Description: Smith, Kawanda is a Registered Family Child Care Home in Lusby MD, with a maximum capacity of 8 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 0-23 Months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 12 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: These emergency forms need the following: KC, MB - updated; VD, PD - authorized pick up person added. Send copies to LS. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.05.04B(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: The gate at the top of the stairs was not in place upon arrival. All children in care today were under 5. Provider is reminded the stairs are to be kept inaccessible to children under 5. *Gate was put in place during inspection; this is corrected. | |||
| 2022-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.10.02 | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed bleach and other sprays in the hallway bathroom cabinet. These items are potentially hazardous to children and should be relocated or a latch should be added to the cabinet. *Items were removed during inspection and this is corrected. | |||
| 2021-03-25 | Full | 13A.15.03.03F | Corrected |
| Findings: Provider did not conduct fire drills for at least 4 months and only conducted one emergency drill last year; therefore there is no record of date/time for required fire/disaster drills. Provider has conducted a disaster drill this year and it was recorded. Provider is reminded to record date and time of each required fire/disaster drill. Send copy of record log to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2021-03-25 | Full | 13A.15.06.02D(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Provider's 1st Aid and CPR expired in April 2020. Provider completed a current course in March 2021, so this has been corrected. | |||
| 2021-03-25 | Full | 13A.15.10.01A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Provider did not conduct fire drills for approximately 4 months and only conducted 1 emergency/disaster drill last year. Provider is reminded fire drills are to be conducted at least once per month and emergency/disaster drills are to be conducted twice per year. Please send evidence that fire and emergency/disaster drills have been conducted. | |||
| 2021-03-25 | Full | 13A.15.10.02 | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed hand sanitizer, air sanitizer, and disinfectant wipes on the TV stand in the child care area. All of these items were low enough to be accessible to children. All potentially hazardous items are to be kept inaccessible to children. Provider relocated these items to an inaccessible location during inspection; therefore this has been corrected. | |||
| 2020-06-23 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2020-06-04 | Other | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2019-03-26 | Full | 13A.15.03.03F | Corrected |
| Findings: The fire drills and emergency disaster drills were not recorded as required. The Licensing Specialist reviewed the recording requirements for each type of drill with the provider. A partial drill record was observed during the inspection. The provider states the drills were completed. The provider also stated she understands this practice needs to be implemented immediately. | |||
| 2019-03-26 | Full | 13A.15.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: Please have the parent of one of the 2 yr. old children provide an updated copy of her child's immunization record. Please send a copy of the updated record to the Office within 30 days of today's inspection. The provider knows which parent needs to submit the updated immunization record. | |||
| 2018-03-28 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: One emergency card was missing the emergency pick up person listed. | |||
| 2018-03-28 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.05.03B | Corrected |
| Findings: No paper towels in the bathroom. Please add paper towels to bathroom. | |||
| 2018-03-28 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.05.03C | Corrected |
| Findings: Indoor trash was in garbage bag, but had not been placed in refuse disposal container. | |||
| 2018-03-28 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.05.03E(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: Child was diapered on diapering pad with no absorbent material on top of waterproof changing pad. The diaper changing pad was on the couch. Diapers to be changed on diapering table with restraining straps or a changing pad on floor or a waterproof covering on the floor. Please send statement about how the diapers will be changed. | |||
If you are a provider and you believe any information is incorrect, please contact us. We will research your concern and make corrections accordingly.
Be the first to review this childcare provider. Write a review about Smith, Kawanda. Let other families know what’s great, or what could be improved. Please read our brief review guidelines to make your review as helpful as possible.
