Children Of America Chestnut Hill

3270.161(d) Potentially hazardous food refrigerated

“During unannounced inspection on 8/21/24, a child's lunch containing chicken nuggets was observed in the cubbies in the Young Two's Room and the lunch was not refrigerated.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 22, 2024

3270.106(f) 2 feet apart

“During unannounced inspection on 8/21/24, In the infant A room, an infant was observed sleeping in a crib and there was not 2 feet of space on three sides of the crib.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 22, 2024

3270.14/3270.21 Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety

“During unannounced inspection on 6/26/24, the facility's emergency plan had not been updated to meet Federal requirements under 45 CFR § 98.41(a)(1)(vii), which includes having a plan for Continuity of Operations.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 15, 2024

3270.27(a)(3)/3270.27(a)(4) Contact when arises/Contact when ended

“During unannounced inspection on 6/26/24, the most updated version of the facility's emergency plan did not include information on how parents will be contacted during an emergency, when parents will be notified throughout the course of the emergency (at the onset and conclusion) and did not specify that parents will be provided with instruction on how to be safely reunited with children at the conclusion of the emeregency.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 15, 2024

3270.61(f) No business simultaneous use

“During unannounced inspection on 6/26/24, the second-floor school age room is not being used for child care and was observed to be used for storage. Window molding was missing around some of the windows and items such as a desk, vacuum, and other child care supplies were being stored in this space, making it unsuitable and unsafe to provide care in this room.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 23, 2024

3270.27(a)(1) Emergency plan

“During unannounced inspection on 6/26/24, the facility's emergency plan did not include the procedures that would be followed during a lockdown.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 15, 2024

3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children

“During investigation on 5/29/24, due to self-reported non-compliance, staff person #1, #2, #3, and #4, acknowledged that child #1 was left unsupervised in the Pre-K classroom when staff person #5 transitioned the class downstairs to the "City Place" room at the end of the day. Child #1 was left unsupervised for an undetermined amount of time but based on the time the class transitioned to "City Place" and the time the parent arrived to pick up child #1, it appears child #1 was alone for approximately 25-40 minutes.”

Correction date in the state record: May 22, 2024

3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children

“During investigation on 5/29/24, due to self-reported non-compliance, staff person #1, #2, #3, and #4, acknowledged that child #1 was left unsupervised in the Pre-K classroom when staff person #5 transitioned the class downstairs to the "City Place" room at the end of the day. Child #1 was left unsupervised for an undetermined amount of time but based on the time the class transitioned to "City Place" and the time the parent arrived to pick up child #1, it appears child #1 was alone for approximately 25-40 minutes.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 30, 2024

3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children

“During investigation on 5/29/24, due to self-reported non-compliance, staff person #1, #2, #3, and #4, acknowledged that child #1 was left unsupervised in the Pre-K classroom when staff person #5 transitioned the class downstairs to the "City Place" room at the end of the day. Child #1 was left unsupervised for an undetermined amount of time but based on the time the class transitioned to "City Place" and the time the parent arrived to pick up child #1, it appears child #1 was alone for approximately 25-40 minutes.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 22, 2024

3270.131(d)(7) Free from contagious/communicable disease

“During renewal inspection, the health report for child #1 did not include a statement from the physician regarding if the child is able to participate in child care and is free from contagious or communicable diseases.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 29, 2023

3270.31(e)(4)(i) Age and Training

“During renewal inspection, staff person #1 had an expired first aid and CPR certification on file dated 10/16/20.”

Correction date in the state record: Sep 25, 2023

3270.76 Building Surfaces

“During renewal inspection, the orange wall behind the door in the Pre 2 room had a hole in the plaster.”

Correction date in the state record: Sep 29, 2023

3270.104(a) Clean, good repair, proper size

“During renewal inspection, the blue, child sized furniture in the Pre 1 room had rips in the fabric and was in need of repair or replacement.”

Correction date in the state record: Sep 18, 2023

3270.124(c) Each child care space

“During renewal inspection emergency contact form were not present in the infant room, Pre-2 room, and Pre-K rooms for the children receiving care in the rooms.”

Correction date in the state record: Sep 1, 2023

3270.113(b) No physical punishment

“Facility staff #1 used physical discipline on their child at the facility.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 17, 2023

3270.113(c)/3270.113(d) No ridicule or threaten harm/No harsh language

“Facility staff #1 singled out their own child and used harsh and demeaning language towards the child in the facility.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 17, 2023

3270.182(7) Reports of accidents, injuries and illnesses. Original report - parent same day Copy - facility accident file. Copy - child's file

“On 5/31/2023 a child received an injury while at the facility, the accident, injury and illness report was not given to a parent on the day of the incident.”

