of child care experience. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.32(a) - Comply with CPSL | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff #2 contained a Pennsylvania State Police clearance that did not have staff's legal name. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We sent off for the clearance that did not have the staff legal name. A receipt that it was sent off for is in her file. We are waiting for it to be mailed from the agency that it was requested from. Going forward, all staff files will be double checked for correct and verifiable information as well as legal name being checked to make sure that everything matches. |
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| 2019-02-15 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was observed that the facility had electrical cords hanging down where children had access to them and the cords presented a possible choking hazard. These cords were located under the basketball game, against the wall on the "moon" light and next to the sink near the diapering area. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The wires hanging were taped and/or we used cable management system to insure safety for our facility. All wiring will be checked daily for any loose wires so there would be no hazards. All wiring will be taped or made safe with the cable management system moving forward. |
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