Description: Love and Laughter Early Childhood Learning Center is a Temporary Child Care Center in Irvington NJ, with a maximum capacity of 35 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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| 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-15 | 3A:52-6.8(a)(2) |
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The center shall complete and maintain on file for each enrolled child a Children’s Records Checklist, signed by the director, sponsor, or sponsor representative and designated by the Office of Licensing, indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the name(s), home and work address(es), home and work telephone number(s) and signature(s) of the parent(s). Violation Observed: Ensure that the children's enrollment form on the current centers form's, wherein the children's documents were from the transferred center.8/1/23: Received 3, 1 outstanding. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 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 the center obtains an updated Certificate of Occupancy that corresponds with the ages of the children receiving care. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 3A:52-5.2(a)(8) | |
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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: Recited: Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 3A:52-5.3(a)(19) | |
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Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall test for the presence of radon gas in each classroom on the lowest floor level used by children at least once every five years and shall post the test results in a prominent location in all buildings at the center, as specified in N.J.S.A. 30:5B-5.2. Violation Observed: Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-01 | 3A:52-2.2(e) |
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The license shall be posted in a prominent location within the center and in each building associated with the center. Violation Observed: Post the center's license in a prominent location in each building associated with the center. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-15 | 3A:52-5.3(l)(1)(iii)(1) |
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Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall prepare written emergency procedures delineating an alternate indoor location that operates during the same operating hours as the center. The center shall select an alternate indoor location within safe walking distance. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center chooses an alternate indoor location within a safe walking distance of the center. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-01 | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1) |
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The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to develop and implement written policies and procedures for the operation of the center, including a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. Violation Observed: Recited: Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-15 | 3A:52-3.4(a) |
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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: Recited: Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-01 | 3A:52-5.3(q)(1)(ii) |
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Space and room requirements are as follows: all space and rooms within the center to be used by children shall be inspected and approved by the Office of Licensing prior to their use. In making its determination, the Office of Licensing shall consider whether the space is too far removed, remote, or isolated from other areas of the center to be used by children. rooms or areas of the center that are not Office of Licensing-approved for use by children shall be made inaccessible to children. Violation Observed: Set up Room 1 and 2 as classrooms or remove from approved space, wherein rooms 1 and 2 are storage filled. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-01 | 3A:52-6.1(g)(1) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the center shall provide daily outdoor activities at an outdoor play area, park or playground, or on a walk, weather permitting. Violation Observed: Ensure that the children go outdoors daily, weather permitting. |
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| 2023-07-18 | 2023-08-15 | 3A:52-6.1(g)(3) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: centers serving children 18 months of age and older shall provide at least five types of children's daily activities including, but not limited to, language; science and mathematics; manipulative; large muscle; building; art; music; drama; or other comparable activities; and at least five types of supplies and equipment for each daily activity chosen by the center. Violation Observed: Recited: Ensure that classrooms that care for children over 18 months of age provide at least five different activity areas and that each area contains at least five different types of supplies and equipment through out the center. |
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| 2023-06-20 | 2023-07-18 | 3A:52-5.3(q)(2) |
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Space and room requirements are as follows: at no time shall a center Violation Observed: Ensure the licensed center is operating in the approved licensed space. At the time of the inspection on 5/23/23 and 6/20/23, the center was being used by another entity since the licensed program does not currently have children enrolled. Interviews with landlord indicated the alternate program was temporarily using the space, but the sponsor representative stated that the licensed center would be operating there starting on 6/19/23. At the time of the inspection on 6/20/23, no one from the licensed center was present, and the space was still being utilized by the alternate program that was there on 5/23/23 and 6/20/23. Upon the next reinspection, which will occur on or after 7/5/23, if the licensed center does not have children present in the licensed space as required, the license will be closed and the center will need to reapply as a new center to operate in the future. |
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| 2023-02-07 | 2023-07-18 | 3A:52-5.3(q)(2) |
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Space and room requirements are as follows: at no time shall a center Violation Observed: Ensure that children are enrolled within 6 months or submit a closeout form. Notify the OOL prior to reopening. |
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| 2023-01-17 | 2023-07-18 | 3A:52-4.6(b)(1) |
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The director shall meet the following qualification requirements for early childhood programs licensed to serve more than 30 children, the director shall meet the qualification requirements as specified in N.J.A.C 3A:52-4.6(b) for education and experience. Violation Observed: Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Provide documentation. |
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| 2023-01-17 | 2023-08-01 | 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 a named staff completes a CHRI background check as required. |
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