Wakefield United Methodist Church

22.1-289.031-B-2 Complaint related: Yes

“Repeat Violation On February 24, 2026, from approximately 7:40am until 8:01am Staff #1 was the only staff supervising 5 children including an infant (Child #1). The required ratio for infants is one staff for every four infants.”

22.1-289.031-B-2 Complaint related: Yes

“On February 2, 2026, from approximately 7:55am until 8:05am Staff #1 was the only staff supervising 5 children and the youngest ,Child #3 was an infant. The required ratio for infants is one staff for every four infants.”

22.1-289.031-B-2 Complaint related: No

“On October 23, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Child #1 was observed standing in a crib. Staff #1 was seen twice pushing Child #1 on the chest with their hand, causing the child to fall back into the crib. Staff #1 also picked up a bottle from the floor and threw it into the crib toward Child #1. The center did not provide appropriate supervision.”

22.1-289.035-B-2

“(Systemic Deficiency) Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment. Caregiver #9, who had been employed for nearly 2 months, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”

22.1-289.035-B-1

“(Systemic Deficiency) The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee's first day of employment. There was no sworn statement for Staff #5, and staff #9 who are currently working in the program.”

22.1-289.035-B-4

“(Systemic Deficiency) The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. The center did not have result s of a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or Abuse and Neglect Registry from one state for Staff #5 (employed 3 months) and did not have a search of the child abuse and neglect registry, Abuse, Neglect Registry or Sex Offender registry results from one state for Staff #9 (employed over 1 month). Both staff are currently working in the center and neither staff has documentation that a request for the Search of the Central registry was had been requested prior to employment.”

22.1-289.035-B-3

“(Systemic Deficiency) The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment. Staff #1(employed 3 months), staff #2 (employed 5 months) and staff #9 (nearly 2 months) are currently employed in the program and did not have documentation that a central registry search had been requested.”

22.1-289.035-B-4

“Based on a review of records and interview, the exempt program did not obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which an employee has resided in the preceding five years. Evidence: Six staff records were reviewed. The record for staff #4 contained a Sworn Disclosure statement that indicated the staff person resided in Texas within the last 5 years. The record for staff #4 did not contain the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from Texas. A background check dated 8/22/2022 which was obtained from a private agency was present in the file. However, this does not meet the background check requirements.”