Little Prints Day Care - Passaic NJ Regular Child Care Center

39 3RD STREET , PASSAIC NJ 07055
(973) 777-3900

About the Provider

Description: At Little Prints, we specialize in offering safe, attentive care for infants as young as 6 weeks old to children up to 13 years of age. With extensive experience in the industry, our team of caring professionals can ensure that your loved ones are not only cared for before and after school but also enabled to grow and develop.

Little Prints is available to supervise and care for your child on a full-time basis. Students are provided nutritional meals every day (parents provide PM snacks), and have access to a wide selection of age-appropriate toys and books to help engage and entice their minds. Older children attending our preschool are schooled in reading preparedness and art education. The children read, color, do arts and crafts, and learn colors, shapes, their alphabet, and numbers. We have a learning center and library center.

Our facilities feature a fenced yard where children are supervised as they enjoy our playground equipment. With more than 10 years’ experience, our staff of caring professionals take special pride in their work, placing the highest level of importance on the safety of your child. For competitive prices, contact us today; we can’t wait to meet you and your family!

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 121000068
  • Capacity: 60
  • Age Range: 0 - 13 years
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Current License Expiration Date: Jul 10, 2025
  • District Office: New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
  • District Office Phone: 1-877-667-9845 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Cited Date Abated Regulation Number
2022-04-22 2022-09-08 3A:52-4.5(e)(8)
For early childhood programs all staff that work with children under 2 1/2 years of age shall have training specific to this age group, which may include, but is not limited to, the New Jersey Infant/Toddler Credential administered through Professional Impact NJ, the Infant-Toddler Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential, or other trainings specifically related to the care of infants and toddlers. Each employee shall initiate this training within 90 days and complete it within one year.

Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff working with children under 2.5 years of age have training specific to this age group initiated within 90 days of hire and completed within one year. The toddler class was transitioning from the outdoor play space, and the staff was having difficulty getting a child to cooperate.
2022-04-22 2022-06-15 3A:52-7.9(a)(1)
For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the center shall maintain on file a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c) and (d). This illness log shall include

Violation Observed: Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components. Ensure the illness log is complete, including the date the child returns to the center.
2022-04-22 2022-08-08 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv)
The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal.

Violation Observed: Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal using the required 2 step process.
2022-04-22 2022-08-08 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(i)
Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water before intake of food.

Violation Observed: Ensure that children wash their hands immediately before the intake of food. The older toddlers were touching toys and playing on the floor prior to meals.
2022-04-22 2022-09-08 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(vi)
Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions.

Violation Observed: Ensure that staff wash their hands after coming into contact with nasal excretions.
2022-04-22 2022-09-08 3A:52-4.11(a)(1)
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. There are 2 renewal CHRIs missing.
2022-04-22 2022-06-15 3A:52-3.6(b)(1)
The center shall distribute a copy of the Information to Parents document to each child’s parent(s) upon enrollment and to every person upon becoming a staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s and staff member’s signature attesting to receipt of the document. The center shall maintain on file a copy of the Information to Parents document.

Violation Observed: Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families and staff a copy of the Information to Parents document and maintains on file signatures of all staff and families attesting to the receipt of the policy.
2022-04-22 2022-08-08 3A:52-6.4(g)(2)
When sheets, blankets and other coverings are not stored with sleeping equipment, each of these items shall be stored separately for each child.

Violation Observed: Ensure that each child's bedding is kept separate during the transition from lunch to nap.
2022-01-18 2022-02-04 3A:52-5.3(r)
The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served.

Violation Observed: Per the NJ Department of Health COVID-19 Public Health Recommendations pursuant to Executive Order No. 149, ensure that all health and safety guidelines are adhered to as required. Ensure the children, staff, and visitors are screened on a daily basis for COVID-19. The center admitted not screening for COVID-19 symptoms.
2022-01-18 2021-12-20 3A:52-7.9(a)(1)
For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the center shall maintain on file a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c) and (d). This illness log shall include

Violation Observed: Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components. Submit or upload to NJCCIS, the illness log for a period of 30 days.
2022-01-18 2022-02-04 3A:52-7.1(c)(3)
The following provisions relate to illness or symptoms of illness: if a child who has already been admitted to the center manifests any of the illnesses or symptoms of illness specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c)1, the center shall remove the child from the group of well children to a separate room or area, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(q)4, until

Violation Observed: Ensure that the center has an area where sick children can be separated from the other children and that rest equipment is provided. Based on a complaint, ensure that children who exhibit symptoms of illness are not allowed to remain in the center. Multiple children were observed with runny noses and coughing in the infant classroom. The staff was asked to take the temperature of one child who visibly looked unwell.
2022-01-18 2022-04-22 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(2)
The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to develop and implement written policies and procedures for the operation of the center, including job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff.

Violation Observed: Ensure that the center has a table of organization that includes job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff. Submit or upload to NJCCIS, the written job descriptions.
2022-01-18 2022-04-22 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i)
The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center.

Violation Observed: Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times the director is not at the center. Based on a complaint, ensure the center designates someone as the director designee when the director is not present in the center.
2022-01-18 2021-12-20 3A:52-4.6(a)
The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d).

Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Submit or upload to NJCCIS.
2022-01-18 2022-04-22 3A:52-4.10(a)(1)
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. Submit or upload the CARI checks for all staff.

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