Description: Kinards Little Friends Day Care is a Family Child Care in ELLWOOD CITY PA, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2020-01-17 | Renewal | 3280.123(b) - Parent receives original | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for child #1, #2, #3, and #4 contained the original agreement form. Correction Required: A parent shall receive the original agreement. The facility shall retain a copy of the agreement. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) All originals were removed for children's files and copied. All originals were sent home with parents and copies are maintained in the files. For future all agreements will be copied and the original sent with parent and copy will be in file. |
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| 2020-01-17 | Renewal | 3280.124(b)(3) - Parent home/work address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #2 and #3 lacked the enrolling parents work phone number. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Work phone numbers have been added to the children's files (child #2 and #3). In the future will make sure all phone numbers are listed on the emergency contact sheet. |
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| 2020-01-17 | Renewal | 3280.131(d)(5) - Immunization record | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1 lacked an influenza immunization record in accordance with the ACIP. Correction Required: A health report shall include a review of the child's immunized status according to recommendations of the ACIP. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The immunization record for child #1's flu shot has been obtained. In the future all recommended shots will have written documentation from the doctor or a note from parents as to why they do not. |
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| 2019-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the second play yard (the gate to the right as you walk down the steps) sits a blue and white plastic play house. Looking at the playhouse front entrance way, the plastic in the lower right hand corner of the doorway is broken and has a crush point. 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.) The lower right hand corner of the blue and white play house was repaired. All toys and equipment used by children will be kept in good repair free of crush and pinch points. |
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| 2019-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.124(b)(6) - Insurance coverage information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for children #1 and #2 did not include health insurance coverage and policy number for a child under a family policy or Medical Assistance benefits, if applicable. 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.) The parents of children #1 and #2 will be contacted and the heath insurance carrier and policy number will be gotten and put on the forms. All forms will be checked for completeness. All forms will be checked for completeness. |
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| 2019-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact forms for children #1 and #2 did not have the addresses of the release person(s) listed on the form. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The parents of children #1 and #2 will be contacted for the release person(s) addresses . The addresses will be put on the emergency contact form. All forms will be checked for completeness. |
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| 2019-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On the fence post as you reach the bottom of the steps leading into the play yard, there is a loose wire that pokes through the fence and into the yard. Children must pass this area on their way into the play yard. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces 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.) The wire sting into the yard was removed. All areas will be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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| 2019-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The entire front porch has peeling paint. Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The peeling paint will be repaired. It will be kept in good order. |
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| 2018-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.123(a)(3) - Services proceeded | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for child #2 show that a child service report has not been done on this child since 11-12-16. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the services to be provided to the family and the child, including the Department's approved form to provide information to the family about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. The operator shall complete and update the form and provide a copy to the family in accordance with the updates regarding emergency contact information at 3280.124(f). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) A child service report was completed for child #2 and placed in the file. We will do another one in June or July. |
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| 2018-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file of child #1 lacked addresses for the release persons listed. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We will have the parent fill out the form completely. We will check all forms for completeness. |
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| 2018-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.131(b)(2) - Toddler/preschool: updated health report every 12 months | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The child health reports for children #1 and #2 are over a year old. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Parents of children #2 and #3 will need to provide current health reports. |
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| 2018-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.21 - Communication with Parents | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the infant room, the sheets were to loose in the crib and pack and play. The loose sheets pose a suffocation hazard to infants sleeping in the rest equipment. Correction Required: The operator shall establish oral or written communication in the language or mode of communication which is understandable to the parent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We will get new sheets or make the existing sheets taunt. We will check daily to make sure the sheets are taunt. |
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| 2018-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.31(e) - Annual 6 hrs. training | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 did not complete 6 hours of training over the last year. Correction Required: A staff person shall obtain an annual minimum of 6 clock hours of child care training. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #1 lacked the 6 hours of annual training. Staff person #1 will either find or repeat the Health and Safety Basics. |
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| 2018-01-04 | Renewal | 3280.91(a) - Stairs, exits, etc. unobstructed | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Boots and snow shovels blocked the doorway. 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.) The boots and he snow shovel were removed immediately. There will not be anything in the path of any doorway. |
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| 2017-06-09 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3280.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the large outdoor play space, there was a riding Jeep powered vehicle that had exposed wires and a rod protruding out from the front area of the vehicle. 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.) The Jeep will be removed from the play space. In the future, toys and play equipment used by the children will be checked regularly to ensure it is clean and in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts. |
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