Little Steps Infant Care & Early Lrn Center Llc

Regulation: 3270.101(a)

Description: Age appropriate

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the toddler classroom that a sufficient amount and variety of play equipment and materials were not accessible to children.

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.

Regulation: 3270.102(a)

Description: Clean and good repair

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the preschool classroom multiple plastic bins on shelves containing play materials accessible to children were cracked and broken creating rough and sharp edges.

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.

Regulation: 3270.103

Description: Small Toys and Objects

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the indoor play space, a chair with a torn cover exposing foam was accessible to young toddlers. (This was corrected on site.)

Correction Required: Toys and objects with a diameter of less than 1 inch, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch, plastic bags and styrofoam objects may not be accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths.

Regulation: 3270.104(a)

Description: Clean, good repair, proper size

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the preschool classroom wooden chairs being used by children were cracked and broken creating a potential cause for splinters and potential pinch points.

Correction Required: Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child's size, age and special needs.

Regulation: 3270.106(a)

Description: Clean, age appropriate

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the infant classroom a crib being utilized for an infant was not labeled for the use of a specific child.

Correction Required: Individual, clean, age-appropriate rest equipment shall be provided for preschool, toddler and infant children as agreed between the child's parent and the operator. The rest equipment shall be labeled for the use of a specific child and used only by the specified child.

Regulation: 3270.111(b)

Description: Posted in group space

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the infant classroom the written play of daily activities was not posted.

Correction Required: The written plan of daily activities shall be posted in the group space.

Regulation: 3270.113(a)

Description: Supervised at all times

Noncompliance Area: It was observed by cert rep upon entering the gross motor play space staff person #1 and staff person #2 were utilizing their personal cell phones and not supervising toddler children in care.

Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises.

Regulation: 3270.113(a)

Description: Supervised at all times

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the preschool classroom that children laying on their nap cots were not able to be properly supervised by staff. The nap cots were placed in areas that caused children to be out of sight from staff. (This was corrected on site.)

Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises.

Regulation: 3270.114

Description: Outdoor Activity

Noncompliance Area: It was stated by staff that infants in care are not being taken out doors daily.

Correction Required: Weather permitting, children shall be taken out doors daily.

Regulation: 3270.119

Description: Infant sleep position

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the infant classroom that an infant was sleeping in an infant chair. (This was corrected on site.)

Correction Required: Infants shall be placed in the sleeping position recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics unless there is a medical reason an infant should not sleep in this position. The medical reason shall be documented in a statement signed by a physician, physician's assistant or CRNP and placed in the child's record at the facility.

Regulation: 3270.124(e)

Description: Written emergency plan posted

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the infant, toddler, pre-k, and school-age classrooms a written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency was not posted conspicuously in each child care space.

Correction Required: A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children.

Regulation: 3270.131(d)(7)

Description: Free from contagious/communicable disease

Noncompliance Area: The health report for child #1 does not include a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease.

Correction Required: A health report shall include a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease.

Regulation: 3270.135(b)

Description: Surfaces cleaned

Noncompliance Area: It was observed that the diaper changing pad was covered with a cloth cover. It was stated by staff that the diaper changing pad was not wiped or sanitized after each diapering. (This was corrected on site.)

Correction Required: Diaper changing surfaces shall be cleaned after each use by wiping the surface with a sanitizing solution or by changing a pad or other surface covering.

Regulation: 3270.21/3270.119

Description: General Health and Safety/Infant sleep position

Noncompliance Area: It was observed that the fitted sheet being used in an infant crib was not the appropriate size for the mattress being used causing a potential suffocation hazard.

Correction Required: Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. Infants shall be placed in the sleeping position recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics unless there is a medical reason an infant should not sleep in this position. The medical reason shall be documented in a statement signed by a physician, physician's assistant or CRNP and placed in the child's record at the facility.

Regulation: 3270.27(a)(4)

Description: Contact when ended

Noncompliance Area: The facility's emergency plan does not include 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 inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children.

Regulation: 3270.27(d)

Description: Plan posted

Noncompliance Area: The facility's emergency plan was not posted at a conspicuous location.

Correction Required: The operator shall post the emergency plan in the facility at a conspicuous location.

Regulation: 3270.61(c)

Description: 40 square feet wall-to-wall

Noncompliance Area: It was observed that unmeasured space located on the second floor at the end of the hallway was being used to provide child care to pre-k children. It was observed that unmeasured space located on the second floor at the top of the steps on the right was being used to provide child care to school-aged children.

Correction Required: Indoor child care space is measured within permanent stationary partitions or walls. The allowable number of children in a space is determined by dividing the total square feet in a space by 40.

Regulation: 3270.62(d)

Description: No simultaneous use

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the gross motor play space where toddlers were present at the time of inspection, that tables and chairs used for another purpose unrelated to the child care being offered were limiting the space for gross motor activities.

Correction Required: Outdoor or indoor play space in which children are receiving care may not be used simultaneously for other business, commercial, social or another purpose unrelated to the child care being offered.

Regulation: 3270.65

Description: Protective Outlet Covers 5 yrs. or less

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the gross motor play space, two outlets did not have protective receptable covers placed in electrical outlets.

Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger.

