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Inspection · 2022-03-14

Date
2022-03-14
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Eureka Nance
(703) 638-5968
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 ADMINISTRATION.
8VAC20-780 STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING.
8VAC20-780 Physical plant.
8VAC20-780 STAFFING AND SUPERVISION.
8VAC20-780 PROGRAMS.
8VAC20-780 Special care provisions and emergencies.
8VAC20-780 SPECIAL SERVICES.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced monitoring visit was conducted today. Ten children were present with two staff. Programs is using 2 classrooms to spread out for snack and projects. Observed children hand washing, transition to outside playtime, eating snack and reading. The letter "R" was the project painted in rainbow colors. No medication was reported to be on-site. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program. Feel free to contact me if you need any assistance.

Ann Dramstad, Children?s Inspector
Office of Child Care Health and Safety
Division of School Readiness
703-314-0860
ann.dramstad@doe.virginia.gov

Violations

6
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Based on observation, an area of the playground is not being maintained in a safe and operable condition.
Evidence:
A landscape timber is rotting away on the large playground and a large nail is exposed.
Plan of Correction: Repairs requested with facility manager on 3/14.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-B
Based on record review, the emergency evacuation plan is incomplete.
Evidence:
No evacuation plan was available to verify that the new requirements for the plan were included. These items are reunification of children with parents following an evacuation, lockdown and shelter-in place, continuity of care in case of an emergency and a review of the plan.
Plan of Correction: Updated plan will be posted.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-E
Based on record review and staff statement, documentation of a second shelter-in place drill was not recorded.
Evidence:
Only one SIP drill was reorded for 2021. When the Licneins Insepctor asked the site leader she stated she did one in the Fall but must have not recorded it on the log.
Plan of Correction: Second SIP completed moving forward, staff will complete 2 per year.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-P
Based on record review, 2 of 2 injury forms were incomplete.
The injury forms were missing a corrective action to prevent reoccurrence or when the parent was notified.
Plan of Correction: Forms reviewed and staff will include missing information in future reports.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Based on record review, 3 of 3 children's records were incomplete.
Evidence:
Child #1 was missing parent work information, proof of identity and a second emergency contact (parents were listed and it must be someone else).
Child #2 was misisng proof of identity.
Child #3 was misisng proof of identity and parent work inforamtion ,
Plan of Correction: Staff have requested missing information from parents/guardians.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Based on record review and staff statement, 2 staff emergency contacts were not available.
Evidence:
Staff #1 and Staff #2 did nt have emergency contacts on-site.
Plan of Correction: Emergency contacts posted.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services