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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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| 2020-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.104(a) - Clean, good repair, proper size | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, the changing table in the 1 year old room was broken on the bottom. 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.) The changing table was repaired. Monthly checks will be done to ensure no furniture or equipment is broken and in need of repair. |
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| 2020-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.32(a) - Comply with CPSL | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, staff #1 (date of hire 11-29-13) did not have updated mandated reporter training on file. Staff #4 (date of hire 12-12-19) did not have FBI clearance on file. Staff #6 (date of hire 1-29-2020) did not have PA State Police or FBI clearance on file and was left in alone with children in the 3 year old room.Facility Person # 4 and 6 may not work in a child care position at the facility. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).. LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Facility Person # 4 and 6 may not work in a child care position at the facility. PROVISIONAL HIRE UNSUPERVISED: A provisional employee may not be permitted to work alone with children and must work within the vicinity of a permanent employee. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) I will make sure I am up to date in the future making sure all staff trainings and clearances are up to date. STAFF #4 AND 6 WILL NOT WORK IN A CHILD CARE POSITION UNTIL ALL CLEARANCES OBTAINED. |
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| 2020-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, there was water damage under the sink in the Infant room. 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 bottom of the sink has been repaired. Monthly checks will be conducted to ensure their is no building surface damage. |
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| 2020-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, there was chipped paint in the 5-7 year old room. 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.) The chipped paint was repaired. There will be no chipped paint in the facility and monthly checks will occur to ensure any chipped paint has obtained the correction needed. |
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| 2019-09-16 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.21 - General Health and Safety | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On the date of the inspection, provider did not demonstrate that the fire detection system was operable because provider stated there was no way to test due to it being a sprinkler system. The provider did not provide documentation that the fire detection system has been inspected semi-annually. This condition at the facility poses a threat to the health and safety of children. Correction Required: Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health and safety of the children. The agent of the Department will file a complaint with the municipal office to request an additional fire safety inspection by the appropriate agency to verify compliance with 34 PA Code 403.23 and per Chapter 20.35(c). Provider will obtain verification from landlord showing the fire detection system was inspected within the past 6 months and will submit to the certification rep prior to resuming caring for children. |
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| 2019-08-09 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, there was no address of the release person on the emergency contact form for child #4. 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.) The address was added. We will make sure that the addresses for release persons are on the contact form. |
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| 2019-08-09 | Renewal | 3270.131(d)(7) - Free from contagious/communicable disease | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, there was no statement on the health report of child #1, 4 and 5 that said the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease. Correction Required: A health report shall include a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The parents were asked to take our form to the physician to be filled out and signed. We will make sure the parents have the physician use our form to fill out the physical from now on. |
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| 2019-08-09 | Renewal | 3270.151(c)(3) - Exam communicable disease | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, the health report for staff #9 stated that he had communicable diseases but did not include an additional report as to what the communicable diseases are. Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) It was an error on the doctor's part. It was taken back to the doctor who signed and verified that the employee did not have a communicable disease. In the future the administrators will look more closely at the physical forms to make sure they are correct. |
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| 2019-07-17 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.191 - Individual Records | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, there was no record on file at the facility for staff #1. Correction Required: An individual record is required for each facility person. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) I will make sure I keep the files at the facility for inspection by the state. |
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| 2019-04-11 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.176(f) - Prohibition using an 11-15 passenger vans | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, the certification rep, was driving behind a white 11-15 passenger van on Schulykill Road. The van had 4 children in it and a staff member from Bright Futures. The van turned into the parking lot and went around to the back of the building, where the certification rep observed 4 children and 1 staff member exit the van and enter the rear of the building into the preschool classroom. There was a yellow van also running, but no children in it. Correction Required: In accordance with the requirements of 67 Pa. Code Chapter 171 (relating to school buses and school vehicles), the facility may not transport a child in an 11-15 passenger van. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We no longer use the van. We use two minivans right now to transport children. We are in the process of selling the white van this week and the yellow van is used for transporting supplies bought and teachers to each of the centers for training and staff meetings. It has only been used for pick up children a couple of times in the past six months in emergencies. We will no longer use the 11 passenger vans to transport children. |
