Community Partners Fifthward Early Childhood Development Ctr

“1 out of 8 children transported is missing emergency medical transport and treatment authorization. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the parent filled in the required info.”

“The electronic child safety alarm is not installed and maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions; is not connected to the vehicle's horn.”

“The transportation policies were not implemented when the driver failed to account for all children unloading from the van and entering the daycare center.”

“This standard was evaluated and found to be in deficient with minimum standards. Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to support the allegation of neglectful supervision.”

“The caregiver tasked with transporting children inaccurately signed a child in to the center?s sign-in and sign-out tracking system when the child unknowingly remained unsupervised in the center?s vehicle.”

“A child was not unloaded after transportation services and was left unattended on the transportation vehicle for up to 30 minutes.”

“1 staff file is missing a Pre-Employment Affidavit for Applicants for Employment at Certain Child Care Operations.”

“The operation did not have an updated sanitation inspection, the last one conducted was on 10/27/2023.”

“1 caregiver's file was not made available for review by Licensing.”

“The director failed to make a self-report.”

“The parents were not made aware of the allegations involving their children until nearly a month later.”