Description: BERKS COUNTY FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER is a Child Care Center in READING PA, with a maximum capacity of 131 children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2020-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff persons # 1 and 2 were hired on 9/30/19. There is no official NSOR clearance on file for either staff. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). Staff Persons # 1, and 2 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. Staff Persons # 1 and 2 may not work in a child care position at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff persons # 1 and 2 will be removed from child care until official NSOR clearances on file. The director will ensure compliance with all CPSL requirements. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.106(a) - Clean, age appropriate | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Three children in the Pre K Counts 1 classroom were observed to be sleeping on the carpets. None of the children in the classroom had napping cots or mats. Correction Required: Individual, clean, age-appropriate rest equipment shall be provided for preschool, toddler and infant children as agreed between the child's parent and the operator. The rest equipment shall be labeled for the use of a specific child and used only by the specified child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Facility director will order rest equipment for the PRE K counts children to use. Staff will label each piece of rest equipment for each individual child. Facility will continue to use rest equipment for all children as long as they are enrolled at facility. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Facility person # 7 was unable to name the children in her primary group. Correction Required: Each staff person shall be assigned the responsibility for supervision of specific children. The staff person shall know the names and whereabouts of the children in his assigned group. The staff person shall be physically present with the children in his group on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the facility premises. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Facility staff will know who is in their primary group as soon as they enter a classroom. The facility will make up name cards for all staff to have so they are aware of who is in their primary group at all times. Staff will use name cards at all times. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.134(c)/3270.134(d) - Paper towels discarded/Liquid or powdered soap | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Pre K Counts 2 bathroom has no soap or towels for the children to wash and dry their hands after toileting. The Pre K counts 1 classroom has no towels or wash cloths in the bathroom for the children to dry their hands after toileting. Correction Required: Paper towels may be used as towels and washcloths. Paper towels shall be discarded after each use. Liquid or powdered soap shall be used for handwashing. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Paper towels and soap will be added to the Pre K Counts 1 & 2 classroom bathrooms and will remain in the bathroom at all times. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.135(a)(3) - Disposable diapers | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The diapering cans at facility for infant and toddler diapers in all classrooms are diaper genies that are not hands free cans. Correction Required: If disposable diapers are provided by a parent or by a facility, a soiled diaper shall be discarded by immediately placing the diaper into a plastic-lined, hands-free covered can. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All diaper genies will be replaced with hands free lidded cans in all diapering areas and will remain so at all times. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.151(a)/3270.151(c)(2) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Mantoux TB | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Mantoux test on file for Facility person #4 was more than a year old at the time of hire. Facility person #4 began working with the children on 8/27/18. The Mantoux test is dated 9/11/14. 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.An adult health assessment must include tuberculosis screening by the Mantoux method at initial employment. Subsequent tuberculosis screening is not required unless directed by a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Facility person # 4 will obtain a new Mantoux test ASAP. In the future the director will ensure all new staff have a health assessment and Mantoux test that is not more than a year old at time of hire. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.192(2)(iv) - Transcript, diploma and letters | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Facility person # 5 hired 9/17/18 has no high school diploma on file. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include acceptable verification of experience, education or training is a transcript or a diploma or a letter signed by a representative of the experiential, educational or training entity. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) A copy of facility person #5's high school diploma will be on file ASAP. In the future the director will ensure all new hires have proof of a high school diploma or GED on file at time of hire. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.27(c) - Training regarding plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Facility person 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 did not have emergency plan training at time of initial employment. Facility person # 1 hired 9/11/18 , emergency plan training 10/5/18. Facility person # 2 hired 9/10/18, emergency plan training on 10/5/18. Facility person # 3 hired 9/24/18, emergency plan training on 10/5/18. Facility person # 4 hired 8/27/18, emergency plan training on 9/12/18. Facility person # 5 hired on 9/17/18, emergency plan training on 10/5/18. Facility person # 6 hired 9/10/18, emergency plan training on 10/5/18. Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training and kept on file at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Facility person 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 all have emergency plan training. In the future the director will ensure all staff have emergency plan training at time of initial employment. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Facility person # 1 hired and working at facility since 9/11/18 did not have a child abuse clearance or proof of a clearance request until 11/9/18. Facility person # 4 hired and working since 8/27/18 does not have a completed FBI clearance on file and has worked longer than the 90 day provisional period. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). 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. Facility person # 4 should be removed from child care until the FBI clearance is complete. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Facility person # 1 has a child abuse clearance on file. In the future the director will ensure all new hires have a complete file and follow the CPSL regarding clearances at time of hire. Facility person # 4 will not work in child care until a rap sheet is submitted and on file. The director will submit rap sheet with clearances for follow up to be evaluated by DHS. In the future the director will ensure all clearances are approved and on file according to the CPSL. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.74 - Emergency Numbers Posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Emergency numbers do not have a local number for the police or ambulance. Correction Required: The telephone number of the nearest hospital, police department, fire department, ambulance and poison control center shall be posted by each telephone in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) A local police department and ambulance company will be added to the facilities emergency phone lists and remain so at all times. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.75(c) - Has all items | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The first aid kit in the infant room has no soap. The first aid kit in the preschool 2 room has no tape, scissors, tweezers or soap. Correction Required: A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Soap was added to the infant room first aid kit and tape, scissors, tweezers and soap were added to the preschool 2 first aid kit. In the future the director will remind staff to check first aid kits weekly and ensure all required items are in the kits at all times. |
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| 2019-01-28 | Renewal | 3270.82(g) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The toilet on the left side of the classroom in the Pre K Counts 2 Room does not work. Correction Required: Toilet areas and fixtures shall be cleaned daily and be in good repair. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The director called maintenance and is having the toilet repaired ASAP. In the future the director will remind staff to notify the director of any repairs needed ASAP and the facility will have the repairs made ASAP. |
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