ABC Daycare

The middle toilet in the children's restroom is leaking from the bottom of the toilet when flushed, two intake vents in the infant classroom had peeling paint with rust, and the coating of a cabinet sink in the infant classroom was peeling.

Recite: The vehicle used to transport children, which was purchased after 12/31/2013, did not have a child safety alarm installed.

Recite: three of the six children's files did not have a physician signed health statement. All three children have been enrolled at the operation for more than 12 months.

Recite: The emergency preparedness plan was reviewed and found to be missing the following information; How children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate Shelter, How your staff will evacuate and relocate with the essential documentation including:(A)Parent and emergency contact telephone numbers for each child in care , (B)Authorization for emergency care for each child in care and (C)The child tracking system information for children in care, How your staff will continue to care for the children until each child has been released, and How you will reunify the children with their parents as the evacuation, relocation, or sheltering/lock-down is lifted.

Recite: Emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms were not available to the driver when transporting children. Noted: this was corrected during the inspection when the required information from the admission records were copied and placed in the transportation binder.

Recite: The vehicle used to transport children, which was purchased after 12/31/2013, did not have a child safety alarm installed.

Recite: Emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms were not available to the driver when transporting children.

Recite: The fire extinguisher in the van utilized to transport children was observed not to be secured.

Monthly testing of the Carbon Monoxide detectors was not being conducted.

Six of the six children's files did not have a physician signed health statement. All six children have been enrolled at the operation for more than 12 months.

The director's file was not available for review.

Two of the six children's files reviewed did not have up-dated immunization records available.

The emergency preparedness plan was reviewed and found to be missing the following information; How children will be evacuated or relocated to the designated safe area or alternate Shelter, How your staff will evacuate and relocate with the essential documentation including:(A)Parent and emergency contact telephone numbers for each child in care , (B)Authorization for emergency care for each child in care and (C)The child tracking system information for children in care, How your staff will continue to care for the children until each child has been released, and How you will reunify the children with their parents as the evacuation, relocation, or sheltering/lock-down is lifted.

Emergency medical transport and treatment authorization forms were not available to the driver when transporting children.

Two caregivers provided an inaccurate count of the children in their care. An infant caregiver advised she had four children, but there were five in her care. A toddler twos caregiver advised she had eight children, but there were seven children in her care.

There was no documentation indicating that the fire extinguishers were being insepected monthly.

Five caregivers and the director did not have HASA required training certificates in Preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction and Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials.

One of the six children's files reviewed did not include necessary information for their emergency contact, an address.

The vehicle used to transport children, that was purchased after 12/31/2013 did not have a child safety alarm installed,

One of the six children's files reviewed did not have authorization for emergency medical care.

One of the six children's files reviewed did not have the address for the child's physician.

In a room with a group of children with a specified age of 0-11 months, the group was oiut of ratio iwth five infants to one caregiver. Noted: to come into compliance, chilren were moved around.

The fire extinguisher in the van utilized to transport children was observed to not be secured.

A record of hours and days present at the operation was not available for the director.

Recite: Two caregivers did not have certificates available for review in the required topics listed in this standard: communicable diseases, administering medication, preventing/responding to emergencies due to fool allergies, understanding building and physical premises.

Recite: the director did not have certificates available for review in the required topics listed in this standard: communicable diseases, administering medication, preventing/responding to emergencies due to food allergies, and understanding building and physical premises.

Three caregivers did not have training certificates available for review in required topic, Child Maltreatment.

Two o the six children's files reviewed did not have a signed health statement. Noted: These children have been enrolled over a year and need a physician signed health statement.

Three caregivers did not have certificates available for review in required topics listed in this standard.

One of the six children's files reviewed did not have all necessary information for the listed emergency contact.

The director did not have training in required topics available for review.

The director did not have training required for caring for children 24 months and younger available for review.

Two of the six children's files reviewed did not have signed authorization for emergency medical care.

