The Goddard School
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Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| 2026-05-26 | Renewal | 3270.31(f)/3270.31(h) - Health and Safety Training/Health and Safety Training | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(f)/3270.31(h) Description: Health and Safety Training/Health and Safety Training Noncompliance Area: On 5/26/26, at time of inspection, facility person #1 file did not contain the required health and safety training part 1 and part 2. Correction Required: Staff persons shall complete professional development within 90 days of hire as listed in subsections (f)1-10. All staff persons shall complete the professional development under § 3270.31(f). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Person #1 has completed both parts of the Health and Safety Training on Better Kid Care (please see attached certificates). |
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| 2026-05-26 | Renewal | 3270.32(a) - Comply with CPSL | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a) Description: Comply with CPSL Noncompliance Area: On 5/26/26, at time of inspection, facility person #1 file did not contain an NSOR Clearance dated within 60 months as required by CPSL. Facility person #1 NSOR clearance was dated 2020. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: 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.) Facility Person #1 completed and renewed her NSOR Clearance and received it back. (Please see attached certificate |
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| 2026-03-24 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a)/3270.113(e) - Supervised at all times /Restraints prohibited | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(a)/3270.113(e) Description: Supervised at all times /Restraints prohibited Noncompliance Area: On 3/13/26, provider self-reported that on 3/12/26 at approx. 4:45pm, Staff #1 enclosed Child #1 in a dark bathroom as a form of punishment, resulting in the child being unsupervised for approximately 30-45 seconds. The child was heard crying inside and exited the bathroom crying. Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. Children must be supervised at all times. A facility person may not restrain a child by using bonds, ties or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet or locked room. The prohibition against restraining a child does not apply to the use of adaptive equipment prescribed for a child with special needs. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The teacher was called into the office and Office Staff discussed the incident with the teacher and why this was unacceptable behavior. We discussed with her that children should be supervised and in sight and sound at all times. In addition, we are not allowed to restrict a child's movements or enclose a child in a confined space at any time. The teacher was fired and asked to leave immediately. |
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| 2026-03-24 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(b)/3270.113(c) - No physical punishment /No ridicule or threaten harm | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(b)/3270.113(c) Description: No physical punishment /No ridicule or threaten harm Noncompliance Area: On 3/13/26 at approx. 10:15am, it was reported that Staff #1 smacked Child #2 on the mouth using the back of their hand after Child #2 grabbed a toy from Staff #1 hand. It was also reported that Staff #1 was observed using physical force to pick up children with one arm and screaming in children face using degrading verbiage such as "I cannot deal with you." Correction Required: A facility person may not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child. A facility person may not single out the child for ridicule, threaten harm to the child or the child's family and may not specifically aim to degrade the child or the child's family. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The teacher was called into the office and Office Staff discussed the incident with the teacher and why this was unacceptable behavior. Office Staff discussed with the teacher that no child should feel singled out or ridiculed and that teachers are not allowed to use any form of physical punishment on a child at any time. The teacher was fired and asked to leave immediately. |
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| 2026-03-24 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.19(b)/3270.19(c) - Child abuse reporting/Submit report - 48 hours | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.19(b)/3270.19(c) Description: Child abuse reporting/Submit report - 48 hours Noncompliance Area: On 3/24/26, during the investigation, facility staff reported to certification representative ongoing instances of alleged physical and verbal abuse of children by Staff #1. The facility staff failed to report alleged child abuse to Childline as required by mandated reporting requirements under PA CPSL. Correction Required: A facility person who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child is a victim of child abuse shall immediately make a report of suspected child abuse to ChildLine through the hotline at (800) 932-0313, online, or any other method as prescribed by the Department. Within 48 hours, a written report regarding the suspected child abuse shall be submitted by the operator or designated staff person to the CPS unit which has responsibility for investigating the report. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Cert rep will submit a referral to the ELRC for mandated child abuse reporter training. All facility staff, including the operator and director, will participate in an in person mandated reporter child abuse training conducted by the ELRC. |
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| 2026-03-24 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | Compliant - Finalized |
