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Little Rising Stars Daycare Center

Inspection · 2023-01-26

Date
2023-01-26
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Leslie Perez
(703) 537-6013
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.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

Inspector Notes

Today an unannounced Renewal Inspection took place between the hours of 10:15am and 12:30pm. There were 2 rooms observed with a total of 16 children with 4 staff within the supervision guidelines. The children were observed transitioning to play outside, eating a morning snack and other organized activities. A complete inspection of the physical plant, children and staff records, fire drill log and emergency procedures were observed during this inspection. Violations were found during today?s inspection and can be viewed on the Violation Notice.

If you have any questions, please e-mail me at whitney.mcgrath@doe.virginia.gov. Thank you for your cooperation during the inspection.

Violations

8
Standard 8VAC20-780-130-E
Based on record review, the center did not obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years.
Evidence:
1. Child #4 (21 months) most recent documented immunizations are dated from when the child was 14 months old)
2. Child #5 (21 months) most recent documented immunizations are dated from when the child was 10 months old.
Plan of Correction: I will send out another email to the parents reminding them.
Standard 8VAC20-780-245-A
Based on record review and interview, staff did not complete a minimum of 16 hours of training appropriate to the age of children in care annually.
Evidence:
1. Staff #1 completed 4 hours of training in 2022.
2. Staff #2 did not complete any training in 2022.
3. Staff #3 completed 4 hours of training in 2022.
4. Staff #5 did not complete any training in 2022.
Plan of Correction: I will have us all start scheduling to do trainings together to make sure we all get it done.
Standard 8VAC20-780-540-E
Based on interview, the center was not equipped with all required nonmedical emergency supplies.
Evidence: The center director confirmed that they did not have a working battery operated radio.
Plan of Correction: We were using the radio to play music. I will have to buy another one.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-D
Based on record review and interview, the center did not implement monthly practice evacuation drills.
Evidence: There was no evacuation drill documented for December 2022. The program director confirmed that a drill was not practiced in December.
Plan of Correction: I will make sure they get done.
Standard 8VAC20-780-570-A
Based on observation, children placed in an infant seat or high chair, the protective belt was not fastened securely.
Evidence:
1. Child #3 was observed sitting in a high chair and was not buckled into the chair.
2. Child #4 was observed sitting in a high chair that did not have the buckles installed into the chair for the staff to buckle the child in.
Plan of Correction: I'll double check the seats to see if the buckles were removed to be washed. I can put a label on the seats to remind the teachers to double check the kids are buckled.
Standard 8VAC20-780-570-E
Based on observation, bottles were not labeled with each child's name and/or date.
Evidence: One bottle was observed in the infant refrigerator with no name or date.
Plan of Correction: I will remind the parents to be labeling bottles.
Standard 8VAC20-820-120-A-7
Based on observation, the center did not follow the terms of the license issued by the department.
Evidence: The current license states that no more than 4 children under the age of 2.5 years shall be permitted to be present in the infant classroom. There were 5 infants present in the classroom at the time of the inspection.
Plan of Correction: I will move the oldest child to the older classroom.
Standard 8VAC20-820-120-E-2
Based on observation, the findings of the most recent inspection were not posted.
Evidence: The findings of the most recent inspection were not posted.
Plan of Correction: I will replace today with the acknowledgement form and will replace that with the inspection when it's received.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services