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Mile High Kids and Community Development - Lynn Shores Campus

Inspection · 2024-09-09

Date
2024-09-09
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Emily Walsh
(757) 404-2575
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 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 9/9/2024, as a part of the licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 10:00 AM and ended at 1:25 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 64 children present and 12 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records on site. This inspection included:
- document review (i.e. Injury logs, policies and procedures, emergency drill logs, medication administration logs, authorization forms),
- tour of the facility,
- interviews, and
- observations.

Five staff records were reviewed at the main office on 9/10/2024.

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 deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 09/27/2027. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Areas and equipment of the center shall be maintained in a safe and operable condition.

In the STEM lab there were dangling and pooling electric cords to the television set and other electronic equipment near the desk that could cause tripping or entanglement. There were two nails from a broken electric cord clamp on the floor of the STEM lab.
Plan of Correction: The facility responded with the following:
All cords were secured to the wall.
Standard 8VAC20-780-330-B
Where playground equipment if provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards when tested in accordance with procedures described in the American Society for Testing and Materials standard F1292.99 for resilient surfacing depth and use zones.

There were several areas under and around the "mountain" climber where there was no rubber mulch, revealing the weed cloth used under the rubber mulch.
Plan of Correction: The facility responded with the following:
Mulch was ordered to ensure playground safety. Access will be restricted until after 9/28/2024.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains the street addresses for two emergency contact persons.

The record for child 1 in attendance for six months did not include the street addresses of the emergency contacts. The record for child 5 in attendance for four days did not include the street address of one emergency contact person.
Plan of Correction: The facility responded with the following:
Family service workers will stress the importance of thoroughly completing emergency contacts at all times making sure that emergency contacts are always updated.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services