Little Angels School House - Chatham NJ Regular Child Care Center

110 MAIN STREET , CHATHAM NJ 07928
(973) 701-8303

About the Provider

Description: Little Angel School House provides a safe, warm, loving, and enriching environment. Little Angels School House’s mission is to provide activities and experience that build self esteem, and nurture the children’s emotional, psychological, physical and intellectual needs. Allowing a child to feel secure and loved, where he/she will develop an interest in learning, and the ability to participate in a healthy and safe learning environment. We believe that children learn through play and carefully planned creative curriculum that is carried out in a warm, loving, home environment, Little Angels will employ the following activities for your child:
Creative Art
Language
Sensory Experiences
Fine and Gross Motor Activities
Movement Activities
Basic Science
Social Studies
Math
Music
And More
These activities are arranged in a monthly calendar that follow a variety of daily themes. Within the framework of these, we work to set up a balanced program to help the child develop his/her social, emotional, physical, and intellectual skills.
Our major goal is to make learning fun and exciting while providing the love, security and care of a home environment. Little Angels School House gives your child a home away from home.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 120800154
  • Capacity: 33
  • Age Range: 0 - 13 years
  • State Rating: 2
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Current License Expiration Date: May 31, 2025
  • District Office: New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
  • District Office Phone: 1-877-667-9845 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)
  • Licensor: Grace Gaillardin-Jouan (ggaillardinjouan@cjfhc.org)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Cited Date Abated Regulation Number
2022-07-29 2022-08-08 3A:52-4.11(a)(1)
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. Missing CHRI background check for 1 new staff.
2021-10-15 2021-11-03 3A:52-4.10(a)(1)
The sponsor or sponsor representative, and each staff member shall complete a signed consent form provided by the Department that indicates the identifying information necessary to conduct a CARI background check, including the person’s name, address, date of birth, sex, race, and Social Security number. Pursuant to the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579), the Department shall advise each such person that the disclosure of his or her Social Security number is voluntary, and that the Social Security number will only be used for the purpose of conducting a CARI background check.

Violation Observed: Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. The center is missing CARI background clearances for 3 staff.
2021-10-15 3A:52-3.4(a)
The sponsor or sponsor representative shall secure comprehensive general liability insurance coverage for the center and shall maintain on file a copy of the insurance policy or documentation of current insurance coverage.

Violation Observed: Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
2021-10-15 2021-12-20 3A:52-4.11(a)(1)
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. The center is missing CHRI background checks for 2 staff.
2021-10-15 2022-01-03 3A:52-5.2(a)(8)
The center shall obtain a Life Hazard Use Registration certificate applicable to the center’s licensed capacity and ages served pursuant to the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq. The center shall post this document in a prominent location within the center.

Violation Observed: Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
2021-10-01 2021-10-15 3A:52-5.4(a)(7)(iii)
For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, outdoor space requirements for children over the age of 10 months are as follows: outdoor areas located near or adjacent to hazardous areas determined by the Office of Licensing to be unsafe (including, but not limited to, streets, roads, driveways, parking lots, railroad tracks, swimming pools, rivers, streams, steep grades, cliffs, open pits, high voltage boosters, or propane gas tanks) shall be fenced or otherwise protected by a natural or man-made barrier or enclosure.

Violation Observed: Provide vehicular barriers for outdoor play areas exposed to vehicular traffic in the parking lot near the handicap parking spot. The bollards are purchased but pending installation.
2021-10-01 2021-10-26 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i)
Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center and, in the discretion of the Office of Licensing, any other time, the applicant or facility operator shall certify in writing that the center provides a potable water supply provided by a public community water system. If the facility is supplied by a public community water system, the applicant or facility operator shall provide documentation of water testing conducted by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and other sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50 percent of all indoor water faucets utilized by the center.

Violation Observed: Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. The water test on file is now outdated.
2021-10-01 3A:52-5.3(i)(1)
Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center and, in the discretion of the Office of Licensing, any other time, the applicant or facility operator shall submit a written certification to the Office of Licensing indicating whether the building has ever housed a use that was classified under the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23, as

Violation Observed: Submit a letter of prior use from the municipality, county or state. The letter or prior use needs to be issued by the construction office and signed.
2019-04-26 2019-05-16 3A:52-6.1(e)
The center shall ensure that pacifiers are removed when the children are crawling or walking.

Violation Observed: Remove pacifiers when toddlers are at play and walking about the classroom.
2019-04-26 2019-05-22 3A:52-7.5(b)(7)(iii)
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 maintain on file a record of the following the condition for which the medication or health care procedure is being used.

Violation Observed: Amend the center's current medication record to include the illness being treated.
2019-04-26 2019-05-22 3A:52-7.5(b)(10)
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 epi-pens are stored in the original box with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a special care plan that includes parental sign-off; ensure antihistamine as per care plan remains current and is not expired: outstanding for one child in attendance.
2019-04-26 2019-05-16 3A:52-4.10(b)(1)
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: CARI clearance outstanding for 1 new staff member: CARI consent form has been submitted.
2019-04-26 2019-05-20 3A:52-4.11(b)(1)
When the center applies for a new license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that each staff member at least 18 years of age who is or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis completes the CHRI fingerprinting process specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a). Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that the new staff member completes the CHRI fingerprinting process specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a).

Violation Observed: CHRI clearance outstanding for 1 new staff member: appointment is scheduled.
2019-04-26 2019-05-16 3A:52-7.7(e)(1)(iv)
For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: in addition to the items specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.7(a)3, the following equipment items or surfaces shall be washed and disinfected after each use, toys mouthed by infants and toddlers before being given to another child.

Violation Observed: Ensure that toys mouthed by infants and toddlers are washed and sanitized between uses. Conduct staff training.
2019-04-26 2019-05-16 3A:52-7.7(e)(1)(iii)
For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: in addition to the items specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.7(a)3, the following equipment items or surfaces shall be washed and disinfected after each use, diapering surfaces.

Violation Observed: Ensure that the diapering surface in the preschool classroom is washed and disinfected after each use. Conduct staff training.

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