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| 2019-03-28 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.27(c) - Training regarding plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, staff #1 (date of hire 3-20-19) was not trained in the emergency plan a time of 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.) The staff person was trained in the emergency plan the same day. We will train all new staff in the emergency plan on the date that they start. |
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| 2019-03-28 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.32(a) - Comply with CPSL | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, staff #1 (date of hire 3-20-19) had a State Police clearance that was of volunteer status and not employment. Also, there was no signed disclosure on file for staff #1. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). PROVISIONAL HIRE UNSUPERVISED: A provisional employee may not be permitted to work alone with children and must work within the vicinity of a permanent employee. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The requested clearance was applied for the same day. The disclosure form was signed the same day. We will make sure that all clearances are for employment and not volunteer status. |
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| 2018-10-26 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.176(f) - Prohibition using an 11-15 passenger vans | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, it was observed that children were in a 12 passenger van and were being transported to school. This was confirmed with and acknowledged by the owner, Brian. Correction Required: In accordance with the requirements of 67 Pa. Code Chapter 171 (relating to school buses and school vehicles), the facility may not transport a child in an 11-15 passenger van. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We will not use an 11-15 passenger van to transport children. The van is up for sale. |
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| 2018-09-26 | Renewal | 3270.106(a) - Clean, age appropriate | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 9/26/18, THE COTS WERE NOT LABELED IN THE INFANT ROOM. 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.) The cots were labeled immediately. Teachers will check daily to make sure all cots and cribs are labeled with a specific child's name. New childrens cots and cribs will be labeled immediately upon start date. |
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| 2018-09-26 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(1) - Amount of fee | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 9/26/18, CHILD 2 AGREEMENT FORM DID NOT STATE THE FEE AMOUNT ON THE FORM. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the amount of the fee to be charged per day or per week. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We marked the copay in the specific box. Director will check each new childs paperwork for each line to be filled out and monthly checks on files. |
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How many more times is this place going to change their business name? Are you guys getting around the bad reputations associated with the previous names? As long as this place is owned by the same people, you're still going to get less than subpar care because they hire anyone who has just a short time of babysitting experience. This is why you get teachers who scream at children and treat them badly, if you pay glorified babysitters the bare minimum and don't have high standards for experience this is the type of caregiver you will get. Can't believe this place is still open. Check out how many violations have occurred. That's only the ones from the past few years, there are many more going back to 2012. How can anyone trust any daycare that has this many violations plus the abuse and misconduct allegations? Run away from Joanne and Michelle's daycares. Your kids deserve better.
I also agree with mrs Matt. This place is horrible and they do not follow the rules. They are only still around because they know when yhe state comes to do check ons and then they decide to follow the rules. I also witnessed an employee smack a child. Do not go there. If you can not afford any othet daycare it will be safer to keep your child home and not work
As someone who worked there a total of 2 weeks, marshall is telling the truth. Not only that, but when I reported an incident of obvious abuse to the director, caught on the camera, the teacher was still in the classroom the next day. I immediately quit and withdrew my child. Director did not tell either parent about what happened and I strongly suspect the videotape was edited or gotten rid of altogether. I was told that what I witnessed, 10 feet away from me, never happened. When I was first employed, the assistant director assured me that they never check references, -/ though I would be pleased by such a thing. It's true though, 5$36 never checked my references. Majority, if not all, of the employees are paid under the table, which is rather illegal. When I wrote an honest review on a different site, the director called me out by name and referred to me as a liar and as mentally unstable. Not only that, but she called and threatened to sue me for defamation of character for telling the mother of one of the abused children about what happened. The only reason they are in business is that they are the cheapest around and boy, do you get what you pay for. Every single parent I have spoken with (many by now) have seen the merchant circle exchange and want to go elsewhere, but are trapped there because the better places are more expensive. Don't fall into this trap, go somewhere else.
I wish there was a zero. Please be aware that there are other facilities out there that will also take subsidies. Please do not put your child in this facility or more specifically the Downingtown location. The children are berated, gloves are not used when handling food or when changing diapers, children are left alone in the rooms at times, and a loving atmosphere is the farthest from the truth in this daycare.
I had a bad experience with another daycare and we did a lot of searching for a new daycare. With my son being a premiee I wanted to make sure he has properly cared for. Teach and Learn made me feel at ease. They learned my sons signals faste then my inlaws. They keep him stimulated and they help me as a first time mom. I highly recommend they to everyone whether you baby was born on time or early like mine.