Lynne Seaver

Regulation 7.1.2.1: The FCCP shall have successfully completed pediatric first aid and CPR prior to being licensed and must remain currently certified.

“The provider's CPR and First Aid certification expired in September of 2024. The provider did not renew their certification. This is a repeat violation previously cited on 09/30/2022. Corrective Action: Since the visit the provider completed CPR and First Aid training. This is a repeat violation, please describe what steps you will take to ensure you are completing CPR and First Aid training before the expiration date.”

Regulation 5.10.1.2.5: There shall be at least one (1) easily accessible dry chemical fire extinguisher which has at least a 2-A: 10BC classification. This fire extinguisher shall be maintained in operating condition. It shall bear an official tag, properly signed, attesting to current operating condition.

“The fire extinguisher tag indicated it was last inspected in March of 2024, it should have been re-inspected in March of 2025 and it was not. This is a repeat violation previously cited on 07/22/2019. Corrective Action: Please have the extinguisher inspected or purchase a new one. Send this licensor a picture of the new inspection tag or receipt. This is a repeat violation, please describe the steps you will take to ensure you are having the extinguisher inspected on or prior to the renewal date.”

Correction date in the state record: Sep 23, 2025

Regulation 3.3.7.3: Within six (6) months of initial date of employment, the FCCP and all staff 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 sections 7.3 and 7.4 of these regulations shall be submitted to NLCDC to be verified and maintained in BFIS.

“The provider's BFIS Quality and Credential account is not up to date. The provider has not submitted documentation for ongoing professional development training. This is a repeat violation, previously cited on 07/22/2019. Corrective Action: Please plan to submit the professional development training documents that you have on site to Northern Lights at CCV. Please include this licensor on that email submission. Please create a plan that describes how you will ensure required documents are submitted to Northern Lights at CCV in a timely manner. Please email a copy of the plan to this licensor.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 26, 2024

Regulation 5.10.1.10.3: All poisonous or toxic materials shall be inaccessible to children.

“There were two containers of cleaning products, labelled keep out of reach of children, stored in the bathroom vanity. The vanity unit has a sliding cabinet door that was not locked and is directly under the sink. Corrective Action: Provider stated they would remove the cleaning products. Please ensure that all products that are poisonous, hazardous or toxic are stored out of reach of children. You may also install child proof locks when products are stored in cabinets or drawers. Please email this licensor and confirm that the products have either been moved or a lock is in place.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 26, 2024

Regulation 5.1.2: General Health Examinations: Within forty-five (45) days of enrollment the FCCP shall obtain documentation of the child's age appropriate well care exam from the parent. Documentation shall include information regarding any health conditions and medications that may impact the care of the child.

“Three(3) random children's files were reviewed. Of the three(3) files two(2) were missing general health examination documents. Corrective Action: As discussed please review all children's files and ensure they contain a general health examination form. Please collect missing forms from the families. If parents have questions about this requirement please direct them to the Licensor On Duty, 1-800-649-2642. Please email this licensor once you have gathered all of the missing documents, please develop a plan on how you will ensure you will follow up with families who have not provided the form within the required forty-five(45) days.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 26, 2024

Regulation 5.10.1.2.5: There shall be at least one (1) easily accessible dry chemical fire extinguisher which has at least a 2-A: 10BC classification. This fire extinguisher shall be maintained in operating condition. It shall bear an official tag, properly signed, attesting to current operating condition.

“The fire extinguisher did not have a valid inspection tag. The provider stated that she has an appointment to have it inspected. This is a repeat violation Corrective Action: Please send a photo of the new inspection tag to this licensor. This is a repeat violation please develop a system to ensure you have the extinguisher inspected prior to the expiration date. If you are having trouble finding an inspector please contact licensing or your nearest Fire Marshall for support.”

Correction date in the state record: Oct 4, 2022

Regulation 7.1.2.1: The FCCP shall have successfully completed pediatric first aid and CPR prior to being licensed and must remain currently certified.

“The provider's First Aid and CPR certification expired in February of 2022 and was not renewed. Corrective Action: Ensure that you maintain valid certification in First Aid and CPR. At the time of this report the provider had completed the online training with the American Red Cross. Please send this document to Northern Lights at CCV”

Correction date in the state record: Oct 4, 2022

Regulation 5.10.4.5.2: All interior and exterior walls, roofs, chimneys, floors, doors, ceilings, windows, skylights, stairways, ramps and porches shall be maintained in good repair.

“The main entrance to the home where children enter the program, the sheetrock on the inside of the home was damanged. The damage occured in a section of sheetrock approximately 3 feet tall by one foot wide. The surface was no longer non pourous, screws and sheetrock dust/chalk was exposed. Corrective Action: Until the section is repaired please keep children away from that section of wall. When the repair is complete please send a picture to this licensor.”

Correction date in the state record: Oct 29, 2022

Regulation 3.3.6.1: The FCCP shall maintain a record of the date of each evacuation drill as required in the rules in section 3.6.2 of these regulations that includes the number of children, staff evacuated, time taken to evacuate, and notation of the drill conducted while children were sleeping or resting. Evacuation records shall be kept for two (2) years.

“The evacuation drill log reflected that no evacuation drills had been conducted for the program since April 2021. The provider stated that while monthly drills were conducted, they did not get recorded. Corrective Action: Immediately plan to conduct and record 2 evacuation drills per month for the months of October, November, December 2021 as well as January and February 2022. Develop a system that will prompt you to conduct and record evaction drills at least two time per month for the next five months and at least one time per month thereafter, during any month that the program is in operation moving forward.”

