Jamaica PreK Program

Regulation 5.2.1.3: The licensee shall ensure the hand washing procedures include the following steps in order: * Use of warm running water and liquid soap; * Moistening hands with water, applying soap, and washing hands for a minimum of twenty (20) seconds; * Rinsing hands under running water; * Drying hands with a single use towel or paper towel; and then * Disposing of the towel.

“Staff persons placed soap upon children's dry hands as the first step in handwashing. Children then rubbed the soap upon their hands and all children had their hands wet for less than 20 seconds. Corrective Action: Review and follow the handwashing steps in the order and manner required by this rule with all staff. Program Director agreed to implement the change in practice during this visit. Send an email to Licensing Field Specialist Crawford confirming this requirement has been reviewed with all staff and implemented. Status: Appeal Period.”

Regulation 7.2.2: The licensee shall ensure that all new staff and auxiliary staff, prior to working with children in the CBCCPP; and any new individual designated as the representative of the licensee shall submit a Records Check Authorization form to the Division and shall submit to fingerprinting at a location designated by the Division after having received the Fingerprinting Authorization Certificate by the Division.

“As of the date of this visit, a record check authorization form has not been submitted for a service provider who has been visiting the program since the start of the 2025-2026 school year. Corrective Action: Ensure all auxiliary and partner staff complete the record check authorization forms as required by this rule. The required record check authorization form was submitted and processed by the Child Development Division as of 02/26/2026. Send am email to Licensing Field Specialist Crawford identifying who will be responsible for ensuring submission of record checks. Status: Appeal Period.”

Regulation 3.4.7.3: Within six (6) months of the initial date of employment; staff and auxiliary staff left alone with children and/or counted in staff/child ratio as specified in the rule 6.2.1.8 of these regulations, and the program director shall maintain an up-to-date BFIS Quality and Credential Account. Documentation, verification of qualifications, and all annual professional development activities as specified in the rules in sections 7.3 and 7.4 of these regulations shall be submitted to Northern Lights at CCV to be verified and maintained in BFIS.

“Staff person A has been listed as a substitute for the program since 2024. It was confirmed that this person has substituting in the program in spring 2025 and is scheduled to substitute before the end of February 2026. Staff person B was stated to be a 1:1 aide for a child in the classroom for the 2025-2026 school year. Staff person B has a listed start date of 04/30/2025. The BFIS Quality and Credential account for each person does not contain any of the required documentation. Corrective Action: Update the BFIS Quality and Credential accounts for Staff person A and Staff person B. Review the BFIS Quality and Credential accounts for all persons upon the associated parties list serving in a subsitute, aide, trainee, teacher assistant, teacher associate, teacher, or auxiliary staff position and ensure all required items have been submitted to NL@CCV for uploading. Send to Licensing Field Specialist Crawford confirmation that Staff person A & B's documents have been submitted. Also submit the listing and confirmation of submission for the documentation submissons for any other identifiied persons. Status: Appeal Period.”

Regulation 7.1.3: The licensee, in consultation with the program director, shall establish written program policies and procedures and provide these to staff and to auxiliary staff left alone with children and/or counted in staff/child ratio as specified in the rule 6.2.1.8 of these regulations during an orientation training session approved by the Division prior to being left alone with children. Trainees under eighteen (18) years of age and other staff not left alone with children shall complete the orientation training within at least one (1) month of their first date of working with children. Complete written information and the orientation training session shall include: Basic knowledge of child growth and development; Routine and emergency health protection of children including health related exclusions; Safety and sanitation requirements including handling and storage of hazardous materials and disposal of bio contaminants; Positive behavior management; Supervision of children; Child accident and injury procedures including building and physical premises safety; Safe sleep practices; Administration of medication requirements; Emergency and evacuation requirements; Nutrition and food safety including prevention of and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions; Recordkeeping; Transportation and child passenger safety; Release of children; Respectful engagement of families; Preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect; including information about the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse, sexual violence, grooming processes, recognizing the dangers of child sexual abuse, and other predatory behaviors of sex offenders; Recognition of and response to the symptoms of common childhood illnesses; Preventing the spread of infectious disease; Providing developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children; Inclusion of children with special needs; Guidelines for volunteers, partner staff, auxiliary staff, and business managers; Responsibility to comply with current applicable licensing regulations; Staffing requirements to include opening and closing; and Ensuring children have extra clothes and diapers available.

“An auxiliary staff person reported to be serving as a 1:1 for a child and an auxiliary staff person reported to be present in the program the majority of each day have not completed orientation. Each person has reportedly been with the program since the start of the 2025-2026 school year. Corrective Action: Have the identified auxlliary staff complete orientation. Review the role of all persons listed as auxiliary staff and determine if they need to complete orientation. Submit to Licensing FIeld Specialist Crawford confirmation the identified staff have completed orientation and what determinations were reached on all other associated auxiliary staff Status: Appeal Period.”