Description: Daycare is provided year round for infants, toddlers, preschool, and school age children
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.
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| 2020-03-06 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.32(a) - Comply with CPSL | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file of facility person #1, hired 08/27/2019, does not contain completed FBI fingerprint information required under the CPSL for provisional hiring under the CPSL. Facility person # 1 , a provisional employee, was observed in the toddler room working alone with children and was not in the vicinity of a permanent employee. 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.) New staff are required to have their background checks and clearances on file before they can g=begin working. A policy has been established that twice a year the pastor, director and administrator must review all personnel files to verify that all employee background checks and clearances ore current. |
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| 2020-03-06 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.61(h) - Measurement and use of indoor child care space | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The facility admitted that the preschool room exceeded the capacity of 14 by one child for the entirety of a day in December 2019 Correction Required: The capacity established for an indoor space may not be exceeded. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Greater emphasis will be placed upon improving lines of communication between the director and staff to ensure room capacities are not exceeded. Room capacities are posted in all rooms. |
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| 2019-12-06 | Renewal | 3270.131(d)(5) - Immunization record | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Children's files were reviewed, child #1 does not have an updated record of immunization on file. Correction Required: A health report shall include a review of the child's immunized status according to recommendations of the ACIP. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Parent's will receive a letter reminding them of the need to update the child's immunization record with a date of completion required. Moving forward we are implementing a new software system that will help us keep better records of who needs what and when that will automatically generate a notification to parents when information needs updating. |
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| 2019-12-06 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed the bolts near the gate of the fence around the outdoor play space to be protruding presenting a danger to the children. 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 observed protruding bolts will be shortened to remove the hazard for the children. If this can not be done by the correction date due to weather, the alternate access for the play space will be used , until the corrections have been made. |
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| 2019-12-06 | Renewal | 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: 1. Observed paint to be chipping on the door-frame located within the courtyard play space. 2. Observed paint to be chipping on the small wooden bridge leading to the outdoor play space. Correction Required: 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.) Observed peeling paint will be sanded or covered. If the peeling paint can not be sanded or covered by the correction date due to weather, the courtyard play space will not be used and/or the alternate access to the play space will be used instead of the bridge with the peeling paint until the corrections can be made. The areas will be painted or water sealed in the spring when the weather is appropriate. |
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| 2018-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.131(a) - Within 60 days | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Children's files were reviewed, child #1 did not have an initial health assessment on file. Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent of an enrolled child, including a child, a foster child and a relative of an operator or a facility person, to provide an initial health report no later than 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Parents will provide a copy of the child's health record before 12/31/18 or will not be able to receive care until the report is submitted. Records will be reviewed monthly and notices for initial or updated health assessments will be sent in order to maintain health records for all children. |
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| 2018-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.133(4) - Locked | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed the child safety latch not to be functioning properly in the toddler room. Medication stored in the cupboard with the broken child safety latch were accessible to children receiving care in the space. Correction Required: Medication shall be stored in a locked area of the facility or in an area that is out of the reach of children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director will purchase new child safety lock and install in cabinet to replace old lock. Safety lock and latches will be checked monthly during our site safety review of the center. |
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| 2018-11-27 | Renewal | 3270.151(a)/3270.151(c)(2) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Mantoux TB | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff files were reviewed, staff person #1 did not have an initial health assessment including TB test with results on file. Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.An adult health assessment must include tuberculosis screening by the Mantoux method at initial employment. Subsequent tuberculosis screening is not required unless directed by a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff member will have a health appraisal and TB screening and will submit completed form by 12/18/18 or will be suspended from working until the completed form is submitted. Staff will be given time away from work in order to complete their health appraisals in a timely manner. |
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| 2017-11-22 | Renewal | 3270.133(2) - Written instructions | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: observed a prescription in the infant room not to have the prescription label present with the child's name and instructions for administration. Correction Required: A staff person shall administer a prescription medication only if written instructions are provided from the individual who prescribed the medicine. Instructions for administration contained on a prescription label are acceptable. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) At pick-up, the parent was asked to bing in hte prescriptins's box, the parent removed the medicine and it has not come back to the facility. Staff were informed of the regulation and will only administer prescription medications that have the instructions written by the prescriber and over the medicines that have the child's name and dosing instructions on the label. |
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| 2017-11-22 | Renewal | 3270.133(5) - Original label | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed an expired medication to be present in the older toddler room. Correction Required: 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.) Expired medication was discarded. Staff will check all medication expiration dates monthly and mark it on the log sheet. Expired medications will be discarded or given to the parent s to replace. |
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| 2017-11-22 | Renewal | 3270.133(7) - Medication log | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed the medication log in the infant room not to be completed in the infant room for a prescription medication. Correction Required: An operator is responsible to establish and maintain a medication log if prescription or nonprescription medication is administered. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff was trained on how to log medications administered at the facility. Administration of medications procedures have been added to the staff intake training and will b completed with the inital staff paperwork. |
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| 2017-11-22 | Renewal | 3270.161(d) - Potentially hazardous food refrigerated | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed lunches that required refrigeration not to be refrigerated in the school age room. Correction Required: Potentially hazardous food brought from the child's home or provided by the facility shall be refrigerated. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff posted a note for parents regarding cold packs required for school age lunches. Staff will check lunchboxes or ask parent if ice pack was used. Lunch found without cold packs will have items requiring refrigeration removed and placed in the refrigerator. |
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| 2017-11-22 | Renewal | 3270.166(4) - Bottles labeled | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed bottles in the infant room not be labeled. Correction Required: Disposable nursers and bottles shall be labeled with the child's name. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Bottles, milk, food and cups will be labeled with the child's name. The director will periodically monitor labels. |
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| 2017-11-22 | Renewal | 3270.192(2)(iv) - Transcript, diploma and letters | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff files were reviewed, staff person #1, #2, did not have education verification on file. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include acceptable verification of experience, education or training is a transcript or a diploma or a letter signed by a representative of the experiential, educational or training entity. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will request a copy of the staff diploma and documentation of 2 years experience with children. Staff will be unable to return to work until they are in their file. Paperwork will be maintained. |
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| 2017-11-22 | Renewal | 3270.36(b)(5) - HS/GED + 2 yrs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed staff person #1 working as an AGS not to have 2 years of child care experience documented on file. Correction Required: An assistant group supervisor shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years experience with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will request a copy of the staff diploma and documentation before 12/30 or will be unable to return to work until they are in her file. Paperwork will be maintained. |
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