ABC Early Education Daycare and Preschool - Castleton VT Licensed Family Child Care Home - Licensed Provider

Farr Drive , Castleton VT 05735
(802) 265-4130

About the Provider

Description: Our program is a high quality VT Rated 5 Star program that offers a diverse and broad range of hands on educational activities. We are a qualified Universal Pr-K that encourages an agricultural learning based program.

Additional Information: Initial License Date: 05/04/2014; Sibling Discount Available; 3 Star Family Child Care - Licensed Provider; Area Description: Fenced Yard, Smoke Free; Special Schedule: In-Service Days; Pets: Dog; Program Meals: Allergy Awareness, Special Diets;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 189055
  • Capacity: 22
  • Age Range: Toddler, Preschool, School Age
  • State Rating: 5
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Languages Supported: English, American Sign Language, Spanish
  • Type of Care: Before and After School, Daytime, Drop-in Care, Full-Time, Part-Time, Second Shift
  • Initial License Issue Date: May 04, 2014
  • District Office: Vermont Child Care Consumer Line
  • District Office Phone: 1-800-649-2642 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Type Create Date Due Date Corrected Date Status
Violation 2023-06-28 2023-08-16 Under Appeal
Regulation/Restriction: 6.1.4.3.1: The environment shall be respectful and reflect an understanding of the diversity of families, cultures, and ethnicities attending the FCCH and those persons in the surrounding communities.
Violation 2023-06-28 2023-07-24 2023-07-18 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 2.3.10.5: The FCCP shall be responsible for compliance with all applicable state and federal laws even when they are more stringent than the rules in this set of FCCH regulations.
Violation 2023-06-28 2023-07-24 2023-07-18 Under Appeal
Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.1.14.1: The FCCP shall ensure that animals present at the FCCH do not present a danger or health hazard to the children and staff.
Violation 2023-06-28 2023-07-31 Under Appeal
Regulation/Restriction: 3.7: The FCCP, staff, and partner staff shall not disclose or permit the use of any information regarding an individual child or family gained through FCCH interaction with the child and family, or FCCH records, files, videotaping, tape recording, photographing, assessments or any type of documentation unless parental permission is specifically granted, except to the Division or other entities with statutory authority for issues relating to the health, safety, and protection of children.
Violation 2022-10-19 2022-11-08 2022-11-22 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 3.3.7.5: The FCCP shall maintain a current list of the staff, persons who reside in the FCCH, and non-parental volunteers, as applicable, in BFIS. Any changes shall be reported through BFIS within five (5) working days of the change.
Violation 2022-10-19 2022-11-08 2022-11-22 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 3.3.6.1: The FCCP shall maintain a record of the date of each evacuation drill as required in the rules in section 3.6.2 of these regulations that includes the number of children, staff evacuated, time taken to evacuate, and notation of the drill conducted while children were sleeping or resting. Evacuation records shall be kept for two (2) years.
Violation 2022-10-19 2022-11-08 2022-11-22 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 7.2.1: The FCCP shall ensure that all new staff, and any new individual with unsupervised access to children in the FCCH submits a Records Check Authorization form to the Division and shall submit to fingerprinting at a location designated by the Division after having received the Fingerprinting Authorization Certificate by the Division.
Violation 2021-11-16 2021-12-05 2021-12-10 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.2.1: The FCCP shall ensure that extra clothing is available for children either by providing a sufficient quantity directly or requiring parents to provide and maintain a clean spare set of clothing for each child.
Violation 2021-11-16 2021-12-05 2021-12-10 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 5.11.1.3: The FCCP shall ensure that menus are planned in advance, dated, and posted so that they are clearly visible to parents. Any changes to the posted menu shall be noted. Menus of meals and snacks for the preceding six (6) weeks shall be kept on file.
Violation 2021-11-16 2021-12-05 2021-12-10 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.4.5: When children are eating, the FCCP and/or staff shall be positioned to allow for visual supervision of all children and shall be able to physically respond immediately to any child that may be choking.
Violation 2021-11-16 2021-12-05 2021-12-10 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 7.5.1: The licensed FCCP shall obtain written documentation that staff have received and fully understand the licensed FCCH program philosophy and all written licensed FCCH policies and procedures as required in section 4.7 of these regulations.
Violation 2021-11-16 2021-12-05 2021-12-10 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.2.3: The licensed FCCP must be present and counted in ratio at least 60% of the hours of operation. The licensed FCCP shall be responsible for the program, and actively engaged in providing child care and education services when counted in child/staff ratios.
Violation 2021-11-16 2021-12-05 2021-12-10 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 5.4.1.5: Children shall be supervised by FCCP and/or staff while napping or resting. The FCCP and/or staff shall directly observe a sleeping child at least every fifteen (15) minutes to check the child's face, view the color of the child's skin, and check on the child's breathing.
Violation 2021-11-16 2021-12-05 2021-12-10 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.6.2: All sanitizing and disinfecting solutions shall be EPA registered and used according to the manufacturers' instructions.
Violation 2021-11-16 2021-12-05 2021-12-10 Final
Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.3.11: Each diaper changing procedure shall include: * Preparation: assemble supplies, staff member washes hands, prepares changing surface with either a disposable covering or ensure that the surface was recently cleaned and disinfected and bring the child to the diaper changing area. * Dirty Phase: remove soiled diaper and cleanse diaper area of the child. * Clean Phase: put on clean diaper, dress child, and wash the child's hands. * Clean up: clean and disinfect the diaper changing surface, dispose of diaper, and staff member washes their own hands. * Record diaper change.

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