Bear Creek Childrens Center

Cleaning supplies were found under the sink in the Pre-K room. Cleaning supplies were accessible to children.

Two toddler rooms had cleaning supplies under the cabinets. The items were accessible to children. The location of both of these items were in the toddlers bathrooms.

Children's cots were not set up in a way that provided the caregiver sufficient space to walk through each cot.

The operation had standing water on the play ground.

2 of 4 employees did not have their 24 hours of annual traing.

2 of the 3 employee records did not have proof of high school diploma or equivalent

1 of the 8 records did not have the emergency contact person's phone number

I observed an active ant pile on the playground

In the toddler classroom, I observed 2 electrial outlets did not have chlildproof covers

2 of the 8 children's immunization records were incomplete and not current

3 of the 8 records did not have the operational policy verification

The caregiver in the nap room was observed to be on her phone for personal use instead of supervising the children.

The operation did not have proof of current liability insurance.

The was a caregiver alone with children that had less than 2 years of experience and she had no pre-service training.

One child's file did not have documentation of immunizations.

A toddler was observed to walk out of the room with the caregiver, into the office and to the front door. The caregiver had no knowledge the child left the room.

The caregiver did not ensure that all children washed their hands after coming in from outside.

The director's file was not present at the operation.

The toddlers have not gone outsside all week.

The loose fill material was between 3-4 inches and it is required to be 6 inches.

The pre-k children have not gone outside all week.

The emergency preparedness plan is missing many parts. There is no explination of how they will evacuate children under 24 months, there's no documentation on responibilities during lock down drills, and there's no documentation of the relocation site.

The permit holder is not ensuring the minimum standards are being followed. There were several deficiencies regarding lack of inspections, no carbon monoxide detector and personnel files not being at the operation that the permit holder had knowledge of, but still reopened the operation.

The caregiver did not have documentation of pediatric CPR.

The operation did not have documentation of a current fire inspection. The last inspection documented was from December 2019.

The caregiver did not have documentation of orientation into the daycare.

The caregiver did not have documentation of pediatric 1st aid.

The operation did not have a working carbon monoxide detector.

The operation has an electronic smoke detection system, but it has not been evaluated since 2019.

The operation did not have documentation of any emergency drills that have been completed in the past year.

There was a caregiver present and alone with children and she did not have documentation of any pre-service training and it was confirmed with her that she did not ;have 2 years of experience.