Licensed Family Child Care Home - Licensed Provider
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The Natural Child School
Brattleboro, VT
· Windham County
26 Fort Dummer Heights,
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Quick Facts
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
Food Program
Does not participate
State Rating
4
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Licensed Licensed Family Child Care Home - Licensed Provider
Active License
License Number
334539
Issued By
Vermont Agency of Human Services
District Office
Vermont Child Care Consumer Line
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About the Provider
The Natural Child School is a Licensed Family Child Care Home - Licensed Provider in Brattleboro VT. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Initial License Date: 11/22/2020; Sibling Discount Available; 5 Star Licensed Family Child Care Home - Licensed Provider;
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Type | Create Date | Due Date | Corrected Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violation | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.1.1: The FCCP shall ensure that the FCCH environment and practices support children's health and safety. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 2.1.1: A Family Child Care Home provides developmentally appropriate care, education, protection, and supervision that are designed to ensure wholesome growth and educational experiences for children outside of their own homes for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours per day. A Family Child Care Home shall be operated in the residence occupied by the Family Child Care Provider (FCCP). There are two (2) types of Family Child Care Homes (FCCH): * Registered FCCH that are licensed to serve children as specified in the rules in section 6.2.1; or * Licensed FCCH that are licensed to serve children as specified in the rules in section 6.2.2. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 2.3.1.5: The FCCP shall not interfere with, impede, deter, provide false information or cause another to do any of the aforementioned, or in any manner hinder the Department or its agent(s) in an investigation or inspection. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.2.2: The FCCP shall submit a Records Check Authorization form to the Division for any new individuals, sixteen (16) years of age or older, residing in the FCCH or present more than five (5) times in 365 days during the FCCH's hours of operation as required in the rule 2.3.7.2 of these regulations. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 2.3.11: Changes that Impact a License The FCCP shall notify the Division prior to any of the following changes in the operation of the FCCH. The Division shall determine whether it will be possible to modify a current license, approve a time limited variance or whether the FCCP must submit an application for a new license: * A reduction, addition or substantial change in the indoor or outdoor spaces utilized for the care of children in the FCCH; * A change in the name of the FCCH; * A change in the FCCH's Taxpayer Identification Number; * A change in the authorized license type of regulated service as defined in these rules; * A change in the number of children the FCCH serves at any one (1) time; * A change in the ages of children the FCCH serves; * Changes in the household membership as in the rule 7.2.2 of these regulations; or * If the FCCP is unable to provide direct care necessitating a long term substitute. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.1.3: Orientation of FCCP and New Staff The FCCP shall complete an orientation training session approved by the Division prior to beginning care for children. The FCCP shall ensure staff complete an orientation training session approved by the Division prior to being left alone with children. Trainees shall complete the orientation training within one (1) month of their first date of working with children. The orientation training session shall include: * Basic knowledge of child growth and development; * Routine and emergency health protection of children including health related exclusions; * Safety and sanitation requirements including handling and storage of hazardous materials and disposal of bio contaminants; * Positive behavior management; * Supervision of children; * Child accident and injury procedures including building and physical premises safety; * Safe sleep practices; * Administration of medication requirements; * Emergency and evacuation requirements; * Nutrition and food safety including prevention of and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions; * Recordkeeping; * Transportation and child passenger safety; * Release of children; * Respectful engagement of families; * Preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect, including information about the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse, sexual violence, grooming processes, recognizing the dangers of child sexual abuse, and other predatory behaviors of sex offenders; * Recognition of and response to the symptoms of common childhood illnesses; * Preventing the spread of infectious disease; * Providing developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children; * Inclusion of children with special needs; * Guidelines for volunteers, trainees, and partner staff; * Responsibility to comply with current applicable licensing regulations; * Background check requirements to include changes in situations, restrictions, and exceptions for those prohibited by these regulations; * Staffing requirements to include opening and closing; and * Ensuring children have extra clothes and diapers available. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-11 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.3.2.5: Bicycles, tricycles, scooters, and other riding toys shall be the correct size for the child using the riding toy and the riding toys shall be maintained in good condition. * Tricycles shall not have spokes, and tricycles and bicycles with chains shall have chain guards. * The FCCP shall ensure that all children wear properly fitting safety helmets while riding outside on bicycles and using scooters. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.3.3: Safe Use Zones For all play equipment that is thirty (30) inches or higher from the ground, including climbing equipment, slides, swings and other similar equipment, the FCCP shall ensure that the surface under and around the equipment, included recommended use zones, is of approved resilient material that protects children if they fall. * Materials in the use zone shall consist of wood chips, pea stone, mulch, engineered wood fibers, sand, safety-tested shredded or rubber like material or rubber mats designed for protective cushioning; * Materials used in the use zone shall follow the recommendations listed in the most recent publication of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Public Playground Safety Handbook regarding critical depth of tested materials determined by the height of the highest climbing surface of the equipment; * Materials used in the use zone shall be installed and maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions; * If the loose material such as sand, mulch, or shredded rubber is used in use zones, the FCCP shall ensure that the material is raked regularly and replenished to maintain depth and resilience; and * If the resilient material in use zones freezes, the FCCP shall ensure that the children will not play on the equipment until the resilient material has thawed and is once again resilient. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 2.3.10.5: The FCCP shall be responsible for compliance with all applicable state and federal laws even when they are more stringent than the rules in this set of FCCH regulations. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.3.1.4: If fencing is used, it shall be sturdy, safe and reinforced to give support, constructed to discourage climbing, and shall not prevent visual supervision of children by the FCCP and/or staff. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.3.3: Family Child Care Assistant The FCCP shall ensure and maintain documentation that each Family Child Care Assistant is eighteen (18) years of age and meets or exceeds one (1) of the following qualifications: * At least is a high school graduate or has completed a GED and the Fundamentals for Early Childhood Professionals' course within the first twelve (12) months of employment; or * At least is a high school graduate or has completed a GED and has successfully completed at least three (3) college credits in content consistent with the core knowledge areas identified by NLCDC within the first twelve (12) months of employment; or * At least is enrolled in or is a high school graduate and graduate from a State Board of Education approved Human Services Certificate Program that emphasizes child development or early childhood education. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-05-11 | 2026-05-21 | Appeal Period | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.1.2.3: The licensed FCCP shall ensure that staff who are counted in the staff/child ratios shall obtain training in pediatric first aid and infant and child CPR within six (6) months of beginning work in the licensed FCCH and remain currently certified. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-01-14 | 2026-01-20 | 2026-02-19 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.2.1: The FCCP shall ensure that all new staff, and any new individual with unsupervised access to children in the FCCH submits a Records Check Authorization form to the Division and shall submit to fingerprinting at a location designated by the Division after having received the Fingerprinting Authorization Certificate by the Division. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-01-14 | 2026-01-30 | 2026-01-30 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 2.3.8.3: The FCCP shall ensure that the FCCP; all individuals residing in the home; staff; and any individuals who are left alone with children have met ongoing background check requirements by submitting at least once every five (5) years a Records Check Authorization form to the Division and as required shall submit to fingerprinting. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-01-14 | 2026-02-15 | 2026-02-19 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.3.7.3: Within six (6) months of initial date of employment, the FCCP and all staff shall maintain an up-to-date BFIS Quality and Credential Account. Documentation, verification of qualifications, and all annual professional development activities as specified in the rules sections 7.3 and 7.4 of these regulations shall be submitted to NLCDC to be verified and maintained in BFIS. | ||||
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