| 2025-06-06 | Renewal | 3270.106(a) - Clean, age appropriate | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.106(a) Description: Clean, age appropriate Noncompliance Area: On 6/6/25, at time of inspection, rest cots provided by the facility were not labeled for the individual use of specific children in the Young Toddler, PS and PK classrooms. 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.) This was corrected on site. Each classroom labeled their cots with numbers and created a cot list/chart their classroom. |
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| 2024-06-07 | Renewal | 3270.181(c)/3270.181(e) - Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos/Emergency master file updated | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.181(c)/3270.181(e) Description: Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos/Emergency master file updated Noncompliance Area: On 6/7/24, at time of renewal, emergency contact information located in the childcare spaces where children were receiving care were not updated at least once in a six-month period. Correction Required: A parent is required to review and update the emergency contact information and the financial agreement at least once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information. If emergency information is updated in a master file, it shall be updated accordingly in other facility records. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We will add to our Monthly to do list that 6-month file updates will be completed every September and every February each year. The file updates will start the beginning of these months and we will have the new copies handed out to each classroom by the end of the month. |
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| 2024-06-07 | Renewal | 3270.31(e)(4)(i) - Age and Training | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(i) Description: Age and Training Noncompliance Area: On 6/7/24, at time of renewal, Staff person #1 does not have current pediatric first-aid/CPR training. This is evidenced by the previously documented pediatric first-aid/CPR training expiration date of 5/25/22. Correction Required: Competence is the completion of training by a professional in the field of first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). All staff persons shall renew their certification in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on or before the expiration of the most current certification. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff #1 will renew Pediatric First Aid/CPR training. Until such time, Staff #1 will be supervised by a staff person who has current Pediatric First Aid/CPR training at all times. |
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| 2024-06-07 | Renewal | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.66(a) Description: Locked or inaccessible Noncompliance Area: On 6/7/24, at time of renewal, diaper cream instructing to "keep out of reach of children" was observed accessible to children on the bottom shelf of an unlocked cabinet located in the Toddler Room bathroom. Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The closet was locked at time of inspection. Director will remind staff to lock all cabinets when they are not in use. |
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| 2024-06-07 | Renewal | 3270.75(c)/3270.75(d) - Has all items/On excursions | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.75(c)/3270.75(d) Description: Has all items/On excursions Noncompliance Area: On 6/7/24, at time of renewal, first aid kits located in each classroom "go bags" did not contain soap, gauze, tweezers, tape, scissors and water. Correction Required: A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves. One first-aid kit per child care group must accompany children and facility persons on excursions from the facility. Each first aid kit taken on an excursion must contain a bottle of water in addition to the items specified at §3270.75(c). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) All first aid kits will be equipped with all required items, including soap, gauze, tweezers, tape, scissors and a bottle of water if taken outside. |
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| 2024-06-07 | Renewal | 3270.76/3270.77(a) - Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76/3270.77(a) Description: Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: On 6/7/24, at time of renewal, peeling paint was observed accessible to children on the windowsill of the infant and young toddler rooms. 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. 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.) Peeling paint on windowsills in the infant and young toddler rooms will be repaired. |
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| 2024-01-17 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a) - Supervised at all times | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(a) Description: Supervised at all times Noncompliance Area: On 1/17/24, during a complaint investigation, infant Child #2 was observed asleep in a crib unsupervised by a staff person in the back sleeping area. Child #2 crib was placed on the right of the back room where a half wall prevents supervision by staff in the front childcare space. Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. Children must be supervised at all times. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Owner and Director reviewed the Supervision and Safe Sleep Policy with the teachers and reminded them about the importance of moving the cribs up to the gate where the teachers can easily see the child sleeping as well as the importance of having a teacher in the back room to observe and watch the current sleeping children. |
