Description: Welcome to the YMCA of Greater Erie’s Early Learning & School-Age Enrichment Center at Northwestern Elementary School. The Center, is located within Northwestern Elementary School, which makes transition seamless! Our location affords us school amenities such as the library and gym for educational and recreational activities.
Our program is a Keystone Star 4 program, which, much like a hotel rating system, holds centers and staff to the highest standards. A Keystone Star 4 is the highest rating awarded.
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.
Inspection Date | Reason | Description | Status |
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2020-02-10 | Renewal | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: At approximately 3:20 PM in the Pre-K room, Facility Persons #1 and #2 were supervising 10 preschoolers. Facility Person #1 claimed responsibility for 5 of the children. Facility Person #2 stated she was unsure of which children were in her group at the time. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Facility Persons #1 and #2 worked together to determine the group of children supervised by Facility Person #2. Both staff were then able to identify their assigned groups of children. Supervision cards were located for the children in Facility Person #2's group and given to her, since Facility Person #1 was already in possession of her cards. In the future, staff will be aware of the names and whereabouts of the children they are responsible for at all times. |
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2020-02-10 | Renewal | 3270.94(a) - Fire drill every 60 days | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: The fire drill log indicates fire drills were conducted on 1/24/19 and 3/29/19, with no fire drill in between. Correction Required: A fire drill shall be held at least every 60 days. Facility persons and children in attendance shall participate in the fire drill. Facility persons and children shall exit the building, weather permitting. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) In the future fire drills will always be done within 60 days. |
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2019-02-08 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(6) - Admission date | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: The agreements on file for children #1 and #2 did not specify the admission dates. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the date of the child's admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) We added admission dates to these agreements. admission dates will be written on all fee agreements |
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2019-02-08 | Renewal | 3270.123(b) - Parent receives original | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: The original agreement was on file for child #2. Correction Required: A parent shall receive the original agreement. The facility shall retain a copy of the agreement. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) parents will be given the original agreements . They will receive new updated agreement is anything is written on after such as enrollment date. |
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2019-02-08 | Renewal | 3270.36(b)(5) - HS/GED + 2 yrs | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: There was less than 2 year of child care experience documented and on file for Facility Person #1. Correction Required: An assistant group supervisor shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years experience with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff will be considered an aide until 2500 of documented experience and a HS diploma/ GED is on file. We will make sure we have child care experience clearly documented when required for a staff person's classification. |
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2018-09-20 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a) - Supervised at all times | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: On the afternoon of 8/31/18, Facility Persons #1 and #2 were supervising a mixed age group of 17 preschoolers and young schoolagers. According to staff statements, while Facility Person #1 was talking with a parent at pick-up and Facility Person #2 was working with a small group of children at a table, Facility Person #1 noticed Child #1, a young schoolager, and Child #2, a preschooler, standing behind a shelf, approximately 2 feet in height. The wheeled shelving unit had been turned towards a wall and a large pillow had been placed on the shelf. Facility Person #1 approached the children and saw that Child #2's hand was in the waistband of Child #1. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Children will be supervised at all times. Additional staff member was hired and placed in the room during the higher number time to help ensure supervision is occurring while other staff are meeting with parents during pick up. |
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2018-02-21 | Renewal | 3270.133(3) - Name on bottle | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: There were two unlabeled medications in the preschool room - an ibuprofen and an allergy medication. Correction Required: The label of a medication container shall identify the name of the medication and the name of the child for whom the medication is intended. Medication shall be administered to only the child whose name appears on the container. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) all medicine bottles and boxes will be labeled with the individual child's name. These two medications were labeled with the child's name. |
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2018-02-21 | Renewal | 3270.134(a) - Child's hands washed | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: There were three children that were observed eating snack without washing their hands prior. Correction Required: A staff person shall ensure that a child's hands are washed before meals and snacks, after toileting and after being diapered. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All children in the classroom and those using the cafeteria after school will wash their hands prior to eating. The group that goes to the cafeteria will stop at the bathroom prior to entering the space to use the facilities and wash their hands. |
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2018-02-21 | Renewal | 3270.151(a)/3270.151(c)(2) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Mantoux TB | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: The health assessments for Facility Person #2 and #3 and the TB tests for Facility Persons #1, #2 and #3 were completed after their start dates Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.An adult health assessment must include tuberculosis screening by the Mantoux method at initial employment. Subsequent tuberculosis screening is not required unless directed by a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Health Assessments and TB tests for person #1 was completed and on file on 9/12/17 hire date was 9/11/17. Health Assessments and TB tests for person #2 was completed and on file on 9/11/17 hire date was 8/28/17. Health Assessments and TB tests for person #3 was completed and on file on 9/18/1 hire date was 8/29/17. From here on out facility persons shall have a health assessment and TB test conducted within 12 months before their first day of employment in childcare. |
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2018-02-21 | Renewal | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: There was hand sanitizer in dispensers on the walls in the cafeteria and gym, within reach of 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) hand sanitizer dispensers in all childcare spaces have been made inaccessible to the children in the gym and cafeteria. Plastic shoe boxes have been placed over the dispensers while the childcare children are in the space. |
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2017-02-08 | Renewal | 3270.133(1) - Original container | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: In Classroom 2 an EpiPen was observed to lack it's original container in which it was received. Correction Required: A prescription or nonprescription medication may be accepted only in an original container. The medication shall remain in the container in which it was received. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The original container will be obtained from the parents. In the future director will only accept medications in the original container. |
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2017-02-08 | Renewal | 3270.133(3) - Name on bottle | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: In Classroom 2 a bottle of sunscreen was observed to lack the name of the child for whom it is intended. Correction Required: The label of a medication container shall identify the name of the medication and the name of the child for whom the medication is intended. Medication shall be administered to only the child whose name appears on the container. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The bottle of sunscreen was removed from the child care space. In the future staff will label sunscreens upon receiving them from the parent. |
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2017-02-08 | Renewal | 3270.151(a) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: The staff file for staff person #1 contained a health assessment that was not updated within 24 months of the previously dated health assessment of 7/11/14. Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The staff file for staff person #1 contains an updated health assessment dated 8/4/16. In the future director will ensure all staff obtain updated health assessments within 24 months of the previously dated health assessment. |
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2017-02-08 | Renewal | 3270.181(c) - Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: The child file for child #1 and #2 contained emergency contact information and financial agreement forms that were not reviewed and updated by the parents every 6 months. The dates on the emergency contact information and financial agreement forms for child #1 were 8/24/15 and 3/31/16. The dates on the emergency contact information and financial agreement forms for child #2 were 8/24/15 and 4/1/16. The child file for child #3 and #5 contained a financial agreement form that was not reviewed and updated by the parents every 6 months. The dates on the financial agreement form for child #3 were 8/18/15 and 4/8/16. The dates on the financial agreement form for child #5 were 8/16/15 and 3/30/16. The child file for child #4 contained an emergency contact information form that was not reviewed and updated by the parents every 6 months. The dates on the emergency contact information form for child #4 were 8/11/15 and 4/11/16. Correction Required: A parent is required to review and update the emergency contact information and the financial agreement at least once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All child files contain updated emergency contact information and/or financial agreement forms. In the future director will ensure all emergency contact information and financial agreement forms are reviewed and updated every 6 months by the parents. |
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2017-02-08 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: The staff file for staff person #1 lacked a valid State Police clearance. Only the invoice was on file. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Facility Person #--- may not work in a child care position at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The staff file for staff person #1 contains a valid State Police clearance. In the future director will ensure a valid State Police clearance is on file at all times. |
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