Description: We have a daily routine with a play-based environment. The children enjoy circle time with stories, calendar, songs and activities. We do a lot of art activities and literacy based projects.
Additional Information: Program Meals: Allergy Awareness, Special Diets, Initial License Date: 07/08/2007; Not Rated Registered Home; Sibling Discount Available; Area Description: Fenced Yard, Smoke Free; Pets: Dog; 1 Star Registered Home; Special Schedule: In-Service Days;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.
| Type | Create Date | Due Date | Corrected Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violation | 2026-01-27 | 2026-02-06 | 2026-02-13 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 2.3.9.5.4: The FCCP shall ensure that a drinking water system serving less than twenty-five (25) persons daily, served by their own well or spring, is chemically tested for arsenic, uranium, nitrite, manganese, and fluoride once every six (6) years. This testing shall be analyzed by a Drinking Water Laboratory certified by the State of Vermont according to 18 V.S.A. S501b. * Results shall meet Vermont standards. Water shall be remedied and retested to ensure potability if any test(s) are elevated. * Bottled water for drinking shall be provided until such time as the drinking water system meets Vermont standards. * The sample shall be a representative sample from the tap most frequently used for drinking after any treatment (for example a UV light system, a softener or charcoal filter). * Information from these water tests shall be included in the license renewal. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-05-07 | 2025-05-26 | 2025-05-21 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.6.1.1: The FCCP shall develop and maintain a written Emergency Response Plan to respond to a full range of emergencies both natural and man-made. A complete plan shall include how the FCCP will address and manage the following situations and responsibilities: * Evacuations or other emergencies such as leaving the premises and lockdown situations; * Specific concerns related to the location of the program, such as proximity to a nuclear reactor, an area prone to flooding or power loss; * Notifying the local authorities of the emergency; * A system for notifying the parents of the emergency; * Notifying the local emergency planning committee regarding the location of the FCCH and using the committee as a resource in emergency planning for the program; * A system of identifying the children and staff present at the time of the emergency and maintaining knowledge of their whereabouts; * A system for handling infants, toddlers, and children with special needs; * An established evacuation meeting location within walking distance of the FCCH; * A system to account for all children and staff at evacuation meeting place; * An process for relocation if necessary including safe transportation; * A system for sheltering in place if the FCCP and children present need to remain in the FCCH for an extended period; and * Staff chain of command and individual staff roles and responsibilities, (if applicable) during emergencies. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-05-06 | 2025-05-26 | 2025-05-28 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.2.1: The FCCP shall ensure that all new staff, and any new individual with unsupervised access to children in the FCCH submits a Records Check Authorization form to the Division and shall submit to fingerprinting at a location designated by the Division after having received the Fingerprinting Authorization Certificate by the Division. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-05-06 | 2025-05-26 | 2025-05-19 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.4.4: All staff, with the exception of substitutes, shall complete fifteen (15) clock hours of annual professional development activities as required in the rule 7.4.2 of these regulations. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-05-06 | 2025-05-26 | 2025-05-28 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 2.3.10.5: The FCCP shall be responsible for compliance with all applicable state and federal laws even when they are more stringent than the rules in this set of FCCH regulations. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-05-06 | 2025-06-03 | 2026-02-13 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 2.3.9.5.4: The FCCP shall ensure that a drinking water system serving less than twenty-five (25) persons daily, served by their own well or spring, is chemically tested for arsenic, uranium, nitrite, manganese, and fluoride once every six (6) years. This testing shall be analyzed by a Drinking Water Laboratory certified by the State of Vermont according to 18 V.S.A. S501b. * Results shall meet Vermont standards. Water shall be remedied and retested to ensure potability if any test(s) are elevated. * Bottled water for drinking shall be provided until such time as the drinking water system meets Vermont standards. * The sample shall be a representative sample from the tap most frequently used for drinking after any treatment (for example a UV light system, a softener or charcoal filter). * Information from these water tests shall be included in the license renewal. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-06-25 | 2024-07-19 | 2024-07-03 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.2.3: The Division, at its discretion, may use the results of a background check on file with the Division as long as it has been completed within the last five (5) years and instead of requiring a new background check. | ||||