Regulation: 3270.66(a)

Description: Locked or inaccessible

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the Pre-K classroom a canned room deodorizer was placed on a windowsill accessible to children. (This was corrected on site.) It was observed in the upstairs school-age classroom a whiteboard cleaner stating "keep out of reach of children" was placed in an unlocked desk drawer accessible to children. It was observed in the bathroom located in the basement next to the gross motor play space being used by children in care, Glade room spray was placed on the back of each toilet and accessible to children.

Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children.

Regulation: 3270.67(d)

Description: Contaminated trash in closed plastic-lined receptacle

Noncompliance Area: It was observed that a closed, plastic-lined trash can was not present in the infant classroom. It was observed that a closed, plastic-lined trash can was not present in the basement bathroom used by children in care.

Correction Required: Trash that has been contaminated by human secretions or excrement shall be contained in closed, plastic-lined receptacles.

Regulation: 3270.72(d)

Description: Above ground window opening restricted to 6"

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the infant, toddler and preschool classrooms that the windows were not locked allowing them to be opened greater than 6 inches.

Correction Required: Windows or doors above the ground floor that open directly to the outdoors and are accessible to children shall be constructed, modified or adapted to limit the opening to 6 or fewer inches.

Regulation: 3270.76

Description: Building Surfaces

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the gross motor play space a cord hanging from a mechanical box that was not secured creating a potential hazard. It was observed in the toddler classroom a television cord and a lamp cord that were not secured creating a potential hazard.

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.

Regulation: 3270.77(a)

Description: No peeling paint or plaster

Noncompliance Area: It was observed that paint was peeling and damaged on cribs being used by infants in the infant classroom. It was observed that paint was peeling and damaged on wooden chairs being used by children in the preschool classroom.

Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility.

Regulation: 3270.78/3270.113(a)

Description: Lighting/Supervised at all times

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the toddler classroom an insufficient amount of artificial or natural lighting during rest time which prohibited staff persons from being able to supervise children properly.

Correction Required: Rooms, hallways, stairways, outside steps, porches and ramps shall be lighted by artificial or natural light. Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises.

Regulation: 3270.82(e)

Description: Toilet and sinks proper height

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the infant classroom that able-bodied children were not provided with a platform or step at the sink for handwashing. It was observed a staff member picking up and holding able-bodied children during handwashing.

Correction Required: Toilets and sinks shall be at proper heights for children using them or shall be easily approached by means of platforms or steps.

Regulation: 3270.82(h)

Description: Handwashing signs

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the bathrooms used by preschool, pre-k and school-age, no handwashing signs posted at each toilet. It was observed at the diapering areas that no handwashing signs were posted in the infant and toddler classrooms. It was observed in the basement bathroom next to the gross motor space, no handwashing signs posted at each toilet and the sink.

Correction Required: A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility.

Regulation: 3270.113(a)(1)

Description: Staff assigned to specific children

Noncompliance Area: Staff persons #1, #2, and #3 could not identify the specific children to which they were assigned.

Correction Required: Each staff person shall be assigned the responsibility for supervision of specific children. The staff person shall know the names and whereabouts of the children in his assigned group. The staff person shall be physically present with the children in his group on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the facility premises.

Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(i)

Description: Age and Training

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 has not completed Pediatric first aid and CPR training on or before expiration of the most current certification. This is evidenced by the previously documented Pediatric first aid and CPR training on file expiring 6/14/2023. Documentation of updated Pediatric first aid and CPR training is not on file.

Correction Required: Competence is the completion of training by a professional in the field of first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). All staff persons shall renew their certification in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on or before the expiration of the most current certification. Until such time as the required training has been completed, staff person #1 must be supervised, when interacting with children at a minimum by, an AGS who has completed all preservice trainings and has all qualifications to care for children unsupervised. If there are no staff person(s) available to supervise staff person #1, staff person #1 may not work in a child-care position at the facility.

Regulation: 3270.66(a)

Description: Locked or inaccessible

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the preschool classroom Glade room spray sitting on a desk and accessible to children.

Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children.

Regulation: 3270.75(b)

Description: Inaccessible to children

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the preschool classroom, a first aid kit being stored in a backpack that was sitting on the floor and accessible to children.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit must be inaccessible to children.

Regulation: 3270.76

Description: Building Surfaces

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the preschool classroom, an extension cord hanging from the ceiling that was plugged into a computer sitting on a desk. It was also observed in the preschool classroom, adult scissors laying on a desk accessible to children.

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.

Regulation: 3270.94(a)(1)

Description: Every 60 days

Noncompliance Area: Fire drills have not been conducted at least once every 60 days. Fire drills were documented to have lapsed 3/31/25-7/22/25.

Correction Required: The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall conduct fire drills and ensure that fire drills are conducted at least once every 60 days.

Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)

Description: Devices must be compliant/Director or designated staff person ensure compliance

Noncompliance Area: Operability of the fire detection devices were not tested every 30 days. Testing was documented to have lapsed 1/2/25-3/3/25, 5/5/25-6/11/25, and 6/11/25-7/22/25.

Correction Required: Fire detection devices or systems must be in compliance with standards established under section 1016(c) of the act (62 P.S. §  1016(c)). The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall ensure the requirements under subsection (a) are met.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(1)

Description: Child's name, birth date

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact for child #2 does not include the birth date of the child.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name and birth date of the child.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3)

Description: Parent home/work address, phone

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact for children #1 and #2 does not include the home and work telephone numbers of the enrolling parent.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7)

Description: Name/address/phone release person

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contacts for children #1, #2, and #3 do not include the address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

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.