Description: CREATIVE MINDS LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTERS LLC is a Child Care Center in CHAMBERSBURG PA, with a maximum capacity of 92 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2020-09-11 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.124(c) - Each child care space | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: SECOND CITATION- On 09/11/2020 at 7:10 am, classroom #1 did not have emergency contact information for child #1, while receiving care in the child care space. At 7:30 am, child #1 was moved to classroom #2 which also did not have emergency contact information in the child care space for child #1. Previously cited on 06/02/2020 Correction Required: When children are in the facility, emergency contact information shall be present in a child care space for children receiving care in the space. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The emergency card that was not accounted for had been copied and was in the office ready to be passed out. The Office Manager passed out the child's card and checked binders in each classroom to be sure cards were up to date. Moving forward, emergency cards will be copied by the Office Manager and placed in the Emergency Binders, located in the Emergency Backpacks in classrooms, on the child's first day. |
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| 2020-09-11 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 09/11/2020, at approximately 7:30 am, observed staff person #1 take an infant from classroom #1 over to the infant classroom, which is down the hallway, through the entrance lobby and into the classroom on the other side of the lobby. Staff person #1 was unsupervised by a permanent employee during this time. The file for staff person #1, with an initial start date of 07/20/2020, lacked FBI clearance results or documentation of a request for a DHS FBI clearance. The file contained a request for a PDE FBI clearance dated 07/05/2020. The file did not have a signed disclosure statement. The file contained a copy of the request for the NSOR clearance dated 07/20/2020 with the results of the NSOR dated 07/23/2020, a PSP criminal history clearance dated 07/05/2020 and a child abuse clearance dated 07/07/2020. Staff person #1 who was working in a capacity of a provisional hire did not have proper provisional hire documents on file at the time of hire. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Facility Person #1 may not work in a child care position at the facility. PROVISIONAL HIRE UNSUPERVISED: A provisional employee may not be permitted to work alone with children and must work within the vicinity of a permanent employee. 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.) Facility Person #1 was removed from the center until the FBI Clearance is completed. Moving forward, staff member's files shall have the required documents. Staff member's that are provisionally hired will be with a qualified permanent employee until proper documentation is received prior to the 45 day deadline. |
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| 2020-09-11 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.37(c) - Aides supervised all times | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 09/11/2020, at approximately 7:30 am, observed staff person #1 (an aide) take an infant from classroom #1 over to the infant classroom, which is down the hallway, through the entrance lobby and into the classroom on the other side of the lobby. Staff person #1 was unsupervised by a staff person qualified at a minimum as an assistant group supervisor during this time. Correction Required: An aide or a combination of aides shall be supervised at all times by a staff person qualified at minimum as an assistant group supervisor. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff member's credentials were reviewed by Admin and the mentioned Staff Person #1 will not be left alone with children. Moving forward, a staff member with Aide qualifications will not be left alone without a qualified staff member present. |
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| 2020-06-15 | Unannounced Monitoring | 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 file for staff person #1, with a hire date of 01/27/2020, lacked an initial health assessment with the results of a tuberculosis screening at the time of initial employment. The health assessment and TB screening results on file were dated 02/01/2020. 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.) Moving forward, new hires will have the required Health Assessment and TB test reading completed before their first day of employment. The Admin Team will be sure the individual has the copies of the required form to turn in on the first day of employment and it will be placed in their staff files. |
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| 2020-06-15 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #1, with a hire date of 01/27/2020, lacked the NSOR verification certificate. The file contained documentation of a request for the NSOR verification dated 01/14/2020 and a second request dated 06/04/2020. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Facility 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.) The NSOR in question has a Status Date of 6/5/2020 and has been submitted to the Certification Representative. A copy has been placed in the staff file. Moving forward, the Admin Team will receive the NSOR clearance prior to the new hire's first day or WITHIN the 45 days of the provisional hiring term. |
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| 2020-06-02 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.124(c) - Each child care space | Non Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 06/02/2020 at 7:35 am, classroom #2 lacked emergency contact information for children #1, #2, #3 and #4 while receiving care in the child care space. At 8:30 am, classroom #9 lacked emergency contact information for children #5 and #6 while receiving care in the child care space. Correction Required: When children are in the facility, emergency contact information shall be present in a child care space for children receiving care in the space. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Copies of emergency cards were made and put together in a binder by the Office Manager. All classrooms have a binder with all children's emergency information in it. Binders are kept in the emergency backpack in each classroom. They will be updated when children leave the center and when they enroll. |
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| 2020-06-02 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Non Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed a bottle of bleach cleaner on top of the cubbies next to the opening leading into room 3 which was accessible to preschool and school-age children. 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.) The bleach bottle was removed and placed appropriately up on the teacher shelf. Staff were each reminded to keep the bleach bottles up, out of reach of children. Moving forward, cleaning supplies, including bleach bottles, will be kept out of reach of children, or in a cabinet with a safety lock. |
