Mi Casita Preschool
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- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| 2026-03-27 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) - HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) Description: HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the file for staff members #3 hired as assistant group supervisors; contained either an international educational degree or diploma but did not include a credential evaluation document reflecting the educational equivalency of the international degree or diploma to the U.S. Department of Education standards. Correction Required: An assistant group supervisor shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years experience with children. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will assist staff member #3 with requesting an international education evaluation by directing the individuals to the Pennsylvania Keys website to apply for an evaluation. Staff members must have a PA Keys PD Registry ID to begin to apply for the free international education evaluation process on the PA Keys website. Once received, the international education evaluation for staff members #3 and #5 must at least confirm completion of a high school education based on U.S Department of Education standards to qualify as an assistant group supervisor. The director will ensure the staff members have the necessary verification education qualifications for their position. The required educational qualifications will be submitted by the staffers and maintained in the facility files. |
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| 2026-02-19 | Renewal | 3270.133(1)/3270.133(5) - Original container/Original label | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.133(1)/3270.133(5) Description: Original container/Original label Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the prescription medication for child #1 was not in the original box with the original label that included the name of whom the prescription was intended for and the health professional instructions. 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. Medication shall be stored in accordance with the manufacturer's or health professional's instructions on the original label. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The violation was corrected on-site during the inspection. The director contacted the parent of the child to request the original container with the original prescription label, and the parent delivered it to the facility prior to the end of the inspection. |
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| 2026-02-19 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the file for staff member #1 contained an FBI clearance which was not the required FBI clearance requested under the DHS. As well, the file for staff member #4, who lived outside of PA within the last five years, did not include the clearances for the state previously lived. Also, the file for staff member #5 contained an NSOR certificate no longer valid under the CPSL, due to being over 5 years old (60 months) Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Facility Person # -- may not work in a child care position at the facility. PROVISIONAL HIRE UNSUPERVISED: A provisional employee may not be permitted to work alone with children and must work within the vicinity of a permanent employee. 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.) Staff member #1, #4, and #5 will not work in a child care position at the facility until the required clearance(s) have been submitted to the facility. Staff member #1 must submit a DHS FBI clearance for the purpose of child care services by using the correct service code which is 1KG738. Staff member #4 must submit the child abuse clearance, the state police criminal history clearance and if applicable the sex offender registry clearance for the other state beside Pennsylvania which the individual has lived in within the last five years. Staff member #5 must a NSOR certificate dated no more than 60 months from the date of issuance. The director will ensure the clearances required under the CPSL for staff members #1, #4 and #5 are submitted and maintained in the facility's files, before they can work in a child care position at the facility. |
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| 2026-02-19 | Renewal | 3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) - HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) Description: HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the file for staff members #3 hired as assistant group supervisors; contained either an international educational degree or diploma but did not include a credential evaluation document reflecting the educational equivalency of the international degree or diploma to the U.S. Department of Education standards. Correction Required: An assistant group supervisor shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years experience with children. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will assist staff member #3 with requesting an international education evaluation by directing the individuals to the Pennsylvania Keys website to apply for an evaluation. Staff members must have a PA Keys PD Registry ID to begin to apply for the free international education evaluation process on the PA Keys website. Once received, the international education evaluation for staff members #3 and #5 must at least confirm completion of a high school education based on U.S Department of Education standards to qualify as an assistant group supervisor. The director will ensure the staff members have the necessary verification education qualifications for their position. The required educational qualifications will be submitted by the staffers and maintained in the facility files. |
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| 2026-02-19 | Renewal | 3270.37(b)(3) - 8th grade + 2 yrs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.37(b)(3) Description: 8th grade + 2 yrs Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the file for staff member #2, hired as an aide: contained an international diploma but it did not include a credential evaluation reflecting the educational equivalency of the international diploma to the U.S. Department of Education standards. Correction Required: An aide shall have a minimum of an 8th grade education and 2 years of experience with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will assist staff member #2 with requesting an international education evaluation by directing the individual to the Pennsylvania Keys website to apply for an evaluation. Staff member #2 must have a PA Keys PD Registry ID to begin to apply for the free international education evaluation process on the PA Keys website. Once received, the international education evaluation for staff member #2 must at least verify a minimum of an 8th grade education based on U.S Department of Education standards to qualify as an aide. The director will ensure the staff member has the necessary verification of the required education qualifications for the position. The credential evaluation document for the staffer's international diploma will be submitted and maintained in the individual's facility file. |
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| 2026-02-19 | Renewal | 3270.76/3270.77(a) - Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76/3270.77(a) Description: Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, damaged, chipped paint was observed in the empty Violeta classroom. 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. Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will ensure that the chipped paint in the classroom is repaired to good condition. The chipped or damaged paint will no longer be present in the classroom. |
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| 2025-02-05 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(4)/3270.182(5) - Written consent/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(4)/3270.182(5) Description: Written consent/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the emergency contact form for child #1, child#2, child#3, and child #4 did not contain written signed parental consent for emergency medical care and consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility person. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the written consent signed by a parent for emergency medical care. A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Written consent is required prior to admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will contact the parents of the children listed to obtain their signatures on the emergency contact form for consent of emergency medical treatment and minor first-aid procedures by a facility person. Each child's emergency contact information will include the written consent signed by the parent for emergency medical care and administration of minor first-aid procedures by a facility person. |
