Description: Golden Gate Child Care Development Center is a Temporary Child Care Center in CLAYTON NJ, with a maximum capacity of 75 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 13 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2023-03-14 | 2023-08-18 | 3A:52-6.6(a)(3) |
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The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control. Violation Observed: Ensure that the methods of guidance and discipline used at the center lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control wherein, 1 child between the ages of 12-18 months of age in room 2 were fastened into low chairs during lunch so they would not run around the room. |
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| 2023-02-27 | 2023-08-18 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff are retrained supervising and tracking children. Provide the date, and all staff signatures. |
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| 2023-02-27 | 2023-08-18 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff are retrained on the center's policies and procedures regarding pacifier cords. Provide the date and staff signatures. |
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| 2023-02-27 | 2023-05-23 | 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 or other types of attachment devices in room 3A. |
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| 2023-02-27 | 2023-03-14 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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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: Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center wherein, a child was playing with the trash can lid while staff was talking to a therapist that was in room 3B. |
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| 2022-12-07 | 2023-01-30 | 3A:52-6.6(a)(3) |
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The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control. Violation Observed: Ensure that the methods of guidance and discipline used at the center lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control wherein, 1 child between the ages of 12-18 months of age in room 2 were fastened into low chairs during lunch so they would not run around the room. |
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| 2022-10-28 | 2022-12-07 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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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: Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times in room 2, wherein 1 child was climbing on the top of a chair and 1 children climbed into a crib from on top of a small chair or couch. |
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| 2022-10-28 | 2022-12-07 | 3A:52-5.3(r) |
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The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Violation Observed: Ensure staff in room 2 are not picking up children by one arm to remove them from cribs. |
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| 2022-10-11 | 2022-10-28 | 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 or other types of attachment devices in room 3a. |
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| 2022-10-11 | 2022-10-28 | 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 in rooms 2, 3a and 3 b. |
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| 2022-10-11 | 2022-10-28 | 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: Ensure blankets are not used for children under 12 months of age. |
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| 2022-10-11 | 2023-05-23 | 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 completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. |
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| 2022-10-11 | 2023-02-27 | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) |
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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: Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. |
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| 2022-10-11 | 2023-02-27 | 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 for the center's license renewal. 2/23/23-1 outstanding |
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| 2022-10-11 | 2023-02-27 | 3A:52-6.8(a)(1) |
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The center shall complete and maintain on file for each enrolled child a Children’s Records Checklist, signed by the director, sponsor, or sponsor representative and designated by the Office of Licensing, indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the child's name, address, birth date, and date of enrollment. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the child's name, address, birth date and date of enrollment. |
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WORST PLACE EVER!!! I'm not even sure where to start. We sent our kids to the summer camp and had some serious problems. It started in the beginning when kids were mean to our kids because they were "different'' (per the camp counselors)....meaning because they were white..out of 25 campers, 3 were white...2 of them were ours. At the end of camp, a child in the camp said to my child "I'm going to kill you. When I get bigger, I'm going to bring in a gun and shoot you". When my husband called the camp right away, she replied "well she IS only 5". Really? Only 5? That 6 year old brought a gun to school in TX and 3 people got injured. The next morning when he asked if the child was in yet and if anyone checked her and her siblings stuff, she again repeated "she's only 5, no we didn't check". So my husband called the cops.
We had a meeting with the owner who was as laid back as the front desk lady who took our call. She said that they didn't have something in place for a situation like this so they were looking into it. What do you have to look into? If that happened in school, the child would no longer be allowed back until investigation. Since the camp did nothing, we contacted Clayton police who reacted promptly....(mad kudos to Clayton Police).
Long in the short...DON'T send your kids there...