Description: Watch Me Grow "N" After Care and Summer Camp is a Regular Child Care Center in Irvington NJ, with a maximum capacity of 123 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 13 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2022-10-24 | 2022-10-26 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's policies and procedures for field trips. |
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| 2022-10-24 | 2022-10-24 | 3A:52-7.6(b)(1) |
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The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: the name of the injured child. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that incident reports are completed as required. |
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| 2022-10-24 | 2022-10-26 | 3A:52-6.8(d)(1) |
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Staff member(s) shall inform the parent(s) of enrolled children in advance of any field trip(s), outing(s), or special event(s) involving the transportation of children away from the center. The center shall inform parents whether a school bus, other approved school vehicle, or private passenger vehicle will be used, and whether the driver will be a staff member, a parent, or another person. The center shall provide each parent with the name and telephone number of any bus company providing service. Before taking a child on such afield trip, outing, or special event, the center shall secure individual written consent slips signed by a parent for his or her child(ren) for each proposed field trip, outing or special event. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for field trips are adhered to at all times, including getting written permission from the parents. |
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| 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-24 | 3A:52-5.3(p) |
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Play equipment, materials, and furniture for indoor and outdoor use shall be of sturdy and safe construction, non-toxic, free of hazards, and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. The center may not use play equipment intended for outdoor use indoors. Violation Observed: Ensure that all Lego walls in Room 2 are sturdy. |
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| 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-24 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's discipline policy. |
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| 2022-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 3A:52-6.6(a)(1) |
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The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive. Violation Observed: Based on the information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff "smacked" a named child on the arm several times. |
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| 2022-04-22 | 2022-04-22 | 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: Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for incidents are adhered to at all times, including recognizing and reporting possible incidents of child abuse and neglect. |
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| 2022-04-22 | 2022-04-22 | 3A:52-6.6(a)(1) |
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The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that the staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff grabbed and lifted a named child by the back of their clothing and then dropped the named child faceward onto the mat. |
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| 2022-04-22 | 2022-04-22 | 3A:52-7.6(a)(1) |
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The center shall take immediate necessary action to protect the child from further harm and shall immediately notify the child's parent(s) when a child is bitten and the skin is broken. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that parents are notified of incidents occurring at the center as required. |
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| 2022-04-22 | 2022-04-22 | 3A:52-7.6(b)(1) |
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The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: the name of the injured child. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that incident reports are completed as required. |
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| 2022-04-22 | 2022-04-22 | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) |
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The sponsor or sponsor representative, and each staff member shall complete a signed consent form provided by the Department that indicates the identifying information necessary to conduct a CARI background check, including the person’s name, address, date of birth, sex, race, and Social Security number. Pursuant to the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579), the Department shall advise each such person that the disclosure of his or her Social Security number is voluntary, and that the Social Security number will only be used for the purpose of conducting a CARI background check. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required. |
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| 2022-04-22 | 2022-04-22 | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) |
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As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that staff have completed a CHRI background check as required. |
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| 2022-04-22 | 2022-07-21 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain all staff on notifying parents of incidents occurring at the center as required. |
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| 2022-04-22 | 2022-06-13 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(4) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include recognizing and reporting child abuse or neglect, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.9. Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain all staff on recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect. |
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| 2022-04-07 | 2022-04-22 | 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, wherein 10 children 1-1.5 years of age were present with 2 staff in Room 1 and an additional staff was required. |
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