Description: Our mission is to provide a group program with a family touch. We are committed to ethnic, social, and cultural diversity of all families we serve. We provide a safe, healthy, caring and educational atmosphere in which all children are comfortable and happy with teachers and each other. Our Center's child-friendly curriculum and schedule promotes a well-rounded learning environment. We are a non-profit organization established \"40\"" years ago for community families."
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-07 | Violation | 418-1.4(f)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: All corridors, aisles, and approaches to exits must be kept unobstructed at all times. | |||
| 2020-02-07 | Violation | 418-1.11(b)(1)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work. | |||
| 2019-11-08 | Violation | 418-1.11(b)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Initial medical statements sent in with the application or as a result of a new hire must be dated within 12 months preceding the date of application or hiring date. | |||
| 2019-11-08 | Violation | 418-1.13(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child day care centers must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be checked are required to provide the following: | |||
| 2019-11-08 | Violation | 418-1.13(g)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: To be qualified as a group teacher for a preschool class, a person must possess either: | |||
| 2019-11-08 | Violation | 418-1.13(g)(2)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: To be qualified as a group teacher for a preschool class, a person must possess either: a Child Development Associate Credential or other Office-recognized credential specific to the preschool developmental period; and one year of experience related to caring for children; or | |||
| 2019-11-08 | Violation | 418-1.13(g)(3) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: To be qualified as a group teacher for an infant or toddler class, a person must possess either: | |||
| 2019-11-08 | Violation | 418-1.13(g)(3)(iii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: To be qualified as a group teacher for an infant or toddler class, a person must possess either: a Child Development Associate Credential; and two years of experience related to caring for children, one of which must be related to caring for infants or toddlers; or | |||
| 2019-11-08 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(23) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Upon termination or resignation of the director: | |||
| 2019-11-08 | Violation | 418-1.15(c)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
| 2019-08-09 | Violation | 413.4(d)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A licensee or registrant may temporarily approve an applicant to be an employee or volunteer for a child care program while the results of the criminal history record check are pending, but shall not allow such person to have unsupervised contact with children during such time. | |||
| 2019-08-09 | Violation | 418-1.10(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The director or licensee of the child day care center is responsible for implementing procedures which ensure the safety and protection of any child named in a report of child abuse or maltreatment involving a situation which occurs while the child is in attendance at the center. Immediately after making or causing to be made a report pursuant to section 418-1.10(c), the director or licensee of the center must take such appropriate action as is necessary to ensure the health and safety of the children involved in the report and, as necessary, of any other children in the care of the center. The director or licensee must also take all reasonable steps to preserve any potential evidence of abuse or maltreatment. Insofar as possible, any action taken under this subdivision must cause as little disruption as possible to the daily routine of the children in the center. | |||
| 2019-08-09 | Violation | 418-1.13(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Child day care centers must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions with the potential for regular and substantial contact with children, except for a parent of a child enrolled in the center who is applying to be a volunteer if such parent will not be counted in determining teacher/child ratios and such parent will not be left unsupervised with children. All applicants whose backgrounds must be checked are required to provide the following: | |||
| 2019-08-09 | Violation | 418-1.15(c)(5) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: daily attendance records, which must be filled out at the time a child arrives and departs, and must include arrival and departure times; | |||
| 2019-06-18 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
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