Description: Welcome to the YMCA of Greater Erie’s Early Learning & School-Age Enrichment Center at Northwestern Elementary School. The Center, is located within Northwestern Elementary School, which makes transition seamless! Our location affords us school amenities such as the library and gym for educational and recreational activities.
Our program is a Keystone Star 4 program, which, much like a hotel rating system, holds centers and staff to the highest standards. A Keystone Star 4 is the highest rating awarded.
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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| 2020-07-13 | Renewal | 3270.106(a) - Clean, age appropriate | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the grasshoppers and rainbow rooms, they did not have their cot lists completed to show that they were labeled for individual use. 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.) Cot lists were completed and hung in the classroom to clearly show ownership of rest supplies. Moving forward individual, clean, age-appropriate rest equipment will be provided for preschool, toddler and infant children as agreed between the child's parent and the operator. The rest equipment will be clearly labeled for the use of a specific child and used only by the specified child. |
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| 2020-07-13 | Renewal | 3270.133(2) - Written instructions | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: There was an epi-pen in the Tods 2 Room that was lacking written instructions from the doctor who prescribed it. Correction Required: A staff person shall administer a prescription medication only if written instructions are provided from the individual who prescribed the medicine. Instructions for administration contained on a prescription label are acceptable. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The medication was removed from the classroom and will not be administered until it is returned with written instructions from the individual who prescribed the medicine. In the future no medication will be accepted without written instructions from the doctor. |
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| 2020-07-13 | Renewal | 3270.151(c)(3) - Exam communicable disease | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff #1 contained a health assessment that was lacking an answer to the communicable disease question. Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff #1 obtained an adult health assessment including an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination are now on file. Moving forward Staff health assessment forms will be checked for completeness prior to being filed. |
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| 2020-07-13 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff #2 was lacking the NSOR clearance. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). SAFETY PLAN: The operator is required to submit to the Children and Youth Agency a plan of supervision or alternate arrangement as required by the Child Protective Services Law. LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Facility Person # -- 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. Facility Person #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.) An NSOR clearance was placed in Staff #2's file. Moving forward staff will have all appropriate clearances on file prior to working with children. |
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| 2019-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The child sized couch in the Fireflies Room had a tear in it. A cracked bin was observed in the gym. 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.) The couch was repaired with duct tape and the bin was disposed of. In the future all equipment will remain in good repair at all times. |
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| 2019-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.103 - Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Foam people with bite marks were observed in the Fireflies Room. Foam blocks with teeth marks were observed in the Preschool Room. 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.) The foam people and foam blocks were thrown away. In the future children will not have access to foam items if they are still placing items in their mouths. |
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| 2019-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(2) - Physician name, address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #6 contained an emergency contact form that was lacking the address and phone number of the child's physician. 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 phone number and address of the child's doctor was added to the emergency contact form. All children's emergency contact forms will contain all necessary items at all times. |
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| 2019-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(6) - Insurance coverage information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #2 contained an emergency contact form that was lacking the child's health insurance coverage 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 child's health insurance information was added to the form. All children's emergency contact forms will contain all necessary information at all times. |
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| 2019-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #3 contains an emergency contact form that is lacking the addresses of the persons to whom the child can be released. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The addresses of the release people was added to the form. All children's emergency contact forms will contain all necessary information at all times. |
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| 2019-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.131(e)(1) - Exemption documentation from parent/guardian | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #1, #2, #3, #4and #5 all contain immunization records that are lacking the annual flu vaccine. The file for Child #6 contains an immunization record that was lacking one dose rotovirus, one dose of DTAP, one dose of HIB, one dose Pneumoccoccal and one dose of Polio vaccines. Correction Required: The facility shall require the parent to provide updated written verification from a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department of ongoing vaccines administered to an infant, toddler or preschool child in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Updated shot records were obtained and letters of exemption were obtained. In the future if any child has missing immunizations the facility will ask for updated copies or exemption letters if the parents have a strong personal believe against them. |
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| 2019-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.27(c) - Training regarding plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff #1 was lacking documentation of emergency plan training within 7 days of transfer to the new facility. 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.) Staff #1 is currently on medical leave. If/when she returns she will complete the emergency plan training for this site. In the future, all new staff to this location will complete emergency plan training within 7 days of start. |
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| 2019-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.75(c) - Has all items | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The first-aid kit in the Fireflies room was lacking tweezers. 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.) A new pair of tweezers was placed in the first aid kit. All first aid kits will contain all required items at all times in the future. |
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| 2018-05-09 | Renewal | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The 1st rectangle table in the fireflies room was very loose. The handle on the play fridge in that room was also loose. The handle on the toy fridge in the Rainbows room was also very loose. 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.) The table was tightened so it is no longer loose, along with the handles to the play fridges. Play equipment will remain in good repair in the future. |
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| 2018-05-09 | Renewal | 3270.103 - Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: There were cotton balls observed in the Tots 2 room, and cotton balls and google eyes in the Tots 3 room, when asked what they are used for the staff replied for crafts. Each of these are under 1 inch meaning they can pose a choking hazard. In the Fireflies room there were foam Bears and People shapes that have teeth marks in them, causing a choking hazard. 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.) The cotton balls and goggle eyes were removed from the classrooms. Children who are still placing things in their mouths will not have access to items less than 1 inch in diameter. |
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| 2018-05-09 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(5) - Designated release persons | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #2 contained an agreement that was lacking the persons designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the persons designated by a parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The release people were added to the fee agreement. In the future, release people will be written in on the fee agreement. |
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My granddaughter loves this center and looks forward to come to “school” , the teachers & staff are great and wonderful with the kids. She has been here since she was 6 weeks old and she is now 3 yrs old. She runs to the staff & teachers when I drop her in the morning. I will recommend this center anytime child care is needed.