Licensed Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Visions and Dreams Learning Center,
Waldorf, MD
· Charles County
2200 Old Washington Road,
Waldorf, MD 20601
Quick Facts
Capacity
86 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 17 months, 18 months through 23 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 15 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
3
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Contact Information
📞 (240) 448-3830
Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
251860
Issued By
Maryland State Department of Education
District Office
Region 10 - Southern Maryland Office
Reviews
Shaquana
2023-09-02 14:43:57
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
My children have been going to this center for years now. The staff are wonderful and my children enjoy their time there. Many people get this location mixed up with the previous owners. There are new managers and they are wonderful and ever so helpful when I needed directions on how to fill out the required enrollment forms. I recommend this center.
Collins
2018-04-03 16:13:08
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
This center staff is very rude , seems like they don’t even want to work , I witnessed a teacher yanking a child up. I don’t recommend this place to anyone
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About the Provider
Visions & Dreams Learning Center is a provider of Child Education and Summer Enrichment Programs with the commitment to place your child’s education as our very utmost priority.
Hours of Operation
- Monday 5:45 AM - 7:00 PM
- Tuesday 5:45 AM - 7:00 PM
- Wednesday 5:45 AM - 7:00 PM
- Thursday 5:45 AM - 7:00 PM
- Friday 5:45 AM - 7:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | Full | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2025-02-18 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Full | 13A.16.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: There were multiple emergency cards reviewed that are missing some of the physician information. Some emergency cards also need the annual update. Please ensure the parents update and complete the information then initial and date the form. Some children are in need of updated immunizations. Please ensure the parents obtain a current immunization record from the child's physician and add to their files. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Full | 13A.16.03.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: There are 2 children from the records reviewed who do not have the lead blood test documentation in their file. Four children need the second lead blood tests done at or after 24 months. Please ensure all children have the appropriate lead blood tests in their files. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Full | 13A.16.03.03D | Corrected |
| Findings: Some of the contracts reviewed were missing the fee information. There are children who attend head start at this location and do not pay or receive scholarship money that covers the tuition. The contract should relay this information regarding payment and fees. One child did not have a contract in his file. Please ensure all contracts are complete. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Full | 13A.16.05.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The flooring by the door to the basement in the school age room is missing tile and the subfloor seems to be rotting and soft. This must be repaired. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Full | 13A.16.05.12D | Corrected |
| Findings: The rear fence needs to be repaired. The top bar has come detached from the posts and the chain link is bending inward. The center owner is getting with the building owner to discuss new fencing options. There is also trash inside of the play area, specifically in the rear left corner of the play area. Please ensure all trash is removed from the play area prior to the children utilizing it. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: One staff needs an updated medical as her report was done on 1/18/2019. Please submit an updated medical as soon as possible. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Full | 13A.16.09.02C | Corrected |
| Findings: Some of the infant/toddler activity plans have not been updated within 3 months. Each plan must be updated at least every 3 months by the parents in regards to the changes in the feeding, activity and sleeping schedules of the children under the age of two. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Full | 13A.16.09.04A(4)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: Two of the cribs had sheets that were gathering in the middle because the sheet was too large for the mattress. The crib sheets were replaced at the time of the inspection. | |||
| 2023-01-27 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The following aides did not complete the basic health and safety training as well as the COVID training within 90 days of employment: S.Fennell, J.Harvey, T.Johnson, P.Nyambi, A.Smith and S.Vauss. Please have the staff persons complete the free training online via the MSDE website as soon as possible. Forward copies of the training certificates to the licensing specialist once completed. | |||
| 2022-03-17 | Full | 13A.16.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: Three children of the fifteen records reviewed need documentation of updated, current immunizations. ZS needs documentation of his 3rd and 4th DTAP, 3rd Polio, 1st MMR and varicella, and 3rd and 4th Hib. MH needs documentation of his 4th DTAP and Hib. CH also needs documentation of her 4th DTAP and Hib as well as her 1st MMR and varicella. Please have the parents obtain this documentation from the physician, add to the children's files and notify the licensing specialist once it is received. | |||
