Description: The Leaguers, Inc. Elm Street is a Temporary Child Care Center in Newark NJ, with a maximum capacity of 30 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 1/2 - 6 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-5.2(c) | |
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If the center prepares meals, the center shall obtain a satisfactory Sanitary Inspection Certificate, as specified in N.J.A.C. 8:24, indicating that the kitchen is in compliance with the applicable requirements of the State Sanitary Code. The center shall maintain on file the Sanitary Inspection Certificate. Violation Observed: Provide a current health certificate as required. Current certificate expired 1/31/23 |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-4.8(c) |
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The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually. Documentation not on site from the last years to show that training hours have been completed. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Ensure that children are not sent to the bathroom alone in room 1 as the bathroom is not visible from the rest of the classroom. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2022-12-05 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. On the day of the inspection room 1 there were 13 3 year olds with 1 staff person when 2 staff were needed. Staff were moved during the inspection so that the violation could be abated. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-4.3(d) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply during rest or sleep, when the criteria listed in 3A:52-4.3(d) 1, 2, and 3 are met:Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:1018 months to under 2 ½ years - 1:122 ½ years and above - 1:20 Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, including during nap and rest time. Ensure staff do not leave the classroom until children have fallen asleep and naptime ratios can be utilized. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-5.3(r) |
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The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Violation Observed: Ensure classroom doors remain open at all times. There is no way to see or hear what is happening in the classrooms when the doors are closed. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 3A:52-7.9(a)(1) | |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the center shall maintain on file a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c) and (d). This illness log shall include Violation Observed: Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components. Ensure center uses the most recent illness log which was provided by OOL. Illness logs from the last three years could not be located for review. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1) | |
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The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to develop and implement written policies and procedures for the operation of the center, including a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication. Update and submit |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-4.6(a) |
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The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d). Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Staff files not present at the center for review. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2022-12-05 | 3A:52-4.6(b)(1) |
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The director shall meet the following qualification requirements for early childhood programs licensed to serve more than 30 children, the director shall meet the qualification requirements as specified in N.J.A.C 3A:52-4.6(b) for education and experience. Violation Observed: Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Director changed in September and not communicated to OOL. Violation abated as Director had her credentials on file a the center. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: for all centers, the head teacher or consulting head teacher shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the seven options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c) for education and experience. Violation Observed: Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Submit documentation for head teacher. Documentation provided for head teacher does not fully match for the Head teacher depicted on the staff records checklist. The head teacher has three different names. Submit documentation which shows that the degree matches to the person who is working at the center. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff retrained in proper on supervision and maintaining ratios. Submit retraining document with staff signatures to OOL to abate. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-4.8(d)(1) |
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In lieu of the child care staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(b), the director, head teacher(s), group teacher(s), and program supervisor(s) shall each complete 20 hours of staff development each year. Recommended topics of training for these staff include educational and physical activity. Violation Observed: Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually. Documentation not on site from the last years to show that training hours have been completed. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-5.3(o)(1) |
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First aid requirements are as follows: at least two staff members who have current certified basic knowledge of first aid principles and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as defined by a recognized health organization (such as the American Red Cross), shall be in the center at all times when enrolled children are present. Violation Observed: Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. Submit current cards. Not on site. |
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| 2022-12-05 | 2023-02-24 | 3A:52-4.5(b)(2)(ii) |
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The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of children's daily attendance records, including the daily time of arrival and departure. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for the children that indicate the children's arrival and departure times. Ensure that all children are signed in and out as required on a daily basis. |
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