Acds Inc Mother Goose Head Start

Staff Records and Personnel Files

“1715.A.1.: Based on observations/record review at 9:30 a.m., S1 failed to have an application/staff information form to include name, date of birth, home address and phone number, training, work experience, educational background, hire date, first day onsite working with children for S6. The employee file for S6 was delivered to the center prior to the Specialist leaving the center.”

Rule 1715.A.1,3.&4.

Items That Can be Harmful to Children

“1901.J.: Based on observation at 9:00 a.m., items that can be harmful to children, such as cleaning supplies and chemicals, failed to be kept in a locked cabinet or other secure place that ensures they are inaccessible to children. The Specialist observed a bottle of Windex in a lower unlocked cabinet accessible to 16, 3-to 4-year-old children in S1 and S2’s classroom. This was corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 1901.J.&K.

Required Staffing - Director/ Director Designee

“1707.A.1.&2.: Based on record review at 10 a.m., the center’s director was not an on-site, full time employee of the licensed location and there failed to be an on-site, full time qualified director designee given the responsibility of planning, managing, and controlling the center’s daily activities, as well as responding to parental concerns and ensuring that minimum licensing requirements were met. The previous director designee’s last day at the center was 4/2/2026.”

Rule 1707.A.1.&2.

CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility for Child Care Purposes Required for Volunteers and Staff

“1807.B.: Based on record review at 12:30 p.m., S1 failed to have S3’s CCCBC-based determination of eligibility available for review on the center’s CCCBC roster. S8’s date of hire with the agency was 8/8/2024; her first day working at the center was 1/28/2025. This failed to be corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 1807.B.

CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility for Visitors and Contractors

Rule 1807.C.

Critical Incidents and Required Notifications

Rule 1103.A.-C.

Supervision

Rule 1713.A.&B.&C.

Orientation Training

“1719.A.-C.: Based on record review on 1/14/2025, at 11 a.m., S1 lacked documentation that 3 of 6 staff, S1, S4, and S6, completed orientation requirements within seven and thirty days of the first day present at the center and prior to having sole responsibility for any children. S1 failed to complete and have documentation for verification of the LDE Key Training Modules 1-3; S4 and S6 failed to complete and have documentation for verification of the DCFS Mandated Reporter Training. This could not be corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 1719.A.-C.

CPR and First Aid Certifications

“1723.A.B.: Based on record review on 1/14/2025, at 11 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation that 2 of 6 staff on the premises and accessible to children have current certification in infant, child, and adult CPR through training approved by the Department. S2 and S4 failed to have current certification. A class has not been scheduled.”

Rule 1723.A.&B.

Pediatric First Aid

“1723.C.: Based on record review on 1/14/2025, at 11 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation that 2 of 6 staff on the premises and accessible to children have current certification in pediatric first aid through training approved by the Department. S2 and S4 failed to have current certification. A class has not been scheduled.”

Rule 1723.C.

CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility for Child Care Purposes Required for Volunteers and Staff

“1807.B.: Based on record review on 1/30/2025, at 10:30 a.m., S1 failed to have S8’s CCCBC-based determination of eligibility available for review on the center’s CCCBC roster. S8’s date of hire with the agency was 8/8/2024; her first day working at the center was 1/28/2025. This failed to be corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 1807.B.

CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility for Visitors and Contractors

Rule 1807.C.

Food Service and Nutrition - Menu

“1919. B.: Based on record review/observation on 1/14/2025, at 11:30 a.m., the current weekly menu listing specific food items served for each day of the week failed to be prominently posted, written or electronically, by the first day of each week and remain posted throughout the week. This was corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 1919.A.&B.

Food Service and Nutrition - Choking Hazards

“1919.D.2.: Based on observation on 1/14/2025, at 11:30 a.m., S1 allowed children under age 4 to be served food that is implicated in choking incidents. The Specialist observed children eating large chunks of chicken (in gumbo) for lunch. This failed to be corrected during the inspection.”

Rule 1919.D.2.

Medication Management Training

“Based on record review at 11:30 a.m., S4 failed to have at least two staff members trained in medication administration, whether the early learning center administers medication or not.”

Rule 1725.A.-C.