Handprints Child Care 15 LLC dba Handprints Academy

A 17-year-old was allowed to be routinely present in a volunteer role without having an initial background check submitted as required.

A Review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 22, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.

Two children were left on the playground unsupervised for approximately two minutes. The caregiver responsible was terminated.

There was a diaper changing mat that had two tears in the mat. The Director corrected this at the time of the inspection by replacing the mat.

There was one infant feeding instruction sheet that was not signed by the parent. The Director is going to correct this by getting the feeding instructions signed.

Based on the information gathered there is enough evidence to support a caregiver has used corporal punishment on her own child on the premises.

Based on the information gathered there is enough evidence showing caregivers are not prompt with diaper changing due to caregivers and parents regularly finding children with soiled diapers.

Based on the information gathered there is enough evidence to support caregivers have been heard on multiple occasions yelling at children.

Based on the information gathered there is enough evidence to suggest there were times the operation has been out of ratio due to the caregiver leaving the room unattended.

Based on the information gathered there is enough evidence to support children have been left in a classroom or on the playground more that once without supervision.

Based on the information gathered there is enough evidence that teachers have been using inappropriate discipline with children.

There is not enough evidence to support the allegations. There is enough evidence to support that caregivers were not taking children who had bathroom accidents to the bathroom in a timely manner.

Seven out of twenty children's records were missing health statements. The Director is going to correct this by getting the health statments.

The caregviers were not having the parents sign their children in and out. The caregivers were doing this and putting mom, dad, grandma, or grandpa for children who were not even picked up by those people.

The operation did not have the proper plan in place for the guidelines for the release of children.

Caregivers have not been trained on the proper techniques for the release of children.

The caregivers were not recording the identity of people who were picking up children who the caregiver did not know. They were also not verifying if the person was on the child's admission form as an authorized person to pick up the child.

A child's napping on a nap mat was blocking an exit. A photo was taken of this. The Caregiver corrected this at the time of the inspection by moving the child to a different area of the room.

All play areas on the playground need the required amount of loose fill. Photos were taken of this. The Director is working on getting the loose fill and will have the caregivers up supervision until the loose fill is installed.

The substitutions for what the children ate for lunch and breakfast was not put on the menu. A photo was taken of the menu and their lunch. The Director corrected this at the time of the inspection by writing down the substitutions.

The operation had dead roaches on the floors after an extermination was done and the floors were not cleaned properly. There were also dead roaches found under a diaper changing mat due to not properly cleaning and sanitation.

It was found that caregivers were changing children's diapers on the outside porch leading to the playground. This is not a sanitary manner to change diapers.

At least four employees did not the proper four step sanitation process. The Director is going to correct this by having a training over the proper sanitation process.

A caregiver left six 2 year olds on the playground alone for approximately 3 minutes while taking another child to the restroom. This was corrected by the caregiver going back out onto the playground.

In the three to four year old room there was a child that was napping in front of a door that was an exit to the outside. A caregiver correct this by moving the child away from the exit to another area of the room.

One out of twenty four children's records evaluated was missing a health statement. The Director is going to correct this by getting the health statement.

There was one feeding instruction that had not been updated. It expired on 6/18/2021. The Director is going to correct this by getting the feeding instructions updated.

In the toddler room there were twleve 15-22 mo olds with one caregiver, they were napping. The SAG for the group was 18 months. The Minimum Standards state that you cannot reduce the number of caregivers by 50% during naptime. The Director corrected this by putting another caregvier in the room and splitting the group-the 15-17mo olds with one teacher and the 18-22mo olds with one teacher.