Description: GETTYSBURG YWCA DAY CARE is a Child Care Center in GETTYSBURG PA, with a maximum capacity of 165 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2019-12-05 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.111(c) - Promote development | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was confirmed through staff statements and observation of a video that on 11/27/2019 daily activities did not promote the development of skills, social competence and self-esteem. Staff #1 stated that Child #2 was not following the directions given by Staff #4. As a result, Staff #1 positioned himself behind Child #2 and held the child's hands and body in a chair for a period of one to three minutes. Immediately following the interaction with Child #2, Staff #1 moved across the room to address Child #1 (7 years old). Staff #1 stated that Child #1 was acting out and not responsive to his instructions. Staff #1 held down the hands of child #1, while he was seated in a chair. Staff #1 then moved Child #1 onto his lap as he was seated on the floor and held the child's arms and upper body so that the child was not able to move freely for approximately 1 minute and 40 seconds. Following that, Staff #1 placed Child #1 in a face down prone position on the floor. Staff #1 placed the child's hands together behind his back and then straddled the child's lower body for approximately 20 seconds fully restricting the child's ability to move. Staff #1 released Child #1 when the child's mother walked into the classroom. It was also observed in the video that Staff #2, Staff #3 and Staff #4 observed the actions of Staff #1 and did not intervene or seek assistance from facility leadership. Further, during an interview Staff #4 stated that she had observed other staff persons use similar methods with other children in care and believed the methods were acceptable as a 'last resort.' Correction Required: Daily activities shall promote the development of skills, social competence and self-esteem. Daily experiences shall recognize the child as an individual and give some choice of activities that respect personal privacy, lifestyle and cultural background. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The YWCA Adams Commerce Director will be mentoring the YWCA Director and Asst. Director in their new leadership roles at the 909 Fairfield location. A coaching model will be implemented to train the all staff to complete lesson planning, child observation and inclusive practices. The staff will learn methods to include the five steps of positive re-direction (as explained under the plan of correction for the training violation), completing a (BIR) Behavioral Incident Reports to track individual challenging behaviors. BIR's will help staff to analyze the behavior, time of the behavior, what happen before the behavior started, how the staff responded to the behavior, etc. The BIR will then be shared with the family to include their impute and create individual behavioral plans for the center. The (SACERS) School Age Environmental Rating Scale will be completed in January 2020 and repeated in April 2020 to monitor the progress of the staff. The coach will complete staff observations and review lesson plans to make sure the scheduling and activities will provide students with opportunities to make choices while showing respect for each student as an individual, respecting their personal privacy, lifestyle and cultural background while maintaining proper supervision. Going forward all classrooms will use daily activities that shall promote the development of skills, social competence and self-esteem. Daily experiences shall recognize the child as an individual and give some choice of activities that respect personal privacy, lifestyle and cultural background. |
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| 2019-12-05 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(b) - No physical punishment | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was confirmed through staff statements and observation of a video that on 11/27/2019 physical punishment was used by Staff #1. Staff #1 stated that Child #2 was not following the directions given by Staff #4. As a result, Staff #1 positioned himself behind Child #2 and held the child's hands and body in a chair for a period of one to three minutes. Immediately following the interaction with Child #2, Staff #1 moved across the room to address Child #1 (7 years old). Staff #1 stated that Child #1 was acting out and not responsive to his instructions. Staff #1 held down the hands of child #1, while he was seated in a chair. Staff #1 then moved Child #1 onto his lap as he was seated on the floor and held the child's arms and upper body so that the child was not able to move freely for approximately 1 minute and 40 seconds. Following that, Staff #1 placed Child #1 in a face down prone position on the floor. Staff #1 placed the child's hands together behind his back and then straddled the child's lower body for approximately 20 seconds fully restricting the child's ability to move. Staff #1 released Child #1 when the child's mother walked into the classroom. It was also observed in the video that Staff #2, Staff #3 and Staff #4 observed the actions of Staff #1 and did not intervene or seek assistance from facility leadership. Further, during an interview Staff #4 stated that she had observed other staff persons use similar methods with other children in care and believed the methods were acceptable as a 'last resort.' Correction Required: A facility person may not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child. The legal entity will develop and implement a staff monitoring plan when staff persons are present with a group of children on the facility's premises. DHS/OCDEL will approve the monitoring plan before it is implemented. The legal entity will confirm continuing compliance by maintaining records of the documentation at the facility for a period of 3 months after the form/plan has been approved. The form will be made available to DHS/OCDEL for review during unannounced visits and submitted to DHS/OCDEL on a weekly basis. