Little America Daycare

“The amount of food ate by the child was not communicated with parents.”

“The operation did not have any written activity plans for licensing to review.”

“The caregivers did not wash the children's hands after changing their diaper. This occurred in multiple classrooms.”

“The bus used for transportation did not have a fire extinguisher.”

“The annual training was not complete for the 3 of the 10 caregiver files reviewed.”

“The caregivers were not sanitizing cups and bottles in between use. The cups and bottles are washed in the classroom but are not sanitized.”

“6 of the 10 children's records that were evaluated by licensing were not completed nor maintained.”

“The operations policies did not contain a promotion of or a time frame for indoor and outdoor physical activities.”

“The operational policies did not contain a safe sleep policy.”

“1 of the 10 children's records reviewed did not have the medical emergency consent documented.”

“The Television in PreK 4 classroom was not secured or anchored to a wall.”

“The director did not have the required annual training hours for SIDS and shaken baby syndrome.”

“The operational policies did not have a procedure for applying insect repellent or sunscreen.”

“The operation did not have the transportation drivers personnel file on record for licensing to review.”

“There is no list of children being transported on the vehicle used for transportation.”

“The safety straps on infant feeding table were not buckled while in use by children.”

“The operation did not have emergency medical transport nor treatment authorization form for one child being transported on the bus.”

“Two of the infants feeding forms were not updated in the last 30 days.”

“A caregiver did not have physical proximity to children while they were in the restroom, as a result it was an inappropriate interaction between children.”

“In a group of children the youngest child was 14 months old and the older child was 36 months, the children were 22 months apart.”

“It was observed the two toddler groups out of ratio. It was observed 13 children ages of 2 years old to 3 years old with one caregiver. It was observed 14 children ages of 14 months to 3 years old with one caregiver.”

“It was found the toddlers room to be over ratio when the operation adjusts ratios when combining children under 17 months old with children over 18 months old.”

“Shelves were observed empty during the inspection, toys and supplies were not available to the children. The toys and supplies were inside locked cabinets.”

“Infants were observed sitting on a swing for more than 15 minutes.”

“Caregivers did not have accessible, electronic or paper information about the children they were responsible.”

“Children were observed playing with balls while walking up and down the slides.”

“Director did report and incident that involved a parent concern regarding mistreatment of a child. Follow Up 9/16/2022: Director understood the importance of reporting incident that placed a child at risk, however during the follow up inspection all deficiencies were not back in compliance.”

“Caregivers unable to provide information of the children under their care. A caregiver was unable to tell names and age of the children. The infant teacher provide a number of children under her care, when counted again the caregiver it was an extra child in her room that put the caregiver out of ratio, Follow up 9/16/2022: Caregivers did not know the number of children and age of the children they were responsible.”

“Caregivers unable to provide information of the children under their care. A caregiver was unable to tell names and age of the children. The infant teacher provide a numer of children under her care, when counted again the caregiver it was an extra child in her room that put the caregiver out of ratio,”

“It was observed five infants under the age 14mo with one caregiver.”

“It was observed three bouncers in front of infant playpen while the infant was not asleep, the caregiver was not able to see the infant.”

“Children were observed out control, children were runnig aorund, not listening to the teacher in charge and caregiver was contantly raising her voice.”

“The operation failed to report an incident that involved concerns about a child mistreatment.”

“A child was not discipline according to the understanding level of the child, a child expressed that he was pulled by his clothes by a caregiver.”

“Director did report and incident that involved a parent concern regarding mistreatment of a child.”

“Director did not complete 30 hours of annual trainings.”