Description: Head Start/Early Head Start is a comprehensive early childhood development program designed to provide education, health and social services to low income children, ages 0-5 and their families. Maricopa County Head Start emphasizes on pre-reading, language, math and other cognitive skills, while continuing to promote children's health, social and emotional competence as part of school readiness. Services to children are provided by qualified and well-trained teachers in a classroom setting with a low student-teacher ratio. The low ratio allows us to make a significant and meaningful impact on the educational and social development of the children that we serve. Head Start/Early Head Start provides two program options: center-based services and home-based services. Center-based services are provided in a classroom setting four or five days a week for a minimum of 3½ hours, and home-based services are provided in the family's home. As part of home-based services, Head Start home visitors meet with families once weekly for 1½ hours, and families attend bi-monthly socialization events to participate in parent training and to positively interact with other parents and their children. Maricopa County Head Start serves communities in: Chandler, Gilbert, Guadalupe, Mesa, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, and Tempe
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Survey Date | Date Corrected | Rule/Statute | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-26 | 2021-11-15 | article 3 | R9-5-304.B.1-9. |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that 5 out of 7 enrolled children's Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record cards lacked the following required documentation: Child #1, Child #2, and Child #3: The name, home address, city, state, zip code and contact telephone number of the 2nd parent. Child #4: The name, home address, city, state, zip code and contact telephone number of the 2nd parent, and the name of the individual to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness. Child #5: the contact telephone number of the child's health care provider. | |||
| 2019-10-21 | 2019-11-06 | article 3 | R9-5-303.B. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, Room #3 lacked the posted capacity. | |||
| 2019-10-21 | 2019-11-06 | article 3 | R9-5-309.C.1.2. |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that the facility lacked a violation free fire inspection report. | |||
| 2019-10-21 | 2019-11-06 | Article 5 | R9-5-516.B.3.a-f. |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that the written authorization form for Child #1's prescription medication lacked the prescription number, and the end date of the dosage period. | |||
| 2019-10-21 | 2019-11-06 | Article 6 | R9-5-603.C.2. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, the following hazards were accessible to enrolled children: Playground: *The rubber material on the steps to the climber was torn and had exposed metal. | |||
| 2019-10-21 | 2019-11-06 | Article 6 | R9-5-603.E.1.2. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, the outdoor activity area lacked the following required resilient surfacing: Playground: *5 of the required 6 inches of loose sand in the fall zones of the red steps. *3 of the required 6 inches of loose sand in the fall zone of the yellow, twisty slide. *2-4 of the required 6 inches of loose sand in the fall zones of the teeter totter. | |||
| 2018-09-18 | 2018-09-20 | article 3 | R9-5-304.B.1-9. |
| Findings: Three of ten enrolled children's Emergency, Information and Immunization Record Cards lacked the following required information: Child 1: father's home address and phone number Child 2: health care provider's name and phone number Child 3: health care provider's name and phone number | |||
| 2018-09-18 | 2018-09-20 | article 3 | R9-5-309.C.1.2. |
| Findings: The facility lacked a violation free fire inspection report. The last fire inspection was conducted on August 29, 2018 with several violations with a notice of re-inspection to be conducted on or around Oct. 1, 2018. | |||
| 2018-09-18 | 2018-09-20 | article 4 | R9-5-401.4. |
| Findings: Staff 2, start date 9/5/17, had some college credits but lacked documentation of a high school degree to qualify as an assistant teacher-caregiver. | |||
| 2018-09-18 | 2018-09-20 | Article 6 | R9-5-603.E.1.2. |
| Findings: In the outdoor activity area, 3 of the required 6 inches of sand was measured within the fall zones of all the swings and climbing equipment. | |||
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