Correction date in the state record: Jun 5, 2023

3270.192(2)(iv) Transcript, diploma and letters

“There was not acceptable verification of education in the file for facility staff #3.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 22, 2022

3270.32(a) Comply with CPSL

“There was not an NSOR clearance on file for facility staff #1 and #2. Facility staff #6 had an FBI clearance that was over 60 months.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 22, 2022

3270.27(a)(6) Emergency plan

“At the time of inspection there was not verification that an emergency drill was conducted at least annually.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 22, 2022

3270.124(f) Updated every 6 months

“At the time of inspection, the emergency contact form for facility child #1 was not updated at least every 6 months. The last updated was 12/17/2021.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 22, 2022

3270.31(f)(10) Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR

“Facility staff #2 did not have the required pediatric first aid and CPR within 90 days of hire.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 22, 2022

3270.95(a) Devices must be compliant

“At the time of inspection there was not the required annual fire system inspection or documentation of monthly fire system checks on file at the facility.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 29, 2022

3270.27(a)(1) Emergency plan

“At the time of inspection the facility did not have a specific lock-down procedure in the emergency plan.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 4, 2022

3270.151(a) 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter

“Facility staff #1 did not have the required health assessment at the time of initial hire. The hire date was 7/6/2021 and the health assessment was dated 8/5/2021. Facility staff #3 had a health assessment that was more than 12 months prior to providing initial services at the facility. The hire date was 9/21/2021 and the health assessment in the file was dated 11/10/2019. Facility staff #7 did not have the required health assessment at the time of initial hire. The hire date was 11/8/2021 and the health assessment was dated 1/27/2022. Facility staff #10 did not have the required health assessment at the time of initial hire. The hire date was 1/3/2022 and the health assessment was dated 1/27/2022.”

Correction date in the state record: Mar 11, 2022

3270.151(c)(3)/3270.151(c)(5) Exam communicable disease/Physician/CRNP assessment

“The health assessment in the record for facility staff #2 did not specify that an exam for communicable diseases was conducted or that the staff person is suitable to provide child care.”

Correction date in the state record: Mar 11, 2022

3270.32(a) Comply with CPSL

“Facility staff #1 did not obtain Mandated Reporter Training within 90 days of employment. The hire date was 7/6/2021 and the training was completed 2/12/2022. Facility staff #2 did not have the required clearances or receipts of those requests at the time of hire. The hire date was 9/7/2021 and the State Police clearance was dated 1/26/2022, the NSOR clearance was dated 2/15/2022 and the receipt for FBI fingerprinting was 2/2/2022. Facility staff #3 did not have the required clearances or receipts of those requests at the time of hire. The hire date was 9/21/2021 and the State Police clearance and Child Abuse clearances were dated 1/26/2022. The NSOR clearance was dated 2/15/2022. The FBI receipt for fingerprinting was dated 1/24/2022. Facility staff #5 did not have the required clearances or receipts of those requests at the time of hire. The hire date was 11/29/2021 and the State Police clearance and Child Abuse clearances were dated 1/28/2022. The FBI clearance was dated 2/9/2022 and the NSOR clearance was dated 2/15/2022. Facility staff #6 did not have the required clearances or receipts of those requests at the time of hire. Facility staff #6 did not have the required clearances or receipts of those requests at the time of hire. The date of hire was 11/15/2021 and the NSOR clearance was dated 2/15/2022. In addition, facility staff #6 did not have the required DHS FBI clearance. The FBI clearance in the record was a Department of Education FBI clearance dated 12/21/2021. Facility staff #7 did not have the required clearances or receipts of those requests at the time of hire. The date of hire was 11/8/2021 and the NSOR clearance request receipt was dated 1/27/2022. The disclosure statement for facility staff #11 was not dated.”

Correction date in the state record: Apr 11, 2022

3270.31(f) Health and Safety Training

“Facility staff #2 and #3 did not complete the required Health and Safety Training Topics within 90 days of hire. Facility staff #2 had a hire date of 9/7/2021 and the date of the completed training was 2/1/2022. At the time of inspection facility staff #3 did not have verification of the completed training and had a hire date of 9/21/2021.”

Correction date in the state record: Mar 11, 2022

3270.27(c) Training regarding plan

“Emergency plan training was not provided to all staff at the time of initial employment. Facility staff #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 and #11 received training in the facility emergency plan after they started working at the facility.”

Correction date in the state record: Mar 11, 2022

3270.113(e) Restraints prohibited

“On 1/19/2022 facility staff #2 physically restrained facility child #1 by using her legs to restrict the child's movement.”

Correction date in the state record: Feb 21, 2022

3270.113(c) No ridicule or threaten harm

“On 1/19/2022 facility staff #1 singled out facility child #1 by taking a video focused on the child, commenting about the child's behavior and sending the video to multiple parents.”

Correction date in the state record: Feb 1, 2022

3270.183(b) No information disclosed

“On 1/19/2022 facility staff #1 violated facility child #1's confidentiality by taking a video of the child and sending the video to other parents. The video focused on facility child #1 and facility staff #1 can be heard commenting about the child's behavior.”

Correction date in the state record: Feb 1, 2022

3270.113(b) No physical punishment

“On 9/23/2021 at naptime, a video recording captured facility staff #1 roughly grabbed facility child #1 to put on her cot causing the child to fall into the cot.”

Correction date in the state record: Sep 23, 2021