| Violation | 2023-06-21 | 2023-07-10 | 2023-06-27 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.4.4: All staff, with the exception of substitutes, shall complete fifteen (15) clock hours of annual professional development activities as required in the rule 7.4.2 of these regulations. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-06-22 | 2022-07-11 | 2022-06-28 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.1.2.5: There shall be at least one (1) easily accessible dry chemical fire extinguisher which has at least a 2-A: 10BC classification. This fire extinguisher shall be maintained in operating condition. It shall bear an official tag, properly signed, attesting to current operating condition. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-06-22 | 2022-07-11 | 2022-06-28 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.3.3: The FCCP shall establish a system for taking attendance, including documentation of the time when each child arrives and departs each day he/she attends the FCCH. The FCCP shall save all daily attendance records identifying the hours of children s attendance for at least twelve (12) months from the date that care is provided. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-06-22 | 2022-07-11 | 2022-06-28 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.3.3: Safe Use Zones For all play equipment that is thirty (30) inches or higher from the ground, including climbing equipment, slides, swings and other similar equipment, the FCCP shall ensure that the surface under and around the equipment, included recommended use zones, is of approved resilient material that protects children if they fall. * Materials in the use zone shall consist of wood chips, pea stone, mulch, engineered wood fibers, sand, safety-tested shredded or rubber like material or rubber mats designed for protective cushioning; * Materials used in the use zone shall follow the recommendations listed in the most recent publication of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Public Playground Safety Handbook regarding critical depth of tested materials determined by the height of the highest climbing surface of the equipment; * Materials used in the use zone shall be installed and maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions; * If the loose material such as sand, mulch, or shredded rubber is used in use zones, the FCCP shall ensure that the material is raked regularly and replenished to maintain depth and resilience; and * If the resilient material in use zones freezes, the FCCP shall ensure that the children will not play on the equipment until the resilient material has thawed and is once again resilient. | ||||
| Violation | 2019-05-31 | 2019-06-10 | 2019-07-02 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.1.4: The FCCP shall submit a Vermont Child Care Immunization Report at least once every 365 days to the Vermont Department of Health, Immunization Office as required by 18 V.S.A. SS 1120 - 1129. | ||||
| Violation | 2018-05-18 | 2018-06-22 | 2018-06-14 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.1: Maximum Capacity and Staffing in a registered FCCH The registered FCCP shall ensure that the registered FCCH shall not exceed the limits described in this section, including the charts below. | ||||
| Violation | 2018-03-30 | 2018-04-20 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.1.4.1: When a child who is enrolled and expected to arrive, from another program or person other than the parents, does not arrive as scheduled and the parent has not informed the FCCP of the child's absence, the parent or authorized person for the child must be contacted immediately. | ||||
| Violation | 2017-12-19 | 2017-12-19 | 2018-03-22 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.3.4.1: The FCCP shall maintain a complete and up-to-date enrollment file on-site for each child enrolled in the FCCH. A complete file shall contain, at minimum, the following information: * A completed child's admission form signed and dated by the parent that includes the first date the child attended the FCCH and the days and hours the child is regularly scheduled to attend the FCCH; * The child's name, current home address and current home telephone number; * The child's date of birth; * Name, address and all applicable current telephone numbers for parents; * Name, address and all applicable current telephone numbers for at least two (2) other people designated by the parents as emergency contacts; * Names for all persons authorized to pick the child up from the FCCH; * Record of an annual physical and health history as required in the rule 5.1.2 of these regulations that includes the name and telephone of the child's primary health care and dental care providers (if the child has a dental care provider); * A description of any special medical, developmental, emotional or educational needs of the child including allergies, existing illnesses or injuries, previous serious illnesses or injuries and any prescribed medication including those for emergency situations; * Written authorization from the parent for the FCCP to be able to obtain emergency medical care and transportation; * Child's immunization record or Vermont Department of Health approved exemption document as required in the rules in section 5.1.3 of these regulations; * Written permission from parents for the FCCP to transport the child, if transportation is provided, as required in section 5.10.6.6.1 of these regulations; * Written permission from parents for child to participate in swimming activities, if swimming activities are a part of the program, as required in the rule 5.10.5.1 of these regulations; * If applicable, a copy of court orders on custody and visitation arrangements as required in the rule 3.5.4 of these regulations; and * If applicable, any obvious injuries discovered and documented on daily health check as required in the rule 5.3.2 of these regulations. | ||||
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