Description: St. Jerome's Head Start in Baltimore City, MD, is a child and family development program that enables children from low-income families to be better prepared when entering kindergarten, thereby improving the likelihood of their success in school and in life. - See more at: http://www.catholiccharities-md.org/children-and-families/head-start/st-jerome/#sthash.TGqdGYS5.dpuf
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-26 | Complaint | 13A.16.06.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed a staff that was hired August 2023 with a Medical Report completed in 2020. This staff transferred to Hamburg from another Catholic Charities site and needs an OCC 1204 Medical Report completed within two year of her hire date at Hamburg. | |||
| 2024-01-26 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03B(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: During a complaint investigation, LS observed a staff member on Tuesday January 23, 2024, restrain a child for over 15 minutes towards the end of the day in Room 1 using their hands and leg. The child bit the teacher after 15 minutes of being restrained. The child's parent disenrolled the child yesterday January 25, 2024. Facility is enrolling this staff in training for child discipline. This staff may not be left alone with children until further notice from the OCC. | |||
| 2024-01-26 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03C(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: During a complaint investigation, LS observed a staff member on Tuesday January 23, 2024, restrain a child for over 15 minutes towards the end of the day in Room 1 using their hands and leg. The child bit the teacher after 15 minutes of being restrained. The child's parent disenrolled the child yesterday January 25, 2024. Facility is enrolling this staff in training for child discipline. This staff may not be left alone with children until further notice from the OCC. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.01 | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed camera footage from January 2, 2024 between 10:51 and 10:53am of a teacher in Room 3 harshly grab a child's arm to direct them to another area, pull a child's collar until they were on their tippy toes, and quickly shifted a chair a child was sitting in causing him to fall on the ground. This same teacher then hit the child twice on the shoulder with a plastic child's measuring tape while they were on the ground. This staff was placed on administrative leave the same day of the incident (January 2, 2024). | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03B(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed camera footage from January 2, 2024 between 10:51 and 10:53am of a teacher in Room 3 harshly grab a child's arm to direct them to another area, pull a child's collar until they were on their tippy toes, and quickly shifted a chair a child was sitting in causing him to fall on the ground. This same teacher then hit the child twice on the shoulder with a plastic child's measuring tape while they were on the ground. This staff was placed on administrative leave the same day of the incident (January 2, 2024). | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03C(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed camera footage from January 2, 2024 between 10:51 and 10:53am of a teacher in Room 3 harshly grab a child's arm to direct them to another area, pull a child's collar until they were on their tippy toes, and quickly shifted a chair a child was sitting in causing him to fall on the ground. This same teacher then hit the child twice on the shoulder with a plastic child's measuring tape while they were on the ground. This staff was placed on administrative leave the same day of the incident (January 2, 2024). | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed camera footage from January 2, 2024 between 10:51 and 10:53am of a teacher in Room 3 harshly grab a child's arm to direct them to another area, pull a child's collar until they were on their tippy toes, and quickly shifted a chair a child was sitting in causing him to fall on the ground. This same teacher then hit the child twice on the shoulder with a plastic child's measuring tape while they were on the ground. This staff was placed on administrative leave the same day of the incident (January 2, 2024). | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed camera footage from January 2, 2024 between 10:51 and 10:53am of a teacher in Room 3 harshly grab a child's arm to direct them to another area, pull a child's collar until they were on their tippy toes, and quickly shifted a chair a child was sitting in causing him to fall on the ground. This same teacher then hit the child twice on the shoulder with a plastic child's measuring tape while they were on the ground. The other teacher's back was turned to what was going on for the two minutes. She was engaged with other children, but was not positioned in a way that would allow her to adequately supervise the children in the classroom. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed a staff not on the Facility's associated parties list present during the inspection. LS did not receive an OCC 1203 Personnel List hiring this staff nor an OCC 1260 Release of Information to add her to Hamburg Street. Facility is reminded that staff can only be approved for one position. This staff is a teacher at another site but is working as a Substitute at Hamburg today. | |||
| 2023-01-23 | Full | 13A.16.03.05C | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist was not able to observe all the required items in the Director's staff record during the inspection. Facility must send the Licensing Specialist an original notarized Release of Information, a Medical Report completed within the past two years, and Staff Orientation for the Hamburg Facility via email. | |||
| 2023-01-23 | Full | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist did not receive an original notarized Release of Information form for the Director. Facility is reminded that an original notarized Release of Information must be sent to the OCC within five (5) days of hiring a new staff. The Facility must send an original notarized Release of Information to the Licensing Specialist for the Director. | |||
| 2023-01-23 | Full | 13A.16.05.05C(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed paint in disrepair in: room 1 bathroom, room 1 on the left facing wall when you walk into the classroom; room 3 bathroom; and the hallway leading to both rooms on the left. Facility must have an accredited visual inspector conduct a lead dust test and send the results to the Licensing Specialist via email. | |||
| 2023-01-23 | Full | 13A.16.05.12D | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist did not observe a gate at the bottom of the black steps in the outdoor play area. Facility must submit photographic evidence of the steps in the outdoor play area made inaccessible to children to Licensing Specialist via email. | |||
| 2022-01-24 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2021-02-25 | Full | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
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