Cozmic Kidz Learning Center Llc

“Ensure staff files are complete. Ten staff need signed professional development plans, two staff need orientation, two staff need Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals training, one staff needs a job description, two staff need references, one staff needs an employee declaration and drug and alcohol statement, on staff needs an adult abuse registry check, one staff needs an adult health appraisal, two staff need a tuberculous result, two staff need an employment history release, and five staff need service letter attempts.”

“Ensure child files are complete. Four children need health appraisals, immunization, and blood lead screenings. Two children need parental permissions on file.”

“Ensure classroom equipment is cleaned as needed and weekly. All classroom bins and their contents, as well as shelves, tables, and walls, need to be cleaned. Ensure equipment is in good repair. The two-year-old and three-year-old classrooms have foam blocks with chunks of foam missing; replace the blocks.”

“Ensure outdoor play equipment is not a hazard. The climbing wall needs to be repaired or replaced due to sharp edges.”

“Ensure lesson plans have social-emotional and cognitive areas for the one-year-old and two-year-old classrooms.”

“On December 30, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding the administrator not performing administrator duties, unqualified staff alone with children, lack of supervision, and sanitation and cleaning. An investigation was conducted on January 10, 2025. The complaint is substantiated because emails to OCCL, owner statements, and attendance records indicated the administrator was not completing administrative duties as required. There is no evidence to substantiate the other allegations based on staff interviews as the kitchen was clean and all staff during the visit and according to attendance records were qualified and eligible to be with the children. Additional non-compliances cited at the visit were no top and bottom coverings were provided for children over one-year-old, sleeping material was not nonabsorbent, and the center was using improper equipment for rest. Also, according to attendance records, several children and one staff were not signed out on specific days.”

“Ensure the administrator performs administrative duties at least 50% of the hours of operation. Attendance and statements indicated that the administrator was not performing administrative duties for at least 50% of the hours in operation a week. Ensure the administrator performs administrative duties at least 50% of the hours of operation. Attendance and statements indicated the administrator was not performing administrative duties as required.”

“Ensure that staff sign out of attendance when they leave the care area. Ensure staff sign out of the classroom when they leave. According to attendance records, on November 21, 2024, one staff member was not signed out for the day.”

“Ensure that when children leave the area of care, they are signed out. Ensure when children leave the classroom, they are signed out. According to attendance records, on December 6, 2024, eight children were not signed out of classroom three.”

“Ensure children are provided with nonabsorbent rest equipment with a top and bottom cover. The LS observed children in cribs with mattresses without a top or bottom cover, in pack-n-plays with absorbing mattresses without top or bottom covers, and one child asleep in an absorbent outdoor play year without a bottom cover. Ensure children are provided with appropriate nonabsorbent rest equipment and excluding infants, with a top and bottom covering. The LS observed children in cribs with mattresses without a top or bottom covering, in pack-n-plays with absorbing mattresses without top or bottom covering, and one child asleep in an absorbent outdoor play yard without a bottom cover.”

“Follow all applicable state laws. Obtain an annual Fire Marshal inspection.”

“Ensure the early childhood administrator has completed 15 clock hours of accepted training in infant or toddler development and curriculum.”

“Ensure staff files are completed. Two staff members need DEEDS certificates, a professional development plan, and drug and alcohol statements on file. Five staff members need CPR and first aid training, a health appraisal on OCCL's form, and TB results. One staff needs training hours. One staff needs an annual review of abuse and neglect. One staff needs a letter of eligibility on file. One staff needs a high school schedule on file showing enrollment in an early childhood program. Eight staff need an orientation and adult abuse registry check. Three staff need Health and Safety for CHild Are Professionals Training and an employee declaration. Seven staff need references and a release of employment history form. Six staff members need service letter attempts and follow-ups as required.”

“Document the exact arrival and departure of staff on attendance logs. LS observed a staff member who was off the licensed property signed in and out for the day.”

“Complete child files. Three children need dates of enrollment. One child needs hours of care. Five children need a health appraisal, updated immunization record, and blood lead screening results. Eight children need development plans, and two children need medication log administration.”

“The kitchen should be insect-free. Cups of spoiled milk were in the sink basin, and gnat-like flies were in the area.”

“The refrigerator should be maintained at a minimum of 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and items that are opened need expiration dates from the date of opening. It was observed that opened milk containers did not have expiration dates from the opening date, and the refrigerator was at 44 degrees Fahrenheit.”

“Medications should be labeled with the child's name and Administration Record (MAR), available for each medication, and wholly filled out before administering medication. One child's diaper cream needed a name, and the available MAR was not for the diaper cream. One child's MAR was required to be completed to administer the diaper cream that needed the child's name. One child's, MAR, was required to be filled out for the diaper cream.”

“Lesson plans must include physical, social-emotional, language and literacy, and cognitive development and be developmentally appropriate for the children enrolled. All rooms need social-emotional activities. PreK-3 and the one-year-old classroom need two activities a week.”