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| 2024-01-17 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.119 - Infant sleep position | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.119 Description: Infant sleep position Noncompliance Area: On 1/17/24, during complaint investigation, Staff #1 acknowledged that on 12/5/23, Child #1 was asleep in an upright position in a bouncy seat from 3:36pm - 4:29pm. Correction Required: Infants shall be placed in the sleeping position recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics unless there is a medical reason an infant should not sleep in this position. The medical reason shall be documented in a statement signed by a physician, physician's assistant or CRNP and placed in the child's record at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Owner and Director reviewed the Supervision and Safe Sleep Policy with the teachers and reminded them about the importance of moving children who fall asleep in bouncy seats, swings or while playing to their cribs immediately. In addition, all Infant Teachers completed their annual safe sleep training this month |
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| 2024-01-17 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.166(5) - Six-months-old held | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.166(5) Description: Six-months-old held Noncompliance Area: On 1/17/24, during complaint investigation, Staff #1 acknowledged that Child #1 was fed a bottle by being placed on a bobby pillow on the floor. Child #1 is younger than 6 months of age. Correction Required: An infant 6 months of age or younger shall be held while being bottle fed. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Owner and Director reviewed the feeding policies with the Infant teachers and any staff who help out in the Infant room. We reviewed that children under 6 months should not be holding their own bottles and that any children drinking a bottle should have a teacher sitting there to supervise whether they are being fed or holding their own bottle. |
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| 2024-01-17 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.31(f)/3270.31(f)(10) - Health and Safety Training/Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(f)/3270.31(f)(10) Description: Health and Safety Training/Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR Noncompliance Area: On 1/17/24, at time of inspection, Staff person # 1 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire: Health & Safety Training and Pediatric First Aid/CPR. Correction Required: Staff persons shall complete professional development within 90 days of hire as listed in subsections (f)1-10. Staff persons shall complete professional development in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation within 90 days of hire. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #1 will have until 2/1/24 to complete the required training. Until such time as the required training has been completed, staff person #1 must be supervised, when interacting with children, by an AGS who has completed the required training related to this citation. If there are no staff available to supervise staff person #1-, staff person #1 may not work in a child-care position at the facility. |
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| 2024-01-17 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.66(a) Description: Locked or inaccessible Noncompliance Area: On 1/17/24, at time of renewal, Lysol and Comet Cleaner were observed accessible to children in an unlocked sink cabinet in the infant room. Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The owner replaced the lock on the cabinet that day |
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| 2023-06-12 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7) Description: Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification rep reviewed children's file. Child 1,3,4,5 and 6 were missing the address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. 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.) We reached out to each of the parent'/families and had them fill out the emergency contact addresses on the Application for Admission. |
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| 2023-06-12 | Renewal | 3270.131(d)(5)/3270.131(e)(3) - Immunization record/Dismissal policy | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.131(d)(5)/3270.131(e)(3) Description: Immunization record/Dismissal policy Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification rep reviewed children's file. Child 2 was missing a copy of their immunization record. The file of child 3, enrolled more than 60 days at the facility, did not contain documentation of an influenza vaccination within the past year, as required per the ACIP recommended schedule. Correction Required: A health report shall include a review of the child's immunized status according to recommendations of the ACIP. The facility shall implement dismissal policies in accordance with the Department of Health regulation in 28 Pa. Code § 27.77 (relating to immunization requirements for children in child care group settings). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Owner created a form for parents to sign if they are refusing to get their child a specific vaccine or flu shot. We got Child #3's parents to sign the form. We reached out to Child #2's family to have them send over the immunization forms. Once received, our Office Manager entered the immunizations into Family Portal (FMS). |
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| 2023-06-12 | Renewal | 3270.75(c) - Has all items | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.75(c) Description: Has all items Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification rep checked first aid bag. The first aid bag in Daring Dragons was missing tweezers Correction Required: A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Owner purchased tweezers for the Daring Dragons classroom and had them add it to their First Aid Kit. |
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| 2023-06-12 | Renewal | 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.77(a) Description: No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification rep observed chipped paint in the following rooms: Daring Dragons by the door, Lil' Tumbleweeds by the tree, kitchen area, cubby near door, Silly Seahorses by the back door 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 Owners spackled and painted the chipped areas of paint on each of these classrooms: Daring Dragons, Lil Tumbleweeds and Silly Seahorses. |
