Talents Child Care Center

Hotdogs in a pot were observed to be stored in the refrigerator uncovered. NOTE: Hotdogs were removed during the inspection.

One booster seat observed to be used during transportation of a child was observed to have expired 12/2010. NOTE: Booster seat was replaced during inspection.

Based on the information obtained during the investigation, there have been at lease 2 occasions where the driver left a group of children 5-9yrs old unattended to go inside of a school and pick up a child who had not been released on time by the school.

A caregiver was observed to be asleep while supervising a group of 12 5y-12yr old children during naptime. The caregiver denied being asleep, a picture of the caregiver sleeping was shown to the caregiver and director.

The playground fence was observed to have several broken and warped boards.

4 anchoring bolts were not observed to be below playing level. The bolts created a tripping harard for children.

Upon arrival, a group of children between 10m and 18m were observed watching TV. The TV was not turned off until the caregivers were instructed by the director

For the training period of 2020-2021 the director did not have 6 hours of management training

A group of children was observed waiting for a long period inbetween activites. Upon arrival the director stated the children just finished snack. The children were observed sitting and waiting for 28 minutes before being given blocks

Records for 10 children currently enrolled was reviewed. 4 children did not have an address listed for the emergency contact. 1 child did not have a special needs statement completed.

The driver did not have transportation training available for review

3 infants under 17 months were observed to be combined with older children. The youngest child in the group was 10 months old, the oldest was 8 years old.

A caregiver with no prior experience who was hired on 4/29/2021 did not have the completed 24 hours of pre-service training. NOTE: Only 8 hours of pre-service have been received

A toddler slide was observed to be cracked and had an opening about 5 inches long. NOTE: The slide was removed from the playground

Annual training was reviewed for the director for the trainiing period 2/2/20-2/2/21. Only 24 hours of training was obtained during the training period

During the inspection it was learned that for time out children sit in a corner and are made to face a wall or corner. Additionally, children remain in time out for a minimum of 5 minutes and maximum of 30 minutes.

Two climbing structures on the playgound were observed to have loose-fill surfacing less than 6 inches deep. NOTE: Grass was observed growing through the mulch.