Description: MEGA MINDS CHILD CARE LLC is a Group Child Care Home in PHILADELPHIA PA, with a maximum capacity of 10 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2020-03-09 | Renewal | 3280.123(a)(1) - Amount of fee | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed child 1 and 3 agreement form with no fee amount to be paid. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the amount of the fee to be charged per day or per week. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will update agreement form to list fee amount and have parents sign. In the future provider will review all forms at time of enrollment to ensure they are filled out completely. |
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| 2020-03-09 | Renewal | 3280.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed child 3 emergency contact form with no address for release person. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will have parent update emergency contact form to list release person address and have parents sign. In the future provider will review all forms at time of enrollment to ensure they are filled out completely. |
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| 2020-03-09 | Renewal | 3280.124(f) - Updated every 6 months | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed child 2 and 4 agreement and emergency contact form not updated within the last 6 months. Correction Required: The parent shall update in writing emergency contact information 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.) Provider will have parents update and sign agreement and emergency contact forms. In the future provider will have all emergency contact forms and agreements forms updated at least once in a 6 month period. |
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| 2020-03-09 | Renewal | 3280.26(c) - Training regarding plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed staff 1 file with no emergency plan training, Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff will be trained in emergency plan. IN the future all staff will be trained on emergency plan yearly. |
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| 2020-03-09 | Renewal | 3280.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed chipped tiles on step in childcare space. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will have chipped tikes fixed. In the future floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces will be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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| 2019-10-25 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3280.123(a)(3) - Services proceeded | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed child #1 file with no CSR. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the services to be provided to the family and the child, including the Department's approved form to provide information to the family about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. The operator shall complete and update the form and provide a copy to the family in accordance with the updates regarding emergency contact information at 3280.124(f). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will complete an updated CSR for Child listed. In the future provider will complete CSR in a timely manner up to 6 months from last dated CSR. |
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| 2019-10-25 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3280.26(a)(2) - Evacuation | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed facility with evacuation routes not posted. Evacuation routes was also not with emergency plan. Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for evacuation of children from the facility building and evacuation of children to a location away from the facility premises. The evacuation routes and evacuation plans to exit the building may be the same as those required by 3280.94 (f) and (g) (relating to fire drills). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will add evacuation route to emergency plan and post at facility. In the future provider will leave evacuation routes with emergency plan and have evacuation route posted at all times. |
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| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | 3280.105(a) - Clean, age appropriate | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The cots used as rest equipment for the children were labeled with numbers, but there were no names on the chart to indicate which cot was to be used for each child. Correction Required: Individual, clean, age-appropriate rest equipment shall be provided for preschool, toddler and infant children as agreed between the child's parent and the operator. The rest equipment shall be labeled for the use of a specific child and used only by the specified child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Added the children's names to the cots to ensure each child has an assigned cot. We will always have rest equipment labeled for each infant, toddler and preschooler enrolled. |
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| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | 3280.124(d) - Excursions | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff and the four children in care returned from an excursion. Three emergency contact forms were presented as the ones taken on the excursion. The operator stated the emergency contact form for one of the children in care did not accompany the staff on the excursion. Correction Required: When children leave the facility on walking and riding excursions, emergency contact information specific to each child on the excursion shall accompany a staff person on the excursion. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Moving forward, we will ensure we have the emergency contact forms with the staff for all children present on an excursion. |
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| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | 3280.131(a)(1) - Initial health report for infant dated no more than 3 months | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The only health assessment on file for child #1 was completed more than 60 after her start date. Correction Required: The initial health report for an infant must be dated no more than 3 months prior to the first day of attendance at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Moving forward, we will continue to get health assessments for children within their first 60 days, and will retain them on file. |
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| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | 3280.151(c)(5) - Physician/CRNP assessment | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The health assessment on file for Facility Person #2 indicated the physician did not assess the person to be suitable to provide child care. Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We believe this to be an error, and will have it corrected by the physician. In the future, when a staff person turns in a health assessment, we will make sure the boxes are completed correctly, to say they are suitable to work in child care. |
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| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | 3280.182(1) - Initial and subsequent health assessments | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The only agreement on file for child #1 was dated four months after her first day of attendance. Correction Required: A child's record must contain initial and subsequent health reports. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) In the future, we will make sure we keep the initial agreement on file. |
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| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | 3280.192(5) - Two written references | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: There was only one written nonfamily reference on file for Facility Persons #1 and #2. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We get a second nonfamily written reference for each of these facility persons. In the future, we will make sure that all personnel will come in with the two references. |
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| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | 3280.24(a) - Post the certificate of compliance | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The regulations under which the facility was certified and the phone number for the regional certification office were not posted in a conspicuous location used by parents. Correction Required: The facility's current certificate of compliance and a copy of the applicable regulations under which the facility is certified shall be posted in a conspicuous location used by parents, with instructions for contacting the appropriate regional day care office posted at the same location. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The regulations and the certification office phone number were posted on the parent information board. They will remain posted on or near the parent board. |
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| 2019-06-12 | Renewal | 3280.26(c) - Training regarding plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: There was no documentation of initial emergency plan training on file for Facility Person #1. Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Person #1 will be trained on the emergency plan, and the training will be documented. Every year we will update the training and document |
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