Description: LA Cherry Hill Associates, LLC D/B/A Lightbridge Academy is a Regular Child Care Center in Cherry Hill NJ, with a maximum capacity of 170 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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| 2023-04-17 | 2023-05-19 | 3A:52-6.1(b)(7)(i) |
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The staff member(s) specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5 who are responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the center's daily activities shall ensure that the use of a television, computers, and other video equipment shall be limited to educational and instructional use, shall be age and developmentally appropriate, and shall not be used as a substitute for planned activities or for passive viewing. Centers shall prohibit the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two. Violation Observed: Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two in room 5 |
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| 2023-04-17 | 2023-04-17 | 3A:52-6.6(a)(1) |
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The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive. Violation Observed: Based on report, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. |
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| 2023-04-17 | 2023-06-26 | 3A:52-6.1(e) |
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The center shall ensure that pacifiers are removed when the children are crawling or walking. Violation Observed: Ensure that the staff throughout the center remove bottles, cups and other food items when children are walking or crawling. |
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| 2023-04-17 | 2023-05-19 | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv) |
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The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal. Violation Observed: Ensure that the staff in room 7 washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal. |
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| 2023-04-17 | 2023-06-26 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(i) |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water before intake of food. Violation Observed: Ensure that children throughout the center wash their hands before the intake of food. |
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| 2023-04-17 | 2023-05-19 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(i) |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately before preparing or serving food. Violation Observed: Ensure that staff throughout the center wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food. |
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| 2023-04-17 | 2023-05-19 | 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: Compete the CHRI background checks for 3 named staff. |
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| 2023-04-17 | 3A:52-4.6(c)(3) | |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the group teacher shall meet the requirements for experience and education Violation Observed: Ensure that two group teacher meet the required qualifications as specified in the manual. |
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| 2023-04-17 | 2023-06-26 | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) |
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The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: the center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5.e(1). Violation Observed: Ensure that all Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan and that two are present when required. |
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| 2022-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) |
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The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. Violation Observed: Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. |
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| 2022-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 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: Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. |
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| 2022-11-30 | 2022-12-07 | 3A:52-4.8(g)(1) |
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The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. For staff development provided by the center, the center shall maintain on file documentation or a copy of all staff development materials used. Violation Observed: Based on report, retrain all staff on 1. The center’s supervision policy and 2. The center’s policies and procedures for tracking children. |
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| 2022-05-20 | 2022-05-20 | 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: Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named staff failed to adequately supervise a named child and the child was found unsupervised in the hallway. |
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| 2022-05-20 | 2022-06-21 | 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: Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children. |
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| 2022-05-20 | 2022-05-20 | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) |
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The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. A named staff was unaware that a named child had left the classroom. |
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