Kulia Christian Academy

(d) Annual background checks shall be conducted. The applicants and staff members shall provide consent to the department to conduct a background check in accordance with chapter 17-801 no later than the anniversary date of the last consent to conduct a background check.

*The annual background history check clearances have expired for almost all of your staff: XXXXX. Please submit DHS 948 Authorization for Background Check and to Release Findings forms for these staff members IMMEDIATELY. Once the forms have been submitted, this deficiency will be satisfied.*

We are awaiting the criminal history and child and adult abuse neglect check results for XXXXX. Once we receive the results, this deficiency will be satisfied.

§17-892.2-36(a) The staff-child ratio shall be met and maintained at all times by the facility.

Since three (3) staff members, XXXXX have expired health and safety trainings, they cannot be counted towards your staff-child ratio. Therefore, the program is not meeting the staff-child ratio and staff sequence requirements.

Once health and safety trainings are brought to current for all staff members, this deficiency will be corrected.

The following staff members are required to complete sixteen (16) hours of on-going health and safety training:

XXXXX expired 04/30/25 (15.5 hours of 16 hours completed) and 512 days overdue.

XXXXX expired 10/18/25 (0 of 16 hours completed) and 341 days overdue.

XXXXX expired 10/30/25 (0 of 16 hours completed) and 329 days overdue.

*XXXXX is short 0.5 hours to complete the 05/01/24-04/30/25 training period. She is able to earn one (1) training hour to complete the training period by completing and submitting to PATCH the full twenty-one (21) question health and safety assessment. We have included the assessment with the twenty-one (21) questions and the addendum.*

We are reminding you that all caregiving staff need at least sixteen (16) hours of department approved training on an ANNUAL basis in at least two (2) topic areas and substitutes need at least ten (10) hours of training.

IMMEDIATELY provide the training certificates (for ALL staff listed above) to PATCH to be recorded. If they have not completed any training, it is critical for the continued licensing of Kulia Christian Academy, that they be completed.

Further, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) §17-892.2-35(e)(4) Staff training, experience, and personal qualifications states, "When an individual does not meet the requirements in subsection (e) and does not provide evidence of working to complete on-going training, the individual shall no longer be eligible to meet the staff-child ratio in accordance with sections 17-892.2-36(d) and (e)."

*If we do not see any progress in the trainings for the above staff members, they may be excluded from providing care.*

Worker received first aid/CPR certificates for 5 employees that expired on 7/19/2025.

Please send the Worker updated current/unexpired first aid/CPR certificates.

The following staff need to complete 16 hours of on-going health and safety training: XXXXX

Attached is the program's service summary report which shows the hours recorded and training period for each staff person.

We are reminding you that all caregiving staff need at least 16 hours of department approved training on an ANNUAL basis in at least two topic areas and substitutes need at least 10 hours of training. If they do not complete this requirement by 11/30/2025, we will have to exclude these staff members and they will not be able to count towards the staff-child ratio until they do, which may affect your license to operate a Group Child Care (GCC) program.

Please provide the training certificates (for ALL staff) to PATCH to be recorded.

Please submit completed DHS 948 Annual Clearance forms for the following staff who has a clearance that is scheduled to expire soon:

-XXXXX

NOTE: We received an incomplete annual clearance form for XXXXX, and were not able to process the renewal. We replied via email to Director XXXXX on 4-18-24 requesting she submit a completed annual clearance for XXXXX