Description: Forest Daycare LLC is a Regular Child Care Center in Lakewood NJ, with a maximum capacity of 60 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 6 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-06-23 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. Room 6 had 12 children ages 2.5-3 years with 1 staff member when 2 were needed. Room 1 had 8 children ages 0-12 months with 1 staff when inspector arrived, when 2 staff were needed. 5-26-22: Room 3 had 6 infants under 18m with 1 staff when 2 were needed. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) |
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The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. Violation Observed: Ensure staff know how many children are in their care at all times. Staff in room 6 stated they had 8 but 12 children were present. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-6.3(a)(4) |
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All centers shall comply with the following requirements, if the center provides food, the center shall ensure that the food is stored, prepared, and served in a sanitary manner. Violation Observed: Ensure that food provided by the center is stored, prepared and served in a sanitary manner. In room 6, yogurt was being served from a large container off of the diaper changing table. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(iv)(1) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for bottles, each child's bottle(s) shall be labeled with the child's name and dated. Violation Observed: Ensure that each child's bottle is dated in rooms 1 and 3. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-6.1(e) |
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The center shall ensure that pacifiers are removed when the children are crawling or walking. Violation Observed: Ensure that children are not walking around the room with bottles in room 6. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-6.4(i) |
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Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices. Violation Observed: Cease the use of pacifier straps in room 1. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(ii) |
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The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that sleeping equipment shall be free of pillows and soft bedding, including, but not limited to bumper pads, when occupied by a sleeping child. Violation Observed: Cease the use of soft blanket type playmats for infants under 12 months in room 1 where infants have tummy time. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-06-23 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(i) |
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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 before the intake of food. Children in room 3 were eating crackers on the floor and did not wash hands prior to eating. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-06-23 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(i) |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately before preparing or serving food. Violation Observed: Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food. Staff in room 3 served crackers to children and did not wash hands prior to serving. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-7.8(d)(1)(ii)(3) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: diapering requirements for centers serving children who are not toilet trained are as follows, diapering area and surface requirements are as follows, the diapering surface shall be flat, smooth, clean, dry, non-absorbent, and in good repair. Violation Observed: Ensure that diapering surfaces are flat, smooth, clean, dry, non-absorbent and in good repair. Ensure that diapering surfaces are cleaned and not being used for storage of toys and staff belongings. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-07-22 | 3A:52-4.6(a) |
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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 Staff Records Checklist is updated to include all required information. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-06-23 | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iii)(1) |
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The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: the following items shall be washed and disinfected at least weekly, cribs, cots, mats, playpens, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center washes and disinfects cribs, cots, mats, playpens and other approved sleeping equipment at least weekly. Ensure the center cleans the pack and plays throughout the center. There were bags of uneaten food, food crumbs stuck to the sheets, and sheets and pack and play sides were heavily soiled. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-06-23 | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(vi) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: a child who, because of age or developmental readiness, no longer needs to be held for feeding shall be provided with an infant seat, high chair with safety strap, or other age-appropriate seating apparatus, which meets the standards of a recognized safety organization (such as the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, the American Society for Testing and Materials, or the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission). Violation Observed: Ensure that children are sitting at the table eating and not playing on the floor and eating in room 3. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) |
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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. Provide CHRI clearances for all staff. |
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| 2022-04-06 | 2022-05-26 | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) |
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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. There is 1 missing CARI clearance. |
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