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Children's Harbor - Suffolk

Inspection · 2025-04-29

Date
2025-04-29
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Christine Mahan
(757) 404-0568
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.
8VAC20-820 The License.
8VAC20-820 The Licensing Process.
8VAC20-820 Hearing Procedures.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
20 Access to minors records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed. If there were any serious injuries or fatalities related to a violation, the details will be included in the description of the violation.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was initiated and completed on 4-29-2025. The onsite inspection began at 1:45pm and ended at 5:10pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 74 children present and 9 staff. The inspector reviewed 7 children?s records and 7 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, observations, and measurements. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program. Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 5/12/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

12
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. Staff # 5, has been working for approximately 4 months and did not have documentation of the required TB screening.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-245-A
Staff shall complete a minimum of 16 hours of training annually, appropriate to the age of children in care. Staff #7 obtained 8 out of the 16 required hours.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Repeat Violation
Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Unsafe conditions shall include, but not be limited to, chipped or peeling paint; visible cracks, bending or warping, rusting or breakage of any equipment. On the ?Older? children?s playground there were areas of rust, chipping and peeling paint on the metal playground piece. The poured in-place surfacing was coming apart from the concrete sidewalk, there were areas of the broken poured in-place surfacing that were filled in with concrete and the concrete was broken/ cracked and areas of raised surfing /warping and cracked surfacing. These areas pose a hazard.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-280-B
Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Sanitizing sprays and disinfect wipes were stored on a lower shelf in the unlocked office. An enrolled child was observed playing in the office and the hazardous substances were within reach of children.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-40-J
The center is required to update at least annually the injury prevention procedures based on documentation of injuries and a review of the activities and services. The most recent injury plan available for review was dated 2021.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-440-B
Repeat Violation
Cribs, cots and rest mats shall be identified for use by a specific child. Child #8 was observed sleeping in a crib labeled for another child.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-D
Repeat Violation
The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. There was not documentation of drills conducted in January, February and March 2025.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-E
The center shall practice shelter in place procedures a minimum of twice per year. There was documentation of only one shelter in place drills conducted in 2024.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-P
The center shall maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which entries are made on the day of occurrence. Six injury reports were reviewed, and they did not include the date and time when parents were notified; future action to prevent recurrence of the injury and documentation on how parents were notified.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information.
1.The records for Child #3 and Child #5 did not include employment phone number for one parent and the required annual record update, both records were overdue an update by approximately 16 months.
2. The records for Child #4 and #7 did not include an employment phone number and location for one parent.
3. The record for Child #2 did not include the previous school (childcare) attended
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Repeat Violation
All required documentation shall be maintained for staff records. Staff #2 and Staff #4 did not have documentation kept at the center regarding any health problems that may interfere with fulfilling the job responsibilities.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-90-A
Repeat Violation
A written agreement between the parent and the center shall be in each child's record by the first day of the child's attendance. The agreements listed below shall be signed by the parent(s).
1. An authorization for emergency medical care should an emergency occur when the parent cannot be located immediately unless the parent states in writing an objection to the provision of such care on religious or other grounds.
2. A statement that the center will notify the parent when the child becomes ill and that the parent will arrange to have the child picked up as soon as possible if so requested by the center.
3. A statement that the parent will inform the center within 24 hours or the next business day after his child or any member of the immediate household has developed any reportable communicable disease, as defined by the State Board of Health, except for life threatening diseases which must be reported immediately.
Child #1 (attending for more than 2 ? years) and Child #6 (attending for more than 3 years) did not have agreements 1, 2 and 3 signed in their record, Child #3 (attending for more than 2 years) did not have agreement 2 and 3 signed in their record and Child #5 (attending for more than 2 years) did not have agreement 2 signed in their record.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.