Description: SMALL STEPS FOR LITTLE WONDERS INC is a Child Care Center in PITTSBURGH PA, with a maximum capacity of 94 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.103 - Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The top thin vinyl surface of a mat was peeling in the toddler room causing a hazard to children that are still placing objects in their mouths. Correction Required: 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.) Facility covered surfaces that contained peeling and removable parts of the thin vinyl mat in toddler room. Facility person covered the mat with tape. The toddler tumble mat no longer has peeling and removable parts accessible to children still placing objects in their mouths. Facility staff shall always keep peeling and removable parts covered. Eventually, the operator will replace the tumble mat with a new one. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.107 - Refrigerator | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The thermometer in the refrigerator in toddler 1 was an oven thermometer and only displayed a temperature starting at 100 degrees F. The refrigerator in Infant 3 did not contain a thermometer. Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45 F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The operator replaced the oven thermometer in toddler 1 and infant 3 room with a refrigerator thermometer. The operator shall keep an operating thermometer in all refrigerators used for childcare purposes, at the facility. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.124(e) - Written emergency plan posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Toddler 1 room did not have a written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency medical care and staffing provisions displayed in the classroom. The written plan was posted at the time of the inspection. Correction Required: A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility person posted a written plan for transporting children in the event of an emergency in the toddler classroom. The operator shall keep a written plan for transporting children in the event of an emergency, always posted in classrooms. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.27(c) - Training regarding plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file of facility person #1 and 3 did not have documentation of current emergency plan training. The file of facility person #4, with a start date of 8/3/2020, did not contain documentation of initial emergency plan training at initial hire. 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 and kept on file at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person(s) 1 and 3 and 4 received their annual training regarding the facilities emergency plan. The operator documented the training and put documentation in facility person(s) 1 and 3 file. Operator shall provide annual training to the staff, regarding the emergency plan moving forward. The operator shall keep annual training on file at the facility. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.32(a) - Comply with CPSL | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The current DHS FBI clearance of facility person #1 was dated 4/4/2020 and the previous was dated 4/10/2014 exceeding 60 months and their PA state police clearance, dated 3/24/2015, and child abuse clearance, dated 4/13/2015, did not have documentation of updates within 60 months. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). Facility Person # 1 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 Operator removed staff person 1 from the facility until her clearances and mandated reporter were updated. Staff person 1 PA State and Child Abuse clearances were updated on 9-2-20. Staff person also returned to the facility on 9-9-2020. The operator shall update all staff person(s) clearances within 60 months. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.34(a)(6) - Staff evaluations | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The last written evaluation of facility person #1 was dated 3/4/2019, facility person #2 was dated 4/2/2019 and facility person #3 was dated 7/2/2018, lacking an evaluation annually. Correction Required: A director is responsible for written evaluation of staff persons on a regular basis, a minimum of one evaluation every 12 months. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The operator provided written evaluations of facility person(s) 1,2, and 3. The operator put updated documentation in their files, kept at the facility. Moving forward the operator shall perform written evaluations annually. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the yellow restroom on the second floor, a basket containing hand sanitizer labeled "keep out of the reach of children," a spray bottle labeled "bleach water,: and in a child's bin, Petroleum Jelly labeled "keep out of the reach of children," were accessible to children. In the school age room, hand sanitizer was accessible to chldren on the desk. The items were moved at the time of the inspection and made inaccessible to 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.) Facility person removed cleaning materials and other toxic materials out of the yellow restroom, located on the second floor. All facility staff shall keep these items in an area inaccessible to children. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.75(c) - Has all items | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The first aid kit in Infant 1 did not contain tape. Tape was added at the time of the inspection. Correction Required: A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility person added tape in the infant room 1 first aid kit. First aid kit in the infant 1 room contains all necessary items. All facility staff shall always keep necessary items in the first aid kits at the facility. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the school-age room, a wall plate behind the desk was pulling out from the wall. 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.) The operator fixed the wall plate behind the desk located in the school age room. The operator replaced the wall plate with a new fixture that now sits flush up against the wall. The operator shall keep floors, walls, ceilings, and other surfaces in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.82(h) - Handwashing signs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: In the Infant 4 room, a handwashing sign was not present at the diaper changing table. The handwashing sign was posted at the time of the inspection. Correction Required: A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility person posted a handwashing sign at the diaper changing table in infant 4 room. The operator shall post handwashing signs at each toilet, training chair, diapering area, and sink. Handwashing signs shall always be posted moving forward. |
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| 2020-06-23 | Renewal | 3270.91(a) - Stairs, exits, etc. unobstructed | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: An exit in the older toddler room was blocked by a shelf and mat, an exit in the young toddler classroom was blocked by a play tool bench and an exit in the school age room was blocked by a desk. The furniture and tool bench were moved at the time of the inspection and the exits were unobstructed. Correction Required: Stairways, hallways, exits from rooms, exits from the facility and other means of egress serving as an exit shall be unobstructed. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility person moved classroom toys and the teacher desk out of the way of exits from rooms. All facility staff shall keep all exits unblocked and free of furniture and toys. |
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| 2019-05-14 | Renewal | 3270.103 - Small Toys and Objects | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The toddler 2 classroom contained foam puzzle pieces with teeth marks accessible to children still placing objects in their mouths. Correction Required: 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.) Operator removed foam puzzle pieces from toddler classroom. Operator shall keep objects such as plastic bags and styrofoam out of the classrooms with children still placing objects in their mouths. Operator shall check regularly to assure these objects are not in certain classrooms and not accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths. |
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| 2019-05-14 | Renewal | 3270.104(a) - Clean, good repair, proper size | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The backing was coming off a shelf in the school-age 1 classroom and had some splintering wood exposed. 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.) Operator temporarily placed electrical tape over splintering wood exposed. Operator shall replace entire shelf in the school age classroom soon. Operator shall keep furniture safe and clean at the facility daily. |
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| 2019-05-14 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(1)/3270.123(a)(2) - Amount of fee/Date fee to be paid | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file of child #2 contained a financial agreement which did not specify the amount of the fee to be charged per day or week or the date on which the fee is to be paid. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the amount of the fee to be charged per day or per week. An agreement shall specify the date on which the fee is to be paid. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Operator inserted fee amount to be paid in child 2's file. Operator shall review children files carefully, and include all appropriate information, dates, and fees for the financial agreement during initial enrollment. |
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| 2019-05-14 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file of child #5 contained an emergency contact form which did not contain the addresses of the release persons designated by the parent to whom the child 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.) Operator obtained appropriate signatures by the parent of child 5. Child 5 file contains addresses of release persons designated by the parent. Operator will review child records carefully at initial enrollment and at least every 6 months to assure child records are correctly completely filled out. |
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Has a lack of communication and respect for the workers staffed by an outside agency. Falsified information and records provided to the state. Lack of honesty and integrity. Not the cleanest establishment. Primary focus is drama and not the children. High turnover rate for employees. The owner is never present yet, speaks to the employees as if she is present and aware.
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