“For every four hours, the child is in care between 7 AM and 7 PM, 30 or more minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity indoors or outdoors must be provided. Current schedules only allow 30 minutes a day for moderate to vigorous physical outdoor or indoor activity.”

“The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on June 6, 2024, for improper staff-to-child ratio, unqualified staff alone with children, lack of supervision, improper discipline, meals and snacks, diapering, outdoor area, toddler and preschool not using the outdoor area at different times, not using respectful communication, and improper sanitation and cleaning. An investigation was conducted on June 12, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for improper discipline because two children stated Staff #1 puts the children down hard in a chair and one staff member stated they have heard Staff #1 yell at the children and children have told her Staff #1 hits them. A staff member stated they were aware of a one-year-old child being in the kitchen but would not elaborate. This complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratio because upon arrival there were four staff on the outdoor play area with 33 children ages two to five. This complaint is substantiated for unqualified staff alone with children because Staff #6, an aide, stated she was left alone with children to allow staff to take other children to the restroom in the front of the building. This complaint is substantiated for toddler and preschool not using the outdoor area at different times because upon arrival the specialist observed children ages two to five were together in the outdoor play area. This complaint is substantiated for improper diaper procedures because staff stated the three-year-old classroom was changing children on the floor in the classroom. This complaint is substantiated for improper sanitation and cleaning because the mop was not hung up to dry. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of lack of supervision because staff denied leaving a child alone in the kitchen. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of meals and snack not being served because during the visit, all children received their meal and drink as required. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of exceeding outdoor area capacity because the measured space can have up to 52 children. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegations of not communicating respectfully because Staff #1 stated she never confronted anyone about anything, and [name withheld] stated there was no altercation between staff in front of her. Several additional concerns were observed during the visit. The sleep equipment was not clean and sanitary and touching another child s equipment. A two-year-old child was using a staff s personal cell phone for screen time and the staff was on the other side of the classroom and could not be supervised. Two individuals came to the facility as visitors to see staff regarding personal issues. Trash cans did not have lids and after lunch were overflowing and not taken out in a timely manner. The two-year-old, three-year-old, and Pre-K classrooms were not following the posted schedule. Child and staff attendance was not available for the requested week.”

“Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff need orientation, four staff need Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals training, two staff need a resume, application, or PDS form, three staff need references, four staff need a employee declaration and drug and alcohol statement, two staff need a heath appraisal with TB results, four staff need release of employment history, four staff need service letter attempts. Follow up service letter attempts may be needed if one service letter can not be obtained a total of four references are needed.”

“Ensure staff sign in and out. The one-year-old classroom staff was not signed into the classroom.”

“Ensure a Parents Right to Now Log is presented to each prospective person who tours or those who enroll.”

“Ensure child files are complete. Four children need date of enrollment hours attending. Two children need days attending, a health appraisal, immunization record, blood lead results, a development plan and administration of medication permission. One child needs a Parent Right to Know Acknowledgement, and emergency care approval.”

“Ensure classrooms have sanitizing solution available. The one-year-old classroom had a labeled sanitizing bottle under the locked sink cabinet that was empty.”

“Ensure air freshers are not in use in the child care spaces. There was one air freshener on the wall of the boys and one on the wall of the girl s bathroom.”

“Ensure insects are not in the kitchen. There are numerous flies in the kitchen.”

“Ensure the kitchen is free from spoiled foods. The oven has a moldy pizza in it and a metal container containing a Styrofoam container with spices in it. Ensure the freezer reads 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Ensure there is a sanitizing basin for washing the cups and bottles.”

“Ensure diaper areas are cleaned and sanitized. Diaper changing was observed in the one-year-old classroom and no cleaning or sanitizing was observed in between changing children.”

“Ensure all fall zones are replenished to required depth. The ends of slides and areas where a child s feet intentionally leave the ground need to be replenished. Repair or replace the broken fence shielding the play area from the sheds. Ensure the second exit gate is unlocked during outdoor play. Ensure the large service vehicle gate is locked closed so a child does not escape.”

“Ensure equipment is in good repair. The two-year-old classroom needs the carpet cleaned and the sofa needs to be repaired, replaced, or removed.”

“Ensure items are cleaned and sanitized as required. No classroom cleaned or sanitized the tables after breakfast. The one-year-old classroom did not clean or sanitized between diaper changes.”

“Ensure staff and children wash their hands after meals. And diaper changing. The one-year-old classroom did not wash staff or children s hands after diaper changes. The two-year-old classroom, three-year-old classroom and four-year-old classroom did not wash their hands after breakfast.”

“Ensure diaper procedures are posted. The one-year-old classroom does not have diaper procedures posted.”

“Ensure emergency water is available.”

“Ensure lesson plans have the required additional activities in healthy habits, science, sensory, or music twice a week in addition to the requirements in regulation 73.”

“Ensure children under two-years-old are not accessing audio visual screens. The one-yar-old classroom had music playing on a laptop with a video available for the children to see. This was corrected when the screen was turned around.”

“Ensure latex balloons are not available in the facility. The one-year-old classroom had seven latex balloons available for children to play with.”