| 2022-03-17 | Full | 13A.16.03.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: Fifteen child records were reviewed. Six children need documentation of either one lead blood test or the second lead blood test after 24 months of age. Two year olds SC and AE need documentation of at least one lead blood test done after 24 months (both have no lead blood test results on file). RE, three year old, needs documentation of his second lead blood test done after 24 months. ZS needs a lead blood test done and is about to turn two on 4/9/2020. The lead blood test should be done as close to his second birthday as possible. CH, toddler, does not have any documentation of the lead blood test required at 12 months. PJ, four years old, also does not have any lead blood test documentation in his file; he needs proof of at least one lead blood test done after 24 months. All children born after 1/1/2015 must have a lead blood test done at 12 and 24 months. If only one test was completed and done prior to the child turning two years old, then at least one lead blood test done after 24 months is required. If no test is completed, then one test done after 24 months is required. Please have the parents obtain the lead forms from the physician. | |||
| 2022-03-17 | Full | 13A.16.06.09C | Corrected |
| Findings: DW owes 1 more hour of continued training that was due by 1/11/2022. She completed 2 of her required hours after this date. Please submit the completed training certificate to the licensing specialist as soon as possible. The director states the training has been done but DW is out sick today. | |||
| 2022-03-17 | Full | 13A.16.07.06C | Corrected |
| Findings: The new federal guideline does not allow a person to work on site until the MD or FBI criminal background check AND child abuse/neglect clearance have been completed. New staff person, LC, is on site working in the infant room with 2 other staff persons; however, her notarized release form has not been received. The center did submit the staff change form in a timely manner (employee start date is 3/15/2022) and put her notarized release of information in the mail as the original should be submitted. The release had not been received via mail by the time of the inspection. The center must ensure the release forms are sent in a timely manner so that the employee can be cleared by this office prior to working with children. | |||
| 2021-06-25 | Complaint | 13A.16.05.12C | Corrected |
| Findings: There were 4 infants outside with 2 staff and they were playing on infant outdoor equipment on the front lawn of the center. This is not approved outdoor play space as it is not completely fenced and is on a very busy road. The small playground in the back that they usually use is under new construction and isn't available. The infant staff state that when they have more than 4 children they just put the children in a stroller and stroll them for outside time. The 3 year old group was going to do water play in this front area but now will be doing it in the big playground space in the back. The infant outdoor equipment is very portable and can be moved to the larger playground in the back until the smaller playground is ready. Center is reminded that the front area of the center is very dangerous due to the very busy road and children should not be using that space. | |||
| 2021-06-25 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: The combined group had such a large percentage of pre-k children that there should have been a preschool teacher with the group but the center had a school-age teacher in charge of the group. SJ is in charge of the group and she is only school age qualified. | |||
| 2021-06-25 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03D(2)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: Complaint states that there are 30 children including around 5 four year old children were in the school age room on June 23, 2021 because the pre-k children are combined with the school age children. It is reported that the pre-k teacher has been out on medical leave. The pre-k children are combined in the school age room all day except at nap time. Findings: The center states that the groups have only been combined on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of June due to CW being out. CW has been in charge of the pre-k group in the teacher's absence. The sign in sheet for the 23rd shows 25 children. The sign in sheet for the 24th shows 24 children and the group present today is 25 children. Center is reminded that when preschool children are combined with the school age children the group size cannot exceed 20 children. The center needs to move the pre-k group back to their classroom and put a substitute with the children if the assigned staff person is absent. | |||
| 2021-05-20 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.06E(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: The operator, CM reports that the center started conducting an "internal investigation" after she was made aware of an incident that occurred at the center on 5/13/21 involving a child and a staff person. The operator reports asking for written statements from staff and stated that the internal investigation is ongoing. Since the incident involved allegations of a staff possibly mistreating a child in care this incident should have been reported to the OCC. Upon discussing the incident with the operator C. M. on 5/20/21 the operator, CM did state she didn't try to reach anyone about this at the OCC to report the questionable incident. | |||
| 2021-05-20 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.01 | Corrected |