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The YWCA CEP directors with the Executive Director take these infractions very seriously. Staff #1 was terminated from his position at the YWCA Gettysburg and Adams County. The remaining staff have been re-trained on the current policy in the CEP Staff Handbook on page #7 and #8 which covers Discipline and Behavior Management; as well as the DHS regulation 3270.113 (b). Going forward these steps will ensure that ALL staff will have a thorough understanding of the regulation 3270.113(b). Facility staff will not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child. Further steps are being taken to be sure the staff at the YWCA have the proper training and support for handling all situations including challenging behaviors that may arise while children are in our care. #1 The YWCA will now have a Child Enrichment Program Administrative Director who will mentor and coach Karin Padilla, CEP Director and Ashley Boone, CEP Assistant Director in their new leadership roles at the YWCA Fairfield location. #2 The CEP directors / administration will complete staff observations on a daily basis providing documentation to DHS/OCDEL on a weekly basis to include date and time of the observation and staff will sign off that they have been observed. The observations will be reviewed with classroom staff and a signed copy will be maintained in a file for each classroom and kept in the Director's office for review as needed by DHS/OCDEL. #3 The Assistant Director of each facility will take on a coaching role for the staff assisting them through classroom observations followed by a meeting to reflect on the information collected during the observation. The AD / Coach will then recommend training for any items the staff feel they need to support their professional development. Going forward these steps will ensure that ALL staff will have a thorough understanding of the regulation 3270.113(b). Facility staff will not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child. The Assistant Director will serve as the coach for all current staff as well as future staff hire at the YWCA. Format for observations was approved by DHS 1/21/2020. |
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| 2019-08-26 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a) - Supervised at all times | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 8/22/19 at approximately 5:00 pm, child #1 transitioned from the Y Wise room (Preschool age) to the Jumpin Jax room (Preschool age) and into the care of staff #1 and staff #2. Staff #1 and Staff #2 did not conduct name to face checks until children were outside on the playground. Staff #1 and staff #2 thought child left for the day because child #1's name was not checked on the attendance sheet. Staff #1and staff #2 did not look for child #1 or contact director or other staff to ask about child's whereabouts. Child was returned to the building by another staff from a different room as staff saw child #1 on an adjacent playground with the school age children. Staff #1 and staff #2 could not give a number as to how many children transitioned from the Y Wise room to the Jumpin Jax room. Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. The legal entity must submit documentation in a format approved by DHS proving that the facility procedure for counting children is followed at all times e.g., a checklist. The legal entity will confirm continuing compliance by sending copies of the documentation to the Regional Office of Child Development and Early Learning on a weekly basis for a period of three months after DHS approves the documentation format. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Documentation was completed and submitted by the beginning of the following week. Beginning on September 23rd and ending on November 22nd. |
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| 2019-08-26 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.113(a) - Supervised at all times | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 8/26/19 at approximately 12:30 pm, staff #4 sent 3 preschool aged children from the Jumpin Jax room to two bathrooms located outside of the room. Staff #4 did not supervise the 3 children in the two bathrooms but remained in the door way of the room and focused on directing the classroom. Staff #4 could not see hear, assess or direct children in the bathroom while redirecting the Jumpin Jax classroom. Childen were in the bathroom for approximately 3-5 minutes unsupervised. Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. Children must be supervised at all times. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) I have addressed this noncompliance issue by addressing staff #4, and all other staff, that we will no longer use the farthest bathroom to the classroom in the hallway if we do not have an extra staff to supervise that area. If we do have an extra staff to supervise the farthest bathroom to the classroom we will allow the children to use that bathroom. The extra staff will supervise and direct the children as needed. |
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| 2019-08-26 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 8/22/19 at approximately 5:00pm, child #1 transitioned from the YWise room (Preschool age) to the Jumpin Jax room (Preschool age) and into the care of staff #1 and staff #2. Staff #1 and Staff #2 did not conduct name to face checks until children were outside on the playground. Staff #1 and staff #2 thought child left for the day because child #1's name was not checked on the attendance sheet. Staff #1and staff #2 did not look for child #1 or contact director or other staff to ask about child's whereabouts. Child was returned to the building by another staff from a different room as staff saw child #1 on an adjacent playground with the school age children. Staff #1 and staff #2 could not give a number as to how many children transitioned from the Y Wise room to the Jumpin Jax room. 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.) Each staff has their primary children and will know the child's name and whereabouts of the children in the assigned group. Staff have their primary children posted in the classroom and it is memorized. Staff will conduct name to face checks during the times of transition and will routinely do head counts so they know where their primary, and all children are. |
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| 2019-08-26 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.51 - Similar Age Level | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 8/26/19 at approximately 11:30 am, Certification Representative observed staff #2 and staff #3 providing care in the YSteps room to 12 young toddlers. Staff #3 returned to the room at 11:34 am with the 13th young toddler. Staff #1 was taking child out of the room one at a time to wash their hands at the sink located in the hall way. Correction Required: When children are grouped in similar age levels, the following maximum child group sizes and ratios of staff persons apply: Infants 1:4 with a maximum group size of 8; Young toddlers 1:5 with a maximum group size of 10; Older toddlers 1:6 with a maximum group size of 12; Preschool children 1:10 with a maximum group size of 20; Young school-age children 1:12 with a maximum group size of 24; Older school-age children 1:15 with a maximum group size of 30. The required staff:child ratios must be maintained at all times. The legal entity must submit documentation in a format approved by DHS proving that the facility is maintaining the required staff:child ratios at all times. The legal entity will confirm continuing compliance by sending copies of the documentation to the Central Region Office on a weekly basis for a period of three months after DHS approves the documentation format. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) This issue was addressed on the day of inspection and resolved that same day. YSteps will no longer be using the hallway sinks. All Ysteps staff will be bringing in one stroller at a time, that has 4 children and will wash hands in the classroom. This way we will meet ratios and stay in compliance. We will submit a document for DHS to approve so they can check on the weekly basis for 3 months. |