The director did not have the required amount of training hours in listed topics available for review.

The director did not have training in child maltreatment available for review.

At time of inspection, the last fire drills documented were in May and February 2024.

At time of inspection, two caregivers that work with children under twenty-four months did not have: (1) Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome; (2) Preventing sudden infant death syndrome; and (3) Understanding early childhood brain development.

At time of inspection, two out of the six children files did not have the complete information for the emergency contact.

At time of inspection, three out of the six children files did not have date of admission.

At time of inspection fire inspection was last conducted September 2023.

At time of inspection, two out of the six children files did not have updated immunizations.

At time of inspection a fifteen year old was observed in a toddler class without a cleared background check. This was corrected at inspection.

At time of inspection a toddler caregiver did not redirect a child with positive statements when child was not following instructions.

At time of inspection, director did not have a current transportation training, last reviewed was in 09/2022.

During a DFPS investigation inspection, a caregiver was observed and heard yelling at children in care.

During the course of a DFPS investigation, caregivers admitted to placing a child in a restrictive device to limit the child's movement for over 20 minutes until the child fell asleep in the device and was moved approximately five minutes later.

At time of inspection three out of the six children files did not have complete emergency contact information.

At time of inspection three out of the six staff files evaluated did not have employment start date.

At time of inspection five out of the six staff files did not have education qualifications for review.

At time of inspection, three out of the six children files evaluated were not answered in the following sections: transportation, field trips and water activities.

Infant class was observed to have 5 children to 1 caregiver. This was corrected during inspection.

During inspection infant room had 5 children to one caregiver.

At time of inspection there was a caregiver with no active background check in a toddler class. This was corrected at inspection, caregiver left operation.

During inspection infant room had 7 children to one caregiver.

4 out of the 5 staff files reviewed at inspection did not have begin day of employment.

Vehicle used to transport children did not have fire extinguisher at time of inspection.

4 sleeping mats were observed to be torn in multiple toddler rooms.

Fire drills only had date and time conducted documented, no initials of staff nor length of evacuation.

3 out of 4 children files were missing date of admission.

Two caregivers are still lacking current SIDS, Shaken Baby Syndrome, and Early childhood brain development training.

An individual with a pending background check was observed alone supervising children.

The operation does not have documentation on file of the emergency drills they have conducted. The operation has not conducted fire drills since January 2022.

The infant classroom was 1 infant over their maximum group size. The class had 11 infants between ages 0-10 months with 2 caregivers.

Three play yards with infants sleeping inside had loose sheets not securely snug to mattress. This was corrected when it was addressed with caregivers and they tighten the sheets.

Five employees do not have current training hours in the following topics: -Handling, storing, and disposing of hazardous materials -preventing and responding to emergencies due to food or an allergic reaction

A classroom with the specified age group of 17 months was out of ratio. There were 7 children with 1 caregiver.

Three caregivers who care for infants do not have current training hours in the following topics: SIDS, Shaken Baby Syndrome, and Early childhood brain development.

A caregiver did not wash their hands after changing an infants diaper and before changing the next infant's diaper. This was corrected when the caregiver washed her hands after it was addressed.

Two infants did not have their hands washed after getting their diapers changed.

A caregiver did not redirect a child with positive statements when they threatened to put the child in a high chair if they didn't behave.

The operation did not have documentation on file of the emergency drills they have conducted.

The safety strap on one of the high chairs in the infant room was missing the center fastener not allowing the straps to securely fasten.

Pre-service training and annual training hours in health and safety topics were not available for review for 5 employees. Caregivers observed caring for infants did not have infant safe sleep training on file for review.

Two individuals with pending background checks were observed in the classroom with children. Addressed with director who stated they will not return until they receive an eligible status.

9 play yards in the infant room did not have snug fitted sheets on matress.

There were no written infant feeding instructions for the infants being cared for in the infant room.