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| 2020-03-19 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(b) - No physical punishment | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Several staff stated they witnessed child #1 having a temper tantrum in the classroom and threw a plastic toy bin, in response, staff person #1 picked up the bin and threw it back toward the child and the bin landed in front of the child. Correction Required: A facility person may not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff members were spoken to privately about using appropriate actions with children. They were each reminded to call for assistance on the walkie talkie, if needed and were encouraged to request a short break to calm down from children's behavior. Moving forward, staff will not throw any item in a child's direction. |
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| 2020-03-19 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.52 - Mixed Age Level | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff interviewed verified that on various mornings in February and March between the hours of 6:30 - 8:30 am, there were classrooms at the facility that were over-ratio for a few minutes to up to a half hour or longer in the toddler, preschool and infant rooms. Correction Required: When children are grouped in mixed age levels, the age of the youngest child in the group determines the staff:child ratio and maximum group size in accordance with the requirements in 3270.51 (relating to similar age level). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff schedules were changed to accommodate ratios in the morning and throughout the day. Ratios are monitored closely each morning and children and staff are temporarily moved until the next staff member comes in. |
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| 2019-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In Room 3, an orange plastic toy bin and a purple plastic toy bin were observed to have cracks, exposing children to pinch points and sharp edges. Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Plastic toy bins that were cracked and had pinch points were discarded and replaced with new bins. All bins in every classroom were checked the afternoon of 11/27/19. Moving forward, teachers will check the toy bins in classrooms daily to be sure bins are in good repair and free from rough edges, pinch points, and sharp corners. |
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| 2019-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.107 - Refrigerator | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The refrigerator in the Left Side Room 2 was lacking an operating thermometer. Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45 F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) A thermometer was placed in the refrigerator in Room 8 (listed as Left Side Room 2 on the report). Moving forward, refrigerators will be checked weekly for working thermometers. |
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| 2019-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(6) - Insurance coverage information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form in the file for Child #5 lacked the health insurance coverage information and policy number. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include health insurance coverage and policy number for a child under a family policy or Medical Assistance benefits, if applicable. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The health insurance coverage information and policy number for Child #5 will be added to the emergency contact form. The Office Manager has asked the parent for the information. Moving forward, the Office Manager/Admin Team will be sure the emergency contact information is completed (to include the health insurance coverage information) on or before the child's first day of care. |
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| 2019-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.124(f)/3270.181(c) - Updated every 6 months/Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for Child #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, and #9 contained emergency contact forms and agreements that had not been reviewed by the parents in the last 6 months. Correction Required: The parent shall update in writing emergency contact information once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information. A parent is required to review and update the emergency contact information and the financial agreement at least once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The emergency contact form and agreements were reviewed by the family of Child #3 and Child #9 on 12/23/19 with the Office Manager. The Office Manager will review the form and agreements with the other 5 families. Moving forward, the Office Manager will create a spreadsheet and a calendar to keep track of the 6 month period of updating the file. The Admin Staff will let families know when it is time to update/check their forms and will let them know that they are required to update forms as soon as there is a change in the information. |
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| 2019-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.131(a) - Within 60 days | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for Child #4 and Child #7 lacked initial health reported within the first 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility. 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.) Child #7 was given a health report to get completed by a physician and will be turned in to the Office Manager. Child #4's family will receive a phone call to schedule a time to pick up a health report, have it completed by a physician, and turn it in to the Office Manager. Moving forward, health reports will be encouraged to be turned in upon enrollment. If the report is not turned in before or on the child's first day, the Office Manager/Admin Team will check weekly with the family to be assured that the form is in the child's file within the required 60 days of the first day of attendance. |
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| 2019-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.131(b)(1) - Infant: updated health report every 6 months | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #8, an infant, contained a most recent health report dated 03/01/2019; lacking an updated health report in the last 6 months. Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent to provide an updated health report at least every 6 months for an infant or young toddler. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Child #8's family was given a health report to be completed/updated by a physician. Moving forward, the Office Manager will create a spreadsheet and a calendar to keep track of the 6 month period of updating the health reports for infants and younger toddlers. The Office Manager/Admin Team will let the families know 2 months prior to when the update is due. |
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