Freehold Learning Center - Freehold NJ Regular Child Care Center

DUTCH LA , FREEHOLD NJ 07728
(732) 761-2239

About the Provider

Description: Welcome to Freehold Learning Center where we are committed to helping our students become self-directed, life-long learners as they grow into resourceful and productive citizens! Our school is a place where children are at the core of everything we do. Staff, students, and families are dedicated to providing quality work which is engaging, results in students learning meaningful content, and encourages every student to take risks in their learning and to use higher level thinking skills to increase academic achievement. It is my job as principal to ensure that all our energies are focused on this vision and that students at FLC develop the self-esteem and positive character needed to participate fully in our community of learners.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 13FRE0005
  • Capacity: 60
  • Age Range: 6 - 13 years
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • District Office: New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
  • District Office Phone: 1-877-667-9845 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Date Cited Date Abated Regulation Number
2021-11-23 2021-12-03 3A:52-4.3(a)
The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children.

Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child left the center unsupervised and was found outside the building in a gated enclosed are after being locked out of the school . Additionally, the program was not providing age appropriate supervision for the ages served by the program.
2021-11-23 2021-12-03 3A:52-4.3(a)(1)
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: Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Two named staff were not aware that a named child had left the building unsupervised.
2021-11-23 2021-12-03 3A:52-4.3(c)
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: Based on information, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. There were 34 children with 2 staff. Program administration was aware that the program was understaffed but no additional staff were hired until after the named child left the building unsupervised.
2021-11-23 2021-12-03 3A:52-4.8(c)
The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year.

Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's supervision policy, 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children and 3. Maintaining adequate staff/child ratios.
2020-01-23 2020-03-05 3A:52-7.5(b)(10)
The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: the center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5.e(1).

Violation Observed: Ensure that special care plan is provided with the epi pen for 1 child.
2020-01-23 2020-09-02 3A:52-4.10(b)(1)
When the center applies for a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department the completed CARI consent forms for all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department a completed CARI consent form for the new staff member.

Violation Observed: Provide missing CARI for 1 staff member.
2020-01-23 2020-09-02 3A:52-4.11(a)(1)
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: Provide missing CHRI for 2 staff members.
2020-01-23 2020-03-05 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv)
The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal.

Violation Observed: Ensure that the tables are washed and disinfected before each meal.
2020-01-23 2020-09-02 3A:52-4.8(g)(3)
The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. The center shall record each staff member’s completion of staff development and orientation on the Staff Records Checklist, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b).

Violation Observed: Complete and maintain on file orientation training for 3 staff members.

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