Description: Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc. (WestCOP ) is a private not-for-profit, multipurpose social service agency operating community programs to combat poverty and its adverse effects in Westchester and Putnam counties.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-21 | Violation | 418-1.11(i)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Staff and volunteers must ensure that children thoroughly wash their hands or assist children with thoroughly washing their hands with soap and running water when they are dirty, after toileting, before and after food handling or eating, after handling pets or other animals, after contact with any bodily secretion or fluid, and after coming in from outdoors. | |||
| 2019-01-14 | Violation | 418-1.7(s) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Individual clean bed coverings must be available, as needed, for each child requiring a rest period. | |||
| 2019-01-14 | Violation | 418-1.8(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When a child day care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to insure the health and safety of the children in care. | |||
| 2018-11-13 | Violation | 418-1.5(x) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Firearms, shotguns and rifles are prohibited at the child care program, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a police officer or peace officer, as those terms are defined in section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, or a security guard, as defined in section 89-f of the general business law, from possessing a firearm, shotgun or rifle on the premises for the protection of the child care program. Each child care program shall post signs providing notification of such prohibition that read: "No firearms, shotguns or rifles are permitted on these premises." Such signs, not less than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches, shall be posted in a prominent manner and within reasonable distance of each entrance of the child care program. Such signs shall be distributed by the Office of Children and Family Services. | |||
| 2018-11-13 | Violation | 418-1.6(g) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Programs that offer transportation services either directly or by contract with a third party must ensure that drivers and vehicles meet all Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation requirements. | |||
| 2018-11-13 | Violation | 418-1.6(l) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must openly display its daily transportation schedules. | |||
| 2018-11-13 | Violation | 418-1.8(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When a child day care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to insure the health and safety of the children in care. | |||
| 2018-11-13 | Violation | 418-1.11(c)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: | |||
| 2018-11-13 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(22)(ii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: the name(s), addresses and telephone numbers of person(s) with the legal responsibility and administrative authority for the operation of the child day care center; and | |||
| 2018-11-13 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(22)(iii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: the address and telephone number of the appropriate regional office of the Office which may be contacted to lodge a complaint against the center for violations of statutory and regulatory requirements; | |||
| 2017-09-15 | 418-1.15(a)(1)(ii) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Each child day care center must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations. | |||
| 2017-09-15 | 418-1.15(a)(4) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The provisions specified on the license are binding and the child day care center must operate in compliance with the terms of the license. The number and age range of children specified thereon are the maximum number and age range of children who may be in the care of the child day care center at any one time. | |||
| 2017-09-15 | 418-1.3(q)(3) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Preschool and school-aged children must be accommodated in rooms having a minimum of 35 square feet for each child. | |||
| 2017-06-20 | 418-1.4(b)(4) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file a record of each evacuation drill conducted, using forms furnished by the Office or approved equivalents. | |||
| 2017-06-20 | 418-1.4(h) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire or safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately. | |||
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