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| 2025-02-05 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7) Description: Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the emergency contact information for child #1 did not include the phone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom they may be released. 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.) The director will contact the parent of the child listed to have them updated the emergency contact information for their child with the phone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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| 2025-02-05 | Renewal | 3270.14 - Pertinent Laws & Regulations | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.14 Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the facility's emergency plans did not identify each facility person's role during an emergency situation. Also, the emergency plan did not include the facility's continuity of operations plan describing how the facility will manage during the aftermath of a disaster. Correction Required: A facility shall be operated in conformity with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.State agencies whose regulations may relate to the operation of a facility include the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will edit the emergency plan to include all facility persons in the emergency plan. Each facility person's role in the emergency plan will be consistent with their current qualifications and responsibilities. Also, the plan will be edited to include a section related to continuity of operations which may include, backing up or retrieving health and other key records/files and managing financial issues such as paying employees and bills during the aftermath of the disaster |
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| 2025-02-05 | Renewal | 3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) - HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.36(b)(5)/3270.192(2)(ii) Description: HS/GED + 2 yrs/Exp, educ., training prior to facility Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the file for staff member #1 did not include verification of completing high school or secondary education. The file for staff member #1 contained a bachelor's degree from an institution in Colombia, South America that had not been evaluated to determine its equivalency to U.S. Department of Education standards. Correction Required: An assistant group supervisor shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years experience with children. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will request that staff member #1 immediately submit verification of completing a secondary level of education from Colombia, South America. Staff member #1will submit the verification of education necessary to qualify for the position of an assistant group supervisor. Once submitted, staff member #1's secondary education certificate/ diploma will be translated to English. In order to consider staff member #1's bachelor's degree from Colombia, South America as verification of education it must be evaluated by a professional evaluating agency to determine if it is equivalent to U.S. Department of Education standards. |
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| 2024-01-30 | Renewal | 3270.104(a) - Clean, good repair, proper size | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.104(a) Description: Clean, good repair, proper size Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, a damaged child's sized table was observed in classroom 105. Correction Required: Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child's size, age and special needs. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will ensure the table is repaired to good condition or discard and replace the table with something that's not damaged. |
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| 2024-01-30 | Renewal | 3270.106(f) - 2 feet apart | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.106(f) Description: 2 feet apart Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, sleeping children were observed on rest equipment which was situated less than the required 2 feet of space apart from each other, on at least three sides. Correction Required: At least 2 feet of space is required on three sides of a bed, cot, crib or other rest equipment while the equipment is in use. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff members will begin ensuring that sleep equipment, when in use by kids; is at least 2 feet apart from another child, on at least three side. The director will ask staff to develop a visual aid, i.e. Cot Chart; showing how the sleep equipment is set-up during naptime to ensure 2 feet of space on at least side of each child's sleep equipment. |
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| 2024-01-30 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(3) - Services proceeded | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.123(a)(3) Description: Services proceeded Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the files for children #1, #2, #3, #4 and #9 did not include Child Service Reports which are required to inform parents of their child's growth/development every 6 months. The Child Service Report document must have the parent's signature. to verify they have received the information, at least every six months. Correction Required: 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 in § 3270.124(f) (relating to emergency contact information). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff will complete Child Service Reports for the children listed and share the information with their parents to obtain their signatures. The director and staff will The staff will complete Child Service Reports for the children listed and share the information with their parents to obtain their signatures. The staff will ensure the Department's approved form is completed every 6 months for all enrolled children to provide information to the family about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. The operator will ensure compliance with the regulation. |
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| 2024-01-30 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)/3270.123(a)(3) - Signed /Services proceeded | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.123(a)/3270.123(a)(3) Description: Signed /Services proceeded Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the agreement form for child #5 did not indicate the services being provided to the child/family and did not include the operator/ director's signature. Correction Required: An agreement shall be signed by the operator and the parent. 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 in § 3270.124(f) (relating to emergency contact information). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The agreement form for child #5 will be corrected to include the services the facility will provide to the child/ family and the director will sign the form as the operator's representative. The director will also ensure any missing information on child' #5's agreement form will be filled in and maintained in the facility's files. |
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| 2024-01-30 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(6) - Insurance coverage information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(6) Description: Insurance coverage information Noncompliance Area: At the time of inspection, the health insurance policy number had not been included on the emergency contact form for child #7 #8, #9 and #10 Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include health insurance coverage and policy number for a child under a family policy or Medical Assistance benefits, if applicable. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The director will contact the parents of the children listed to obtain the missing health insurance information. The health insurance policy name and number will be added to the file for children listed. |
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