Description: Rainbow's End Learning Center, Inc. is a child care center with locations in Washington, PA and Waynesburg, PA. We provide a safe, well-supervised learning environment for children of all abilities in a day care setting, and currently have an enrollment of 145 children.
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| 2019-10-23 | Renewal | 3270.102(a)/3270.103 - Clean and good repair/Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: A split seam was observed on the cushion of a blue chair in the toddler room resulting in the inner foam filling being accessible to children. A plastic xylophone with a broken, sharp edge was observed in the toddler room. Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts. Toys and objects with a diameter of less than 1 inch, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch, plastic bags and styrofoam objects may not be accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff immediately taped the seam and xylophone to maintain safety within the classroom. Staff have been retrained and instructed to inspect toys and play equipment daily to maintain safety. The director will also do spot checks to make sure toys and equipment are maintained. |
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| 2019-10-23 | Renewal | 3270.106(a) - Clean, age appropriate | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At approximately 9:45 AM, 2 infants were observed sleeping directly on the floor without labeled rest equipment. At proximately 1 PM a young toddler was observed sleeping on the cushion of the Sea Shell Nook (a soft area in the room) without labeled rest equipment. 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.) Children who sleep in the front of the Infant room will now have labeled rest equipment. Cots have been utilized since the day of violation, and new were ordered and delivered for the classroom on 10/30/19. These new cots will stay within the classroom for naptime usage from here out. All children are now sleeping on rest equipment and parents were notified and agree for the nap cots to be used. The director will make spot inspections to the classroom to maintain rest equipment is being used per regulations. |
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| 2019-10-23 | Renewal | 3270.106(f) - 2 feet apart | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: A child in the 4 year old room was observed sleeping on a mat which lacked 2 feet of space on 3 sides. The sides were blocked by shelves and other equipment. 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.) Staff member was retrained on regulations and has since moved her furniture at naptime in order to keep all children on mats that have 2 feet of space on 3 sides of the mat at all times. All staff were also retrained as a reminder and director will maintain spot checks to make certain all children are napping with space required on all 3 sides of nap mats. |
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| 2019-10-23 | Renewal | 3270.131(e)(1) - Exemption documentation from parent/guardian | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The files for children #1 and #2 contained immunization records which lacked documentation of receiving the influenza vaccine within the past 12 months. Correction Required: The facility shall require the parent to provide updated written verification from a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department of ongoing vaccines administered to an infant, toddler or preschool child in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Both parents were notified that the documentation was required for DHS inspection. Child 1- mom stated she had not had time to take him and has since scheduled an appointment for November 14, 2019. She will then bring us the documentation to turn in the next day to the state. Child 2- mom stated child had flu shot 10/22/19 and would bring the information. Shed has been given until November 4, 2019 to turn the form in or child will be excluded. Going forward any parent who states they will turn in the flu shot on the form will be noted and staff will do follow up until the documentation is turned in and filed with children's Health assessment forms. |
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| 2019-10-23 | Renewal | 3270.133(7)(i) - Name of medication | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: A medication log for child #3 did not include the name of the medication. Correction Required: A medication log shall include the name of the medication. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All med logs will be reviewed when filled out by a parent for completeness before medicine may be administered. Staff will not administer medicine to any child if the log does not have all information filled out. This parent came in the same day and added the name of the medication. All staff were verbally retrained the day of inspection and an email was sent out November 1, 2019 as a reminder that medication logs must have the name of medicine and be filled out in entirety. Director will do a monthly spot check to make sure all staff are following procedure. |
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| 2019-10-23 | Renewal | 3270.74 - Emergency Numbers Posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The required emergency telephone numbers were not posted at the telephone in the pre-k counts classroom. Correction Required: The telephone number of the nearest hospital, police department, fire department, ambulance and poison control center shall be posted by each telephone in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The required telephone numbers were immediately posted and staff were retrained that the numbers must stay by all phones at all times. Staff have been directed to notify director immediately if a posting with emergency numbers is missing. |
