Caterpillar Corner

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Sanitize Potty-Chairs
  Inspector's note: A potty chair in the 2 year old room was not sanitized after use and still contained urine. This was corrected at inspection when the potty chair was removed from the room brining the operation into compliance. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected during the inspection.
• Critical Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child
  Inspector's note: A caregiver in the infant room did not wash their hands or the infants hands after diapering. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver washed their hands and the infants hands bringing the operation into compliance. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected during the inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Non-critical Documented Annual Training- Required Content
  Inspector's note: Personnel did not have the required health and safety trainigs. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2025-05-13.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
  Inspector's note: The grass was overgrown in the playground area. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2025-04-03.

• Critical Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a toddler was left alone outside for a 2-minute duration in the enclosed playground. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-04-17.
• Critical Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that the parents were not notified for approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes of their child being left alone outside unsupervised. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2025-04-17.

• Critical Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation
  Inspector's note: One personnel file for a current employee was missing proof of orientation. One former employee file was missing proof of orientation. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2025-03-27.

• Non-critical Notification of Planned Closure
  Inspector's note: An attempt was made to conduct an unannounced monitoring/Plan of Action inspection. The operation was closed. The permit holder/director failed to notify CCR of the closure for the week of Spring Break. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2025-03-18.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that two young children in care were unsupervised by the caregivers for less than a 25 second duration. This was self-reported by the operation and confirmed through reviewing surveillance footage. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-12-17.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that an 11-month-old child in care was asleep in the crib with a tight-fitting bib secured around the infant's neck. There was also a pacifier clip and string that was observed around the infant's neck while the infant was sleeping. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-12-16.
• Critical AP Infants Sleep on Backs or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver placed an infant in care on their stomach to sleep. Numerous infants were observed sleeping on their stomachs in their cribs. This was confirmed through reviewing surveillance footage. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-12-16.
• Critical Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that an infant in care walked out of the infant classroom and into the operation's hallway unsupervised. The infant in care was left in the hallway unsupervised for approximately 2 minutes. This was confirmed reviewing surveillance footage. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-12-16.
• Critical Safety Requirements for Cribs - Drop gates, if present fasten securely and cannot be opened by a child
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver left the side drop gate down on a crib and walked away from the crib while the infant was awake. This was confirmed through reviewing surveillance footage. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-12-16.
• Critical Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a caregiver supervising infants in care and counted in child/caregiver ratio was on their personal cell phone. This was confirmed through reviewing surveillance footage. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-12-16.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Training requirements for substitutes, volunteers, and contractors-Pre-service training
  Inspector's note: A volunteer caring for infants and counted in child/caregiver ratio did not have the required 8 hours of Pre-Service Training. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-11-20.
• Critical AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS Investigation that a prospective caregiver with a "pending" background status had access to children in care without an eligibility notification, placing children in care at risk of harm. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-11-25.
• Critical Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
  Inspector's note: One caregiver was left alone with 8 children in care, ages 13 months-20 months with a specified age group of 12-17 months and a 1:5 ratio. This was immediately corrected during the inspection when another caregiver arrived from lunch, placing the operation back into compliance. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-11-05.

• Critical Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
  Inspector's note: During the unannounced investigation inspection files were audited. One caregiver working in the classroom did not have the required annual training. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-11-15.
• Critical AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
  Inspector's note: During the unannounced investigation inspection there were two individuals present in the operation without eligible background checks. This was immediately corrected when both individuals left the operation. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-11-01.
• Non-critical Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
  Inspector's note: Two volunteers did not have a file of the required paperwork. One caregiver and one operational employee did not have proof of CPR First Aid to review. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2024-11-15.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS investigation when reviewing surveillance footage that multiple caregivers were on their cell phones while supervising young children in care on the playground. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-10-11.
• Critical Safety - Poisonous Plants Inaccessible to Children
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS investigation toxic mushrooms were located on the playground where young children in care play. The young children in care had access to the toxic mushrooms. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-10-11.
• Critical Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Inspect Daily
  Inspector's note: The caregiver, director, or designee failed to check the outdoor playground area for hazards prior to children in care having access. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-10-11.
• Critical Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS investigation through surveillance footage that multiple caregivers failed to adequately supervise young children in care while they were on their cell phone. The lack of supervision subsequently led to a child in care consuming a mushroom while on the playground. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2024-10-11.

• Critical Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
  Inspector's note: 2 of the 8 immunziation records audited did not have a current immunization record on file. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2024-09-20.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
  Inspector's note: The operation staff failed to report an incident within the required time frame. The incident occurred on 9/26/23. The incident was not reported to Child Care Regulation until 10/5/23. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-11-02.
• Critical Responsibilities of Caregivers - Interact positively with children
  Inspector's note: One caregiver failed to interact positively with two children in care by using excessive force. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2023-11-02.
• Critical Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
  Inspector's note: Three young children in care were left unsupervised by a caregiver for a duration of approximately 3 minutes. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-11-02.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Non-critical Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
  Inspector's note: Infant feeding instructions was current for 1 out of 8 infants in care enrolled. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2023-05-18.

No infractions recorded at this inspection.

• Critical AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
  Inspector's note: It was determined that 2 caregivers were watching children in care with pending background checks. The caregivers were allowed unsupervised access to the children in care. This was immediately corrected by removing the caregivers from the classroom, placing the operation back into compliance. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-02-03.
• Critical Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
  Inspector's note: The annual fire inspection was not available for review. The last annual fire inspection available was for 6/22/2021. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-02-17.
• Critical Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
  Inspector's note: During the inspection it was determined that the operation's transportation bus did not have an electronic safety alarm system. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-03-10.
• Critical Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
  Inspector's note: During the unannounced inspection multiple holes in the ground were observed on the playground presenting a tripping hazard for the children in care. Risk level: Medium High. Corrected by 2023-02-17.
• Non-critical Documented Annual Training- Required Content
  Inspector's note: During the inspection 3 of the 4 personnel records surveyed did not have the required health and safety trainings. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2023-02-17.
• Critical Smoke-Detection System
  Inspector's note: During the inspection one of the infant classrooms was missing a smoke detector. The annual fire inspection was not available for review during the inspection. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-02-10.

• Critical Administering Medication - According to Label Directions
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS investigation that a caregiver administered the wrong dosage of medication to a child in care, making a medication error. Risk level: High. Corrected by 2023-02-14.
• Non-critical Documented Annual Training- Required Content
  Inspector's note: It was determined throughout the course of the HHS investigation that a caregiver did not have current medication training when dispensing medication to a child in care. Risk level: Medium. Corrected by 2023-02-14.