Description: Welcome to the YMCA of Greater Erie’s Early Learning & School-Age Enrichment Center at Northwestern Elementary School. The Center, is located within Northwestern Elementary School, which makes transition seamless! Our location affords us school amenities such as the library and gym for educational and recreational activities.
Our program is a Keystone Star 4 program, which, much like a hotel rating system, holds centers and staff to the highest standards. A Keystone Star 4 is the highest rating awarded.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(2) - Physician name, address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Emergency Contact Form in the file for Child #2 did not include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Child #2 will make sure to have updated emergency contact information such as child's physician name, address and phone number every 6 months. I reached out to child #2's parent to request the physician name, address and phone number. This violation was corrected on 9/18/2020 and the name, address and phone number was provided. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(6) - Insurance coverage information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Emergency Contact Form in the file for Child #2 did not include health insurance coverage and policy number for the child. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include health insurance coverage and policy number for a child under a family policy or Medical Assistance benefits, if applicable. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Child #2 will make sure to have updated health insurance coverage and policy number every 6 months. I reached out to Child #2's parent to request the health insurance coverage and policy number. Parent provided me with the insurance coverage and policy number. This was corrected 9/15/2020. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Emergency Contact Form in the file for Child #1 did not include the address of the release persons. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Child #1 will make sure to have updated emergency contact information to provide release person's address listed every 6 months. I reached out to child #1's parent to request the address of the release person. The release person's information will be provided by 10/15/2020. When this is corrected, I will contact our inspector with the address of the release person. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.124(e) - Written emergency plan posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Emergency Transportation Plan was not posted in the School Age and Pre-K Classrooms. Correction Required: A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The emergency transportation plan was not posted in the school age and Pre-K classroom. I corrected this violation by making 2 copies of our emergency transportation plan and posting it in the school age and PreK classrooms. This was corrected 9/15/2020. These will remain posted at all times in the future. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.151(a)/3270.192(3) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Health assessment, TB test | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent health assessments in the files for Staff Person #1 and #2 exceeded 24 months between assessments. These assessments are current. The file for Staff Person #3 did not include a health assessment conducted within the past 24 months. Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #1 and #2's most recent health assessments exceeded 24 months, and staff #3 did not have a recent health assessment conducted within 24 months. Staff person 1, 2, and 3 will make sure to have health assessments conducted within 24 months. For the future, I am going to create a log of dates for when all staff health assessments are due and remind the staff 30 days prior to when their health assessment needs to be redone. Staff person #3 had their health assessment conducted on 9/16/2020 and this violation was corrected. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.31(e)(4)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iii) - Fire safety - 1 yr./Exp, educ., training at facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff Person #3 did not include documentation of annual fire safety training conducted within the past 12 months: 5/7/19. Correction Required: Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in firesafety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training following the outset of service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff person #3 did not have fire safety training conducted within 12 months. For the future, I am going to be keeping a log of dates for when all staff will need to redo their annual fire safety trainings. I will make sure that staff # 3 as well as all staff are up to date each year. Fire safety training for staff #3 was corrected 9/15/2020. |
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| 2020-08-18 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Observed rust on the wall vent of the School-Age bathroom. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Rust was observed on a heater vent in the school age classroom bathroom. I reached out to the head of maintenance at Wattsburg Elementary School about the rusty heater vent. The school removed the heater and vent since they are no longer in use and covered the hole in the wall. This violation was corrected 9/25/2020. |
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| 2019-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.123(a) - Signed | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Fee Agreement in the file for Child #2 was not signed by the operator. Correction Required: An agreement shall be signed by the operator and the parent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The fee agreement was not signed by our finance director at that time but has been signed since. In the future we will make sure a signed copy of the fee agreement is in the child's file before they start. |
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| 2019-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(3) - Services proceeded | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: A Child Service Report conducted within the past six months was not in the file for Child #3. Most recent Child Service Report: 5/9/18. Correction Required: The services to be provided to the family and the child, including the Department's approved form to provide information to the family about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. The operator shall complete and update the form and provide a copy to the family in accordance with the updates regarding emergency contact information in 3270.124(f) (relating to emergency contact information). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) A child service report is being done by the child's lead teacher to correct this and in the future, we will make sure that every child has an assessment done every 6 months. |
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| 2019-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(2) - Physician name, address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Emergency Contact Form in the file for Child #2 did not include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) The physician information was not included on the child's emergency contact form and we have contacted the parent to get this information. When we receive new enrollment packets, we will make sure the information is complete (including physician information) before enrolling them. |
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| 2019-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.124(c) - Each child care space | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The Emergency Contact Binder in the A6/A7 Classroom, did not contain an Emergency Contact Form for Child #2, who was in attendance in this room. Correction Required: When children are in the facility, emergency contact information shall be present in a child care space for children receiving care in the space. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) We have included the missing emergency contact form in the binder. We will also make sure to have all emergency contact forms for children in the binders for each classroom. |
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| 2019-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.131(b)(2)/3270.182(1) - Toddler/preschool: updated health report every 12 months/Initial and subsequent health reports | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent updated health reports in the file for Child #3, a Preschool Child, exceeded 12 months between updates. The most recent health report in the file for Child #3 is current. Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent to provide an updated health report at least every 12 months for an older toddler or preschool child.A child's record shall contain initial and subsequent health reports. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Time had lapsed in between the child's physicals and in the future, we will make sure to monitor the dates in which children need to have their physical renewed and will make sure to get them by those given dates. |
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| 2019-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.131(e)(1)/3270.182(1) - Exemption documentation from parent/guardian/Initial and subsequent health reports | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The immunization records in the files for Child #1, #3 and #4 were not in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. Child #3 (5 years old): Missing first dose of varicella. Child #1, 3 and 4: No current flu shot. Child #1: Feb 2017. Child #3: None. Child #4 Nov 2015. Correction Required: The facility shall require the parent to provide updated written verification from a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department of ongoing vaccines administered to an infant, toddler or preschool child in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP. A child's record shall contain initial and subsequent health reports. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Three children were not up to date on their shots and we have contacted the parents to either get a note from their doctor or to have them sign a waiver saying they do not want their children to have those vaccines. In the future we will ask parents for notes from doctors or to sign waivers if their children's shots records are not up to date. |
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| 2019-08-13 | Renewal | 3270.151(a)/3270.192(3) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Health assessment, TB test | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: The most recent health assessments in the files for Staff Person #1, #2 and #3 exceeded 24 months between assessments. The most recent health assessments in the files for all three staff persons are current. Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Three staff person's had time lapse in between physicals, we will make sure to have all staff physicals completed on time if not before to prevent this from happening in the future. |
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| 2019-07-25 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.115(a)(5) - Staff:child ratios while swimming | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On July 25, 2019, Staff Person #1 was observed supervising 10 Preschool children who were swimming and Staff Person #2 was observed supervising 7 Preschool children who were swimming. Correction Required: The staff-child ratios while children are swimming are Infant 1:1; Young or older toddler 1:2; Preschool 1:5; Young school-age 1:6; Older school-age1:8 |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more
information.) Staff was informed that swimming ratios still apply during lessons. Staff will make sure the 1:5 preschool swim ratio is followed at all times while they are in the pool for both free swim and swim lessons. |
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