Griffin YMCA Early Learning Center

One child was observed sitting in a bucket seat that required safety straps. The safety straps were not being used.

One caregiver had 8 children alone in a room. The age of the children was 12m-18m old. The caregiver is only allowed to have 5 children with the specified age of 12m-17m old. The caregiver was over ratio by 3 children. One caregiver had 20 children. The specified age of the group was 3 years old. The caregiver was over ratio by 5 children.

Recite: One caregiver was caring for 9 children during nap time. The specified age of the group was 12months-17months old. The caregiver was over ratio by 4 children.

One caregiver was caring for 8 children. The specified age of the group was 12months-17months old. The caregiver was over ratio by 3 children. One caregiver was alone with 16 children. The specified age of the group was 3 years old. This puts the caregiver out of ratio by 1 child.

During the course of the investigation. it was determined that a caregiver grabbed and pulled a child by the arm and drug the child across the floor.

During the course of an investigation, it was determined that caregivers are using their cell phones for personal use while supervising children.

During the course of an investigation, it was determined that a caregiver was yelling at children.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that caregivers turn shelves around where children do not have access to toys.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that a caregiver placed a 2-year-old child in time out for approximately 10 minutes.

During the course of an investigation, it was determined that that a caregiver aggressively threw a sock at a child's face. It was determined that a child was thrown against a wall to be placed in time out. It was determined that a caregiver jumped flinch at a child to intimidate the child.

Seven infant feeding instructions have not been updated in the past 30 days.

The fire inspection was last conducted 1/25/24.

The operational policies lacked complete information regarding physical activity.

The operational policies lacked information regarding vaccine preventable diseases for employees.

Two caregivers did not use good judgement when there was a delay with checking on a child who had fallen and was injured.

One out of six children's files evaluated lacked an address for the emergency contact.

A caregiver failed to use good judgement when she inappropriately picked an infant up out of the crib by the infant's leg and arm.

The operation failed to notify the parent timely of a situation that placed or may have placed their child at risk for injury.

There was no documentation of the smoke detector testing for February or Mach 2024.

There was no documentation of the fire extinguishers being inspected for February or March 2024.

Four infants were lacking infant feeding instructions.

The operational policies were not complete.