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| 2018-12-14 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.119 - Infant sleep position | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 12/14/2018 at approximately 10:38 a.m. child #1 was observed to be napping in an infant car seat still strapped in and with a coat on. The child napping in the infant car seat is not in accordance with the sleeping position recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Documentation showed that child #1 was dropped off at 10:35 a.m. . At approximately 10:40 a.m. When staff person #2 arrived in the classroom to satisfy staff:child ratio, child #1 was taken out of the infant car seat. Correction Required: Infants shall be placed in the sleeping position recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics unless there is a medical reason an infant should not sleep in this position. The medical reason shall be documented in a statement signed by a physician, physician's assistant or CRNP and placed in the child's record at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) No child will be left in a car seat sleeping at any time including drop off. Staff have been instructed and were retrained by the director on Safe sleeping positions as recommended by The American Academy of Pediatrics. A Safe sleep posting was put up within the classroom. |
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| 2018-12-14 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.52 - Mixed Age Level | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On 12/14/2018, from approximately 10:38 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. staff person #1 was observed to be caring for a group 6 children consisting of 2 younger toddler aged children and 4 infant aged children. At approximately 10:40 a.m. staff person #2 arrived back in the room and satisfied staff:child ratio requirements. Correction Required: When children are grouped in mixed age levels, the age of the youngest child in the group determines the staff:child ratio and maximum group size in accordance with the requirements in 3270.51 (relating to similar age level). The required staff:child ratios must be maintained at all times. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All Staff have been directed that when they need to leave the room to go to the restroom, even when another staff is available, they will call the cook or Director, who are not already in ratio ,to cover their children in care. This will maintain ratio at all times as required by the state. |
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| 2018-12-14 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: A large shopping cart full of rock salt was observed to be placed directly outside of the entrance of the child care facility. This is accessible to the children in care as they enter and exit the child care facility and as they walk to the facility's outdoor play space. 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.) Rock salt was removed from the entrance of the building. Rock Salt will be stored in the Maintenance room from here on out and Maintenance has been directed if they need to keep rock salt outside in our area it must be in a locked storage container that is not accessible to children. For now it will be kept in the Maintenance room where children are not allowed to enter. |
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| 2018-10-03 | Renewal | 3270.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The water table located in the toddler area of the outdoor play space was observed to be cracked along the edges exposing the children in care to rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points. Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The water table was immediately thrown away and any new tables will be monitored for any cracks or issues that may be unsafe and removed to avoid harm. |
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| 2018-09-18 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a) - Supervised at all times | Non Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was disclosed by staff person's #1 and #2 that on 9/14/2018, child #1 was left in the outdoor play space without the presence of a staff person for approximately 15-20 minutes. During this time staff did not know of the whereabouts 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. Children must be supervised at all times. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All staff have been required to start using a notecard system for children in attendance. Daily as each child arrives they get their card with their name and take it directly to a staff member who then puts in on their lanyard around their neck. Then the child is checked off on the supervision checklist. Staff do not remove the cards unless they leave the area and another staff then takes over and reviews the children they are in charge of. AT days end the staff member gives the child their card and it goes back to the assigned area with the parent as they leave the center. Staff use this card system daily, all day and check against their cards with the children in an eye to child system anytime staff and children move from area to area. The staff were both suspended without pay and required to take 2 supervision trainings on Better Kid Care upon their first day back in ratio. Staff are monitored by the center director and one another for compliance with the notecard system and have adapted well. All staff at the center are registered and were mandated by the center director to take a Supervision Training with Darlene Sansone that is scheduled for December 4, 2018. Staff are also still required to use Supervision checklists and count as another method on top of the card system to be certain they are in ratio and all children are accounted for at all times. This was our method in the past, but due to this serious deficiency we now use the card system as well. This card system went into order the week following the supervision incident. This all became policy and used 100% at staff meeting 9/26/18. |