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| 2022-09-23 | Unannounced Monitoring | Unannounced Monitoring | Compliant - Finalized |
| 2022-07-25 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(4)/3270.123(a)(7) - Arrival/departure times/Services considered extra | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.123(a)(4)/3270.123(a)(7) Description: Arrival/departure times/Services considered extra Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification rep reviewed child files. Child 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 12 were missing arrival and departure times on the fee agreementDuring renewal inspection certification reviewed children's file. Fee agreements for Child 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 12 did not specify the services which are to be considered as extra. Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the child's arrival and departure times.An agreement shall specify the services which are to be considered as extra. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We tracked down the families at pick-up and drop-off to fill in the child's arrival and child's departure times on the Enrollment Agreement. We started listing any extra services on our Enrollment Agreement. These forms will be given out to new families and will be given out during our 6 month file update in September. |
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| 2022-07-25 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(3) - Parent home/work address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3) Description: Parent home/work address, phone Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification rep reviewed children's file. Child 10 was missing work address and telephone number of the enrolling parent. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Office staff will have the family of Child 10 fill in their Business information, work address and phone number on the Application for Admission at drop off or pick up times. |
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| 2022-07-25 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(6)/3270.124(b)(7) - Insurance coverage information/Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(6)/3270.124(b)(7) Description: Insurance coverage information/Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification rep reviewed children's file. Child 3 was missing health insurance coverage and policy number for a child under a family policy or Medical Assistance benefitsDuring renewal inspection certification rep reviewed children's file. Child 2 and 8 were missing address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include health insurance coverage and policy number for a child under a family policy or Medical Assistance benefits, if applicable. 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 Office staff will have the parents/families fill in the missing information on the forms: Health insurance information and emergency contact addresses. We will have the parents fill out this information at drop-off or pickup times. |
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| 2022-07-25 | Renewal | 3270.31(f) - Health and Safety Training | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(f) Description: Health and Safety Training Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification reviewed staff files. Staff 1 was missing 10 hour health and safety training. Staff person(s) shall complete professional development in the topics of 3270.31(f)(1 -- 10), 3280.31(f) (1-10), or 3290.31(g) (1-10) within 90 days of hire. Staff person #1 will have until 7-18-22 to complete the required training. Until such time as the required training has been completed, staff person #1 must be supervised, when interacting with children, by an (AGS, primary staff person, or family child care home staff person) who has completed the required training related to this citation. If there are no staff available to supervise staff person # 1. staff person #1 may not work in a child-care position at the facility. Correction Required: Staff persons shall complete professional development within 90 days of hire as listed in subsections (f)1-10. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Director sent over the Training for Staff 3 to show that she has completed the training already and it was in her file at the time of the inspection. For Staff 1, she will complete the training by 8/18/2022 and will remain supervised by the Director or GS until she completes the required training. The Owners/Director will give Staff 1 prep time to complete this training. |
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| 2022-07-25 | Renewal | 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.77(a) Description: No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection certification rep observed chipped paint and plaster exposed in room Swirling Snowflakes. Chipped paint was observed in rooms Silly Seahorses and Bold bridges. 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.) During our In-Service day this month, August 26th, the faculty and office staff will spackle and paint as needed the spots of chipped paint in Swirling Snowflakes, Silly Seahorses, and Bold Bridges. |
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| 2022-07-25 | Renewal | 3270.82(h) - Handwashing signs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.82(h) Description: Handwashing signs Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection, certification rep observed diaper change in Daring Dragons. Staff did not wash the child's hands after the diaper was changed Correction Required: A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Owner and Director reviewed the hand washing policy with the teachers in Daring Dragons and plan to review proper diapering procedure and hand washing procedure with all staff at our In-Service Day on Friday, August 26th. In addition, we have made additional signs to hang on all the diapering stations and above all toilets along with the signs that are already posted around each sink. |
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