Description: Little Dreamers Early Learning Center is a Regular Child Care Center in TOTOWA NJ, with a maximum capacity of 45 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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| 2023-03-15 | 2023-04-14 | 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: Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including training on supervising and tracking children.The center shall provide proof of annual training for the 2022-2023 calendar year for all staff. |
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| 2023-03-15 | 2023-04-14 | 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i) |
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The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center. Violation Observed: Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times the director is not at the center.\At the time of the inspection, the Director designee had limited access to center files. |
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| 2023-03-15 | 2023-04-14 | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) |
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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: Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.3/15/23-The center had some staff with CHRI's older than 1/1/21. Submit cleared CHRI's. |
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| 2023-03-15 | 2023-04-14 | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) |
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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 has some staff with CARI's older than 2022 which does not coincide with their 2022 Renewal. The center has 4 CARI's that are older than 2022. |
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| 2023-03-15 | 2023-05-23 | 3A:52-4.1(d)(1) |
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The staff records specified in 3A:52-4.1(a) through (c) shall be maintained on file as follows: the Staff Records Checklist for the current director and all staff members currently working at the center shall be maintained on file at the center. Violation Observed: Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center, including the staff's CARI and CHRI background checks. |
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| 2023-03-15 | 2023-04-14 | 3A:52-4.8(c) |
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The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.At the time of the inspection, staff development records were incomplete. |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-01-12 | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) |
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The center shall be permitted to obtain a valid fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, and submit a copy of the certificate to the Office of Licensing in lieu of a CO or CCO, if the center serves only children 2 ½ years of age or older and is located in a public school building that is used as a public school. Violation Observed: Ensure that all exits and egress areas are unobstructed. Remove the high chair blocking the entrance to the exit. |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-02-02 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. In Room1 (1A) there were 7 two year old children with one member of staff. |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-04-14 | 3A:52-7.7(e)(1)(iii) |
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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 center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use in the Infant Room (Room D). |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-04-14 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(ii) |
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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 immediately after using the toilet or having diapers changed. Violation Observed: Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed in the Infant Room (Room D). |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-04-14 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(vi) |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions. Violation Observed: Ensure that staff wash their hands after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal excretions or other bodily fluids in the Infant Room (Room D). |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-05-23 | 3A:52-4.6(a) |
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The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d). Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Update the Staff Records Checklist, there was one member of staff missing from the list.3/15/23-The center did not have a SRC to be reviewed at the time of the inspection. |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-04-14 | 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: Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. There were three staff members without CHRI on file.3/15/23-The center has 2 outstanding CHRI's. |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-05-23 | 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 in Room 1A.3/15/23-At the time of the inspection, a named child (MM) did not have parental signature on Health Action plan. |
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| 2023-01-12 | 2023-02-02 | 3A:52-6.8(k)(6) |
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The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the use of social media including, but not limited to the guidelines for parents, including but not limited to, prohibiting the posting of photographs or videos of any child other than their own. Violation Observed: Provide copy of center's social media policy includes guidelines for parents and staff. |
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I really liked this center up until my daughter would constantly come home and tell me that one of the teachers would talk about me. Perfect example my daughter during Halloween would browse on YouTube and watch scary stuff and she just so happen to repeat something that shouldn't have been repeated and as a mom I did correct her, but when you talk in front of kids they are like a sponge and absorb everything so this particular teacher must've said in front of my daughter "why would she even let her watch that stuff" mind you she is absolutely right but the fact that you talk about me in front of my kids was professional 1 and number 2 you address the parent or speak about it in private!!!! That was only one thing another issue that I had was if you are staff and going to work in the same facility that your child is attending don't favor your kid because that's "your kid" and treat someone else's kid any different they all deserve to be treated equally if they aren't behaving. and very young staff. Hope this helps best of luck.
Excellent day care!!!!! Highly recomend. Great staff. Always open where my previous daycare closed for every holiday and every snowflake.