Little Joys Learning Center

AAC R9-3-504.E.3. E. A certificate holder shall: 3. Post a copy of the floor plan showing the evacuation paths from the residence in each indoor area of the child care group home approved for providing child care services.

“Compliance Officer 1 observed that there was no evacuation plan posted at the back sliding glass door.”

AAC R9-3-305.A.2. A. A certificate holder shall ensure that: 2. The individual signing the enrolled child into or out from the child care group home: a. Records the time of the enrolled child’s arrival or departure, and b. Signs the attendance record with at least the first initial of the individual’s first name and the individual’s last name; and

“Compliance Officer 2 reviewed the children’s sign-in and out logs for January 2025 and observed that Child 1 and Child 2 were not signed-out on 01/02 and 01/03.”

AAC R9-3-401.C.4. A certificate holder shall ensure that a staff member: 4. Except as specified in subsection (C)(5), labels the personal items of an enrolled child with an identifier that is specific to the enrolled child and stores the personal items separately from the personal items of other enrolled children and residents;

“Compliance Officer 1 observed that Child 2’s personal products were not labeled with an identifier specific to them as required.”

AAC R9-3-305.A.1. A. A certificate holder shall ensure that: 1. An enrolled child is signed into and signed out from the child care group home by: a. The enrolled child’s parent; b. An individual authorized in writing or by telephone by the enrolled child’s parent; or c. The enrolled child, if the enrolled child is a school-age child and the enrolled child’s parent has given written permission for the enrolled child to self-admit or self-release;

“Compliance Officer 1 reviewed the group home's sign in/out documentation and noted that Child 3 was signed in on 2/2/24 but was not signed out on that day.”

AAC R9-3-304.A.1. A. A certificate holder shall not permit an enrolled child to receive child care services at a child care group home until the child care group home receives: 1. An immunization record for the enrolled child with the information required in 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 7, stating that the enrolled child has received all current, age-appropriate immunizations required under 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 7, that is: a. Provided by a physician, physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner, or another individual authorized by state law to administer immunizations; or b. Generated from the Arizona State Immunization Information System, which is the Department’s child immunization reporting system established in A.R.S. § 36-135; or

“Compliance Officer 2 reviewed the immunization records of six enrolled children at the group home and noted the following: Child 1's vaccination records were not up to date; Child 2 did not have a vaccination record at the group home.”