| Findings: It was reported that a 6 year old child was locked in a bathroom, with a chair pinned up against the door, due to his behavior. A video was observed of this incident. It was further reported that the child who was locked in the bathroom has health difficulty with asthma. The child was described as "sweating heavily" and "full of anxiety" just after the child was locked in the bathroom. The reporter has concerns about the center using this type of discipline with a child who has breathing issues. Locking any child in a bathroom due to his behavior is considered injurious treatment based on the standards expected in child care. Another agency investigates as to whether this treatment of the child would meet the definition of neglect or not. Child care programs are prohibited from using any type of injurious treatment of a child. This type of behavior by a staff person in not appropriate or acceptable and must immediately cease. The director/operator is advised to immediately review the Orientation checklist and the center's discipline policy with all staff and document this. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-05-20 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.02A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: The operator, CM reports that the center started conducting an "internal investigation" after she was made aware of an incident that occurred at the center on 5/13/21 involving a child and a staff person. The operator reports asking for written statements from staff and stated that the internal investigation is ongoing. Since the incident involved allegations of a staff possibly mistreating a child in care this incident should have been reported to CPS immediately. Upon discussing the incident with the operator C. M. on 5/20/21 the operator, CM did state she didn't report the incident to CPS or law enforcement. There is at least 1 other staff who observed the child being closed in a bathroom by a staff person. This staff also didn't report directly to CPS or law enforcement. All staff are mandated reporters and this incident should have been reported for CPS to investigate. Staff CM and SR and TG agreed they were aware of the requirement to report. The incident has now been reported and is being investigated. Advised Director or operator to contact the Charles Co. DHS and request a training for all staff about reporting child abuse and neglect and to have all staff participate. | |||
| 2021-05-20 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: In the course of the investigation it was learned that staff at the center were aware of the child being locked or pinned in a bathroom due to his misbehavior. At least one staff, TG, observed the incident on the center's video, the staff who observed the incident on the video states she reported it to the director and the operator, CM. The incident wasn't reported to the OCC as required. The OCC is now aware of the incident. In the future please be sure to report a questionable incident to the OCC . There are also times when reports should also be made to CPS or law enforcement only or in addition to reporting to OCC. Director and operator to report when in doubt. The OCC is now aware of the incident, therefore this non-compliance is corrected. | |||
| 2021-05-20 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: It was reported that a 6 year old child was locked in a bathroom, with a chair pinned up against the door, due to his behavior. A video was observed of this incident. It was further reported that the child who was locked in the bathroom" has health difficulty with asthma". The reporter has concerns about the center using this type of discipline with a child who has breathing issues. Locking any child in a bathroom due to the child's behavior is considered injurious treatment based on the standards expected in child care. Locking a child in a bathroom is not appropriate discipline and should not occur in child care programs. Child care programs are prohibited from using any type of injurious treatment, or inappropriate discipline of a child. This type of behavior by a staff person in not appropriate or acceptable and must immediately cease. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-05-20 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03C(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The staff wasn't following the center's discipline policy. The policy doesn't speak to locking a child in a bathroom. This is inappropriate. Please review the center's discipline policy again with all staff and be certain all staff understand acceptable ways to discipline a child in child care. Please document that all staff have been made aware of appropriate ways to discipline children and forward a copy of the list of staff who reviewed the center's discipline policy. Please encourage staff to complete a training regarding age appropriate discipline. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-05-20 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03D(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: The school age room was observed to have 8 school agers in it and 7 preschool aged children 4 and 5 year olds. This age group can be mixed and there may be up to 20 in the group when there are 4-12 year olds mixed together, however once there are more than 10 children present there must be at least 2 staff present. There was only 1 staff with a group of what was 12 children at one point during the inspection and then 15 children were observed with 1 staff person. Lic. Spec. brought this to the director's attention and she did call in additional staff to assist. Once the 2nd staff was added to this room within an hour or so this non compliance was corrected. It is unclear how long there may have been 1 staff alone with 15 children aged 4-12. Staff need to communicate staffing issues immediately to leadership so that the issue can possibly be corrected. It is best to plan ahead and have staff available and on site before the group size is exceeded for the staffing or room. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.03.03B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: During the inspection, the classroom attendance record in the two year old room listed the names of the children, but it did not contain their arrival times. Licensing Specialist has other sign in/sign out documents from the Center that also do not show any departure times for the children. It is important that the Center records each child's arrival and departure times as these sheets are also used when the children are transitioned inside/outside as well as utilized during an emergency. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: A medical form was received at the OCC on 08/14/2019 for staff member, KM, but it was blank. It only included an attached "Refusal to Vaccinate" form completed and signed by the employee and the physician on 08/07/19. KM has been employed at the Center since August of 2019, but a proper medical, clearing her to work in a child care setting, has not been submitted to OCC . Please ensure that KM has a medical evaluation, the physician completes the questions on the 1204 form and submit it to OCC as soon as possible. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.06.10C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist viewed the following amount of training certificate hours: AS (3 of 12 hours that was due by 10/2019); LF (3 of 12 hours due by 09/2019); SJ (0 of 12 hours due by 02/2020). These trainings were due prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and should have been completed on time. If training hours were, in fact, completed, the Center must send evidence of these training hours having been completed. If they have not been completed, the staff member should complete them immediately and submit the training certificates to OCC. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.09.04A(4)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: During the inspection, the cribs did not contain snugly fitting sheets. The sheets are provided by each child's parent and are for standard size cribs, not the portable cribs that the Center has. The owner showed the Licensing Specialist that she did, in fact, have snugly fitting sheets that she had bought, but are using the ones the parents bought. She will direct the parents to buy the proper size sheets. Please provide proof of the new sheets fitting snugly and being used as soon as possible. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(c) | Corrected |
| Findings: During the inspection, the Center did not provide an emergency disaster drill log. The Center must conduct Emergency Disaster drills at least twice per year and record their date and time of occurrence. The Center provided their fire drill log for the last two years. A fire drill was completed and recorded each month. However, in March of 2020, no time was recorded for the fire drill. Please conduct and record these drills as outlined in the regulation. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: During the inspection, the Center could only provide the Emergency Disaster plan that was created in March of 2017. There was no indication that this plan has been reviewed and/or updated. The Center shall review the plan on an annual basis and date and initial the plan to indicate that it has been reviewed. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.10.01C | Corrected |
| Findings: Although the Center had a list of emergency numbers posted in some locations, none of the lists contained the required contact information for protective services or for the Office of Child Care. Please modify your current list to contain the additional required contacts and post it by each phone per the regulation. Provide a copy of the correctly modified list to OCC. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.10.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: The Center's First Aid kit was missing a triangular bandage. The Center shall obtain a triangular bandage and store it in the First Aid kit. When this is completed, please show proof of this correction to OCC. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.12.04F(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: At least four refrigerators in the Center, including both refrigerators in the kitchen, the one in the infant room and the one in the toddler room, had a thermometer that read 42 degrees, 45 degrees and two at 50 degrees F. It was suggested that the Center turn the refrigerator to a colder setting and recheck the thermometer. Perishable items must be stored at or below 40 degrees F. Please provide proof to the OCC of the refrigerators being at or below 40 degrees F. | |||
| 2020-12-07 | Full | 13A.16.12.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: During the inspection, the written individual schedule for toddler, NS, was missing the primary staff person and an update. Toddler AM was missing the primary staff person and an update. The schedules for toddlers, IW & RE, were completely missing. In the infant room, the individual schedules for KW and LW were both missing the primary staff person. Please acquire the missing written individual schedules, fill in missing information and ensure that the individual schedules are updated at least every three months. | |||
| 2020-01-27 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.01 | Corrected |
| Findings: The OCC received a complaint regarding an employee kicking a cot while a child was laying on the cot. Parent, Center Owner and Center Director watched the video and the employee did kick the cot twice. The first kick resulted in the child falling on the floor and the second kick resulted in the cot landing on the child. The incident occurred January 16, 2020 and the employee was immediately placed on administrative leave and was terminated effective January 17, 2020. | |||
| 2019-02-27 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.08.03A | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of arrival the infant room had three infants on one side and four infants on the other side. This room is divided by furniture and gates but count as two rooms. The one room had a ratio of 4 to1. Per infant teacher,, two of the children were with her from the other infant room and were only with her for circle time. If those two were on the other side of the room then that infant teacher would have been 5 to 1. That room did not get any help until 8:30am. Arrival time of Licensing Specialist was 8:10am. | |||
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