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| 2019-07-17 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.133(6) - Written consent | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Child 1 and 2 did not have a parent's signature on their respective medication logs. Correction Required: A parent shall provide written consent for administration of medication or a special diet. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Make sure the medication logs are completely filled out by the teachers, and then given to the director or assistant to double check it is complete. |
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| 2019-07-17 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.192(5) - Two written references | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff person 1 did not have two written non-family references on file at the time of inspection. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Make sure all forms are complete/turned in at the time of employment |
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| 2018-12-18 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) - Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On December 14th at approximately 6:40 a.m. Child #1 was permitted to run outside on the playground unsupervised for approximately 3 minutes. Child #1 was in the primary care group of Staff person #1 at the date and time of this lapse in supervision. Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. Children must be supervised at all times. 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.) All Children will be supervised. Will have the staff in question watch a supervision video from Better Kid Care. Behaviors of child in question will be documented upon occurrence. Parent meetings will be held to address child's running from staff and behaviors to ensure we can meet the needs of the child and ensure the safety and proper supervision of all children in care. |
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| 2018-12-18 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.51 - Similar Age Level | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff admitted that the facility has been out of ratio several times in the last month, including on the day of investigation. Correction Required: When children are grouped in similar age levels, the following maximum child group sizes and ratios of staff persons apply: Infants 1:4 with a maximum group size of 8; Young toddlers 1:5 with a maximum group size of 10; Older toddlers 1:6 with a maximum group size of 12; Preschool children 1:10 with a maximum group size of 20; Young school-age children 1:12 with a maximum group size of 24; Older school-age children 1:15 with a maximum group size of 30. The legal entity must submit documentation in a format approved by DHS proving that the facility is maintaining the required staff:child ratios at all times. The legal entity will confirm continuing compliance by sending copies of the documentation to the Central Region Office on a weekly basis for a period of three months after DHS approves the documentation format. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Ratios will be maintained according to DHS regulations. Director and Assistant Director will take turns arriving to work early to make sure there is enough coverage. Director will have 10 hour day opportunities for staff to work so there is enough coverage. Daily count sheets will be kept and sent to DHS weekly. |
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| 2018-02-20 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.69(b) - 110 F or less | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Provider self reported that on Friday February 16th, 2018 at approximately 10:15 the staff in the room was making slime in the Preschool room and microwaved water to make the slime. The staff person put the bowl of hot water down on a table. The child accidentally knocked over the bowl and the child had hot water spilled on her, causing 2nd degree burns. Correction Required: Hot water temperature, in areas accessible to children, may not exceed 110 F. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) A memo was sent to all child care staff regarding the use of microwaves and temperatures. Each staff was required to sign the memo. Staff were made aware of the regulation. All were asked to restrain from heating things while children were in area. |
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| 2018-01-12 | Renewal | 3270.131(b)(2)/3270.182(1) - Toddler/preschool: updated health report every 12 months/Initial and subsequent health reports | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Child #1's last health assessment is dated 12/20/16. Child #2's last health assessment is dated 12/26/16. Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent to provide an updated health report at least every 12 months for an older toddler or preschool child.A child's record shall contain initial and subsequent health reports. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Child health assessments will be requested. Child health assessments will be obtained annually as needed. |
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| 2018-01-12 | Renewal | 3270.133(7) - Medication log | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Child #3 had medication in childcare space with no accompanying medication log. Correction Required: An operator is responsible to establish and maintain a medication log if prescription or nonprescription medication is administered. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Medication log will be requested. Medication logs will be obtained if a child requires medication to be kept in child care space. |
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| 2018-01-12 | Renewal | 3270.82(j) - Running water - diapering | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: 1's room had a changing table in the room with no source of running water for hand washing. Correction Required: A source of running water for handwashing shall be present in infant and toddler diapering areas. If the running water does not flow directly into a drain that is connected to a sewage system, a receptacle shall be provided to contain the water used for washing. The receptacle shall be emptied into an approved sewage system at least once a day. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We will get a portable sink for the 2 steps room. |
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| 2017-09-21 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed soiled toys in bins that were also dirty in the preschool and school age child care space. 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.) Legos were washed and placed out on the table to dry 9/22/2017. Staff were asked to include washing of toys into their weekly cleaning schedule. Bins of toys should not be overlooked. |
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