Correction date in the state record: Nov 22, 2021

Regulation 5.10.1.2.5: There shall be at least one (1) easily accessible dry chemical fire extinguisher which has at least a 2-A: 10BC classification. This fire extinguisher shall be maintained in operating condition. It shall bear an official tag, properly signed, attesting to current operating condition.

“The fire extinguisher for the program had a classification of 1-A; 10 BC. Lynne states that the fire extingusher was older than one year and that she had not had it inspected. Lynne also stated that while she had another fire extinguisher that had at least a 2-A: 10 BC classification, it was too old to be inspected. Corrective Action: Immediately plan to obtain a dry chemical fire extinguisher which has at least a 2-A: 10 BC classification. Create a system which will prompt you to have the fire extinguisher inspected annually.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 26, 2019

Regulation 3.3.7.3: Within six (6) months of initial date of employment, the FCCP and all staff 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 sections 7.3 and 7.4 of these regulations shall be submitted to NLCDC to be verified and maintained in BFIS.

“A review of the provider's BFIS Quality and Credential account did not reflect; 15 hours of annual professional development for the past year, current CPR certification documentation, or documentation of a high school diploma or equivalent for provider qualification. Corrective Action: Immediately plan to submit all current professional development, CPR and qualification documentation to Northern Lights at CCV. If you need assistance with this, you may reach out to your Northern Lights resource coordinator, [name] at (802) 828-0621 or joanne.rouleau01@ccv.edu. Create a system which will prompt you to enter all required documentation to Northern Lights at CCV in a timely manner.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 26, 2019

Regulation 2.3.8.6: The FCCP shall maintain on site evidence of continuous insurance as defined in the rule 2.3.7.6 of these regulations.

“Lynne stated that she did have liability coverage, but was not able to locate the document during the compliance visit. Lynne sent a copy of the certificate of liability via email on 07/26/2019, however the certifcate was liability coverage for home owner's insurance purposes only. The coverage did not include a child care rider. Lynne stated that at the time of the visit, she did not have additional liability coverage speciifc to child care. Corrective Action: Immediately plan to obtain liability insurance coverage as defined in 2.3.7..6 of these regulations.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 29, 2019

Regulation 3.3.4.1: The FCCP shall maintain a complete and up-to-date enrollment file on-site for each child enrolled in the FCCH. A complete file shall contain, at minimum, the following information: * A completed child's admission form signed and dated by the parent that includes the first date the child attended the FCCH and the days and hours the child is regularly scheduled to attend the FCCH; * The child's name, current home address and current home telephone number; * The child's date of birth; * Name, address and all applicable current telephone numbers for parents; * Name, address and all applicable current telephone numbers for at least two (2) other people designated by the parents as emergency contacts; * Names for all persons authorized to pick the child up from the FCCH; * Record of an annual physical and health history as required in the rule 5.1.2 of these regulations that includes the name and telephone of the child's primary health care and dental care providers (if the child has a dental care provider); * A description of any special medical, developmental, emotional or educational needs of the child including allergies, existing illnesses or injuries, previous serious illnesses or injuries and any prescribed medication including those for emergency situations; * Written authorization from the parent for the FCCP to be able to obtain emergency medical care and transportation; * Child's immunization record or Vermont Department of Health approved exemption document as required in the rules in section 5.1.3 of these regulations; * Written permission from parents for the FCCP to transport the child, if transportation is provided, as required in section 5.10.6.6.1 of these regulations; * Written permission from parents for child to participate in swimming activities, if swimming activities are a part of the program, as required in the rule 5.10.5.1 of these regulations; * If applicable, a copy of court orders on custody and visitation arrangements as required in the rule 3.5.4 of these regulations; and * If applicable, any obvious injuries discovered and documented on daily health check as required in the rule 5.3.2 of these regulations.

“A review of children's files shows that the enrollment paperwork does not request the child or parent's address and phone number, written authorization for the FCCP to be able to obtain emergency medical care and transportation and written permission to transport. The enrollment paperwork also only requests one emergency contact and it is required that two contacts be listed. Corrective Action: Update enrollment paperwork to include required information and obtain missing information from families. Submit a statement to vicki.burgess@vermont.gov once missing information has been obtained.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 31, 2017

Regulation 3.3.3: The FCCP shall establish a system for taking attendance, including documentation of the time when each child arrives and departs each day he/she attends the FCCH. The FCCP shall save all daily attendance records identifying the hours of children's attendance for at least twelve (12) months from the date that care is provided.

“A review of attendance records shows that 4 children who were present during this licensing visit were not listed on the attendance record or documented as present for this day or for the month of October. Corrective Action: Create and implement a system to document the attendance of each child present with a time in time out system.”

Correction date in the state record: Nov 1, 2016

Regulation 6.2.1.6: In Option one (1): Year Round Care, described in the chart below, during summer school vacation a registered FCCP may care for up to ten (10) children total without a second adult, provided that all school aged children have been in care prior to May 1st during the preceding school year or are siblings of younger children enrolled in the registered FCCH.

“Upon the licensor's arrival 9 children younger than school age were present and being cared for at the same time. Lynne confirmed that this has been a typical schedule for the children. This is in violation of this regulation because an FCCP may provide care to only 6 non school age children at any one time. This is a serious violation which requires parental notification. Corrective Action: Immediately reduce your enrollment to ensure compliance with Vermont State Statute. By 11/4/2016, complete the parental notification as outlined above. It is also required to submit a plan indicating the names of children that are no longer enrolled; a statement indicating your understanding of this rule and an e-mail confirming who has received the Parental Notification Letter to vicki.burgess@vermont.gov by 11/4/2016.”

Correction date in the state record: Nov 1, 2016