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| 2018-09-18 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Non Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was disclosed by staff person's #1 and #2 that on 9/14/2018, child #1 was left in the outdoor play space without the presence of a staff person for approximately 15-20 minutes. During this time staff did not know of the whereabouts of child #1. 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.) All staff have been required to start using a notecard system for children in attendance. Daily as each child arrives they get their card with their name and take it directly to a staff member who then puts in on their lanyard around their neck. Then the child is checked off on the supervision checklist. Staff do not remove the cards unless they leave the area and another staff then takes over and reviews the children they are in charge of. AT days end the staff member gives the child their card and it goes back to the assigned area with the parent as they leave the center. Staff use this card system daily, all day and check against their cards with the children in an eye to child system anytime staff and children move from area to area. The staff were both suspended without pay and required to take 2 supervision trainings on Better Kid Care upon their first day back in ratio. Staff are monitored by the center director and one another for compliance with the notecard system and have adapted well. All staff at the center are registered and were mandated by the center director to take a Supervision Training with Darlene Sansone that is scheduled for December 4, 2018. Staff are also still required to use Supervision checklists and count as another method on top of the card system to be certain they are in ratio and all children are accounted for at all times. This was our method in the past, but due to this serious deficiency we now use the card system as well. This card system went into order the week following the supervision incident. This all became policy and used 100% at staff meeting 9/26/18. |
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| 2018-09-18 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.51 - Similar Age Level | Non Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: It was disclosed by staff person's #1 and #2 that on 9/14/2018, child #1 was left in the outdoor play space without the presence of a staff person for approximately 15-20 minutes. During this time staff did not know of the whereabouts of child #1. Correction Required: When children are grouped in similar age levels, the following maximum child group sizes and ratios of staff persons apply: Infants 1:4 with a maximum group size of 8; Young toddlers 1:5 with a maximum group size of 10; Older toddlers 1:6 with a maximum group size of 12; Preschool children 1:10 with a maximum group size of 20; Young school-age children 1:12 with a maximum group size of 24; Older school-age children 1:15 with a maximum group size of 30. The required staff:child ratios must be maintained at all times. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) All staff have been required to start using a notecard system for children in attendance. Daily as each child arrives they get their card with their name and take it directly to a staff member who then puts in on their lanyard around their neck. Then the child is checked off on the supervision checklist. Staff do not remove the cards unless they leave the area and another staff then takes over and reviews the children they are in charge of. AT days end the staff member gives the child their card and it goes back to the assigned area with the parent as they leave the center. Staff use this card system daily, all day and check against their cards with the children in an eye to child system anytime staff and children move from area to area. The staff were both suspended without pay and required to take 2 supervision trainings on Better Kid Care upon their first day back in ratio. Staff are monitored by the center director and one another for compliance with the notecard system and have adapted well. All staff at the center are registered and were mandated by the center director to take a Supervision Training with Darlene Sansone that is scheduled for December 4, 2018. Staff are also still required to use Supervision checklists and count as another method on top of the card system to be certain they are in ratio and all children are accounted for at all times. This was our method in the past, but due to this serious deficiency we now use the card system as well. This card system went into order the week following the supervision incident. Director reviewed supervision with all staff and it is now required at all monthly staff meetings to be reviewed as well as ratio for mixed age groups. This all became policy and used 100% at staff meeting 9/26/18. |
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| 2018-05-10 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.25(a) - Post the certificate of compliance | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The facility's current certificate of compliance was observed not to have been posted at the time of inspection. 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.) Current certificate was posted on the wall outside the 4 year classroom, copy of regulations was already posted on parent board. |
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| 2018-05-10 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.68(b) - No cigarette butts | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Multiple cigarette butts were observed in each of the outdoor play spaces. Correction Required: Ashes and cigarette or cigar butts are prohibited in a child care space, a play space or a food preparation area. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Ashes and butts were cleaned from grounds and playground. Staff will monitor daily when using the playground as will maintenance. Posted a sign on entrance way and letter sent to parents about proper butt disposal and no smoking. |
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