Description: GLORIA E PITTS FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME is a Family Child Care Home in PITTSBURGH PA, with a maximum capacity of 6 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2019-10-30 | Renewal | 3290.151(a)(2) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #1 had a health assessment that exceeded 24 months between assessments. Correction Required: A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All health assessments are up to date and within 24 months between assessments. Moving forward, a staff health assessment will be updated within 24 months. |
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| 2019-10-30 | Renewal | 3290.24(a)(3)/3290.24(a)(4) - Contact when arises/Contact when ended | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The emergency plan lacked a method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency situation arises and a method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children. Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for a method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency situation arises. The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for a method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Created and distributed an addition to the already existing emergency plan to parents a method for facility person to inform parents that the emergency has ended and provided instructions as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children at 261 Evaline Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Moving forward, the emergency plan will be reviewed at least annually and will contain a method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency situation arises and a method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children. |
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| 2019-10-30 | Renewal | 3290.74(a) - Requirements | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On the outside backyard play space, the wall on the right side with wooden beams had splintering with sharp edges in a few areas. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play area, shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Removed the splintering with sharp edges in a few areas in the outside backward play space on the wooden beams. Moving forward, surfaces inside the facility and on the outdoor play area will be checked regularly to make sure they are in good repair. |
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| 2019-10-30 | Renewal | 3290.91(a) - Stairs, exits, etc. unobstructed | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The first room down the hallway on the right had a door to the kitchen that was blocked by a shelf preventing the door from opening. Correction Required: Stairways, hallways, exits from rooms, exits from the facility and other means of egress serving as an exit shall be unobstructed. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Removed the stand from first floor room from blocking the door to the kitchen. Moving forward, stairways, hallways, exits from rooms, exits from the facility and other means of egress serving as an exit will be unobstructed. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.101(a)/3290.101(b) - Age appropriate/Include 6 categories of development | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the infant room upstairs, there were not a sufficient amount of toys or a variety play equipment in the different categories including materials for dramatic role playing, toys and materials for cognitive, visual, and auditory development, toys to handle and manipulate and art materials for tactile development, and toys and equipment for large muscle development. Correction Required: Play equipment and materials appropriate to the developmental needs, individual interests and ages of the children shall be provided in sufficient amount and variety to preclude long waits for use. Play equipment and materials shall include the items specified at 3290.101(c)(1) - (6). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Purchased play equipment and materials appropriate to the developmental needs, individual interests and ages of the children. In the future, play equipment and materials appropriate to the developmental needs, individual interests and ages of the children will be provided in sufficient amount and variety. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the downstairs child care space, there was a plastic bin with toys that had 2 cracks on the sides of the bin with sharp edges and another bin with a crack on the lid with a sharp edge. 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.) Repaired cracks on the sides of the bins with sharp edges. In the future, toys and play equipment will be checked regularly to make sure they are clean and in good repair. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.123(a)(5) - Designated release persons | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1, child #2, and child #3 had an agreement that lacked the persons designated by a 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 persons designated by the parent to whom the children may be released were written on the agreement. In the future, an agreement will specify the persons designated by a parent to whom the child may be released. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.123(a)(6) - Admission date | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1, child #2, and child #3 had an agreement that lacked the child's admission date. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the date of the child's admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Entered the children date of admission on the agreement. In the future, an agreement will have the date of the child's admission at the child's start date. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.124(b)(2) - Physician name, address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1, child #2, and child #3 had an emergency contact form that lacked the name, address and telephone 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.) On the emergency contact forms the physician's name, address, and telephone number were written on the forms. In the future, the emergency contact form will list the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.124(b)(6) - Insurance coverage information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1, child #2, and child #3 had an emergency contact form that lacked the name of the health insurance and the 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.) Obtained health insurance coverage and numbers for each family member. In the future, the emergency contact form will include the health insurance coverage and policy number for each child. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.135(a)(3) - Disposable diapers | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 stated that when she changes the infant's diaper in the infant room, the soiled diaper is placed in a loose plastic bag and then taken directly outside to throw away in a trash can outside. The infant room lacked a plastic-lined, hands-free covered can. Correction Required: If disposable diapers are provided by a parent or by a facility, a soiled diaper shall be discarded by immediately placing the diaper into a plastic-lined, hands-free covered can. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Purchased foot pedal hands free covered can which I insert plastic lining for disposals of diapers. (stainless steel) In the future, a soiled diaper will be discarded immediately by placing the diaper into a plastic-lined, hands-free covered can. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.182(3)/3290.182(5) - Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1, child #2, and child #3 had an emergency contact form that lacked signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child and signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Correction Required: A child's record must contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. Written consent is required prior to admission. A child's record must contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Written consent is required prior to admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Obtained written signed parental consent for administration of minor first aid procedures by facility staff and written parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. In the future, an emergency contact form will include signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child and signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.31(f) - Biennial 12 hrs. training | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for staff person #1 had 9 hours of training within the last 2 years and lacked 3 additional hours of child care training. Correction Required: A staff person shall obtain an biennial minimum of 12 clock hours of child care training. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Completed 12 hours of child care training. In the future, staff persons will obtain a minimum of 12 hours of training every 2 years. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.64(a) - Locked or inaccessible - in original container | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the downstairs child care space, there was a drawer with 2 cans of Axe body spray and a deodorant that were labeled "Keep out of reach of children" that were accessible to children. Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be stored in an original labeled container or in a container that specifies the content. Toxics shall be kept in a locked area or in an area inaccessible to children, and shall be stored away from food, food preparation areas and child care spaces. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Items removed and locked in the garage which is kept locked at all times. In the future, toxic materials will be kept in a locked area or in an area inaccessible to children. |
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| 2018-10-12 | Renewal | 3290.69 - Heat Source | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the kitchen, the oven and stove knobs were accessible to children. Correction Required: Hot water pipes and other sources of heat exceeding 110 F that are accessible to children shall be equipped with protective guards or shall be insulated to prevent direct contact. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Protective guards are installed on all oven and stove knobs when children are present at the daycare. In the future, hot water pipes and heat sources exceeding 110 F that are accessible to children will be equipped with protective guards. |
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