Galveston's Brite Beginning, LLC

The sheets in the cribs were too tight causing the matresses to fold upwards. Note: Infants were not asleep in the observed cribs where the sheets were too tight.

Two outlets in the toddler room had the plates loose. Note: This was fixed when the director's husband put a new plate on the outlets and sealed the edges with caulk. In the three year old room: An outlet was loose and halfway broken away from the wall. This exposed a whole behind it. The door to the restroom in the back of the room was observed to have visible dirt and grime on it.

One child's file stated the child had a food allergy. This was corrected when the director called the parent and was able to get the parent to send in writing that the child does not have a food allergy. The director updated the form with the parents permission.

Cribs were not labeled with the infants names.

In the toddler room a wooden closet used in the home center was broken exposing the wood and hardware pieces. Note: This was removed from the classroom. Outside: On the wooden play structure there was two boards that were starting to rot and break.

Feeding instructions have not been updated monthly for the infants who are not yet on table food.

Six infant care sheets were not updated in the last 30 days.

The personnal records were not available during inspection.

The children's files were not available during this inspection.

Multiple walls in the toddler classroom have peeling and chipped paint.

Both infant classrooms observed had diapers and pulls ups in reach of children. This was corrected at inspection when the director removed the items.

I observed 9 children sitting at three tables not doing any activities while the rest of the children were working on various table top activities.

In the restroom several bottles of cleaning supplies was observed under the cabinet in which children had access to. A photo was taken and the director removed the cleaning supplies.

In several classrooms, the diaper changing mat was torn. Note: Corrected when the torn mat was replaced.

On the school age playground an airplane that teeters was on the playground. This was corrected at inspection when the air plane was removed from the playground.

The paperwork was not available for review upon request.

Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, supervision was not maintained which resulted in child-on-child sexual misconduct. Although the caregiver was in the classroom, the caregiver was not able to intervene or have close enough proximity to a child to ensure their safety.

Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, a caregiver was on their cell phone while children were in care.

A parent informed the operation of an incident that contained serious allegations concerns for children in care. The operation did not report the allegations to Child Care Regulation.

There is no documentation that a drills were conducted in January 2023.

The Operational Policies did not discuss the policies for outdoor play.

I observed 6 infants sleeping in playyards with blankets. The caregiver removed the blankets from the infants. Photos were taken.

I observed a 3 month old infant sleeping in a gliding swing with a head positioned in the glider. The caregiver removed the child from the glider. Photos were taken.

One infant caregiver was caring for 8 infants ages 2 months, 7 months, 8 months, 8 months, 10 months, 12 months, 12 months, and 13 months. The specified age group is 0-11 months. The caregiver was over ratio for infants by caring for 4 more infants than allowed. This was corrected when another caregiver came into the classroom and stayed.

Feeding sheets in the infant room were not updated and signed by the parent monthly.

One infant child was missing their immunization record.

The playground maintanence checklist was not available for review.

Both Directors did not have current annual training hours.

The classroom with children 17 months-2 years had 12 children with one caregiver. This was corrected when a second caregiver was moved to the room.

There was no activty schedule posted in the 2 year old room. This was corrected at inspection when the schedule was posted in the class.

One outlet in the 2-3 year old room was uncovered. This was corrected at inspection when an outlet cover was placed on the outlet.

One outlet in the pre-k room was not covered. This was corrected at inspection when the outlet was covered.

Two infants were observed in restrictive devices and the caregiver stated they are left in the device for at least 30 minutes. The infants were removed from the restrictive devices.

Four sleeping infants had bottles with them.

Four infants did not have a feeding sheet.

One infant room had five infants 7-10 months being supervised by one caregiver. This was corrected at inspection when one infant was moved.

One child with an enrollment date of 9/3/19 did not have a health statement on record.

In the young toddler room, cots did not have space for caregivers to walk between them.

Bottles in the infant room were not labeled. This was corrected at inspection when each bottle was labeled with the child's name.

The sole caregiver in the infant room was sleeping.

The toddler classroom caregiver was unaware and did not have information on the childrens ages.

Cups in the infant and older toddler/pre-k room were not labeled. This was corrected at inspection when all cups were labeled with the child's name.

The toddler classroom which had 9 children under the age of 2 years had the television on.

The toddler classroom with a specified age group of 18-23 months had 10 children and 1 caregiver.

A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2020 Survey data, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2020 by the deadline as required.