Tee Care 4 U Academy LLC

8VAC20-780-270-A

“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Peeling paint was observed in multiple spots in the area where preschool children nap.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

8VAC20-780-420-A

“Before the child’s first day of attending, parents shall be provided all required information in writing. There was no documentation in the records of Child #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 that the parents were provided with all required policies in writing before their children’s first day of attending. Staff #5 stated that they do not email the parent handbook to the parents as part of the enrollment process.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-420-A.

8VAC20-780-580-B

“(Repeat Violation) Any vehicle used by the center for the transportation of children shall meet the safety standards set by the Department of Motor Vehicles The inspection for a van used to transport children was overdue by four weeks.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-580-B.

8VAC20-780-70

“Staff records shall include documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position. There was no diploma contained in the record of Staff #2.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-70.

8VAC20-780-580-B

“Any vehicle used by the center for the transportation of children shall meet the safety standards set by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The inspection for one of the center’s vans used to transport children expired in August.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-580-B.

22.1-289.057-A

“The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead. The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and the program did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan.”

Rule 22.1-289.057-A.

8VAC20-780-245-C

“Staff who do not work with a group of children at the center are required to complete annual training on emergency preparedness and response, child abuse and neglect, and mandated reporter requirements. Staff #5 had not completed the required annual training.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-245-C.

8VAC20-780-260-B

“The center must provide annual approval from the health department regarding their water supply and sewage disposal system. The center had not obtained an annual Report of Environmental Sanitation as required.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-260-B.

8VAC20-790-600-D-1

“All staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of the date of employment current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care. Staff #4 had no documentation of CPR certification and has been employed for over three months.”

Rule 8VAC20-790-600-D-1.

8VAC20-790-600-D-2

“All staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of the date of employment current certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. Staff #4 had no documentation of first aid certification and has been employed for over three months.”

Rule 8VAC20-790-600-D-2.

Based on record review and interview, the center did not ensure one staff that had lived in another state within the last 5 years completed an out of state child abuse and neglect search by the end of the 30th day of employment.

“Evidence: 1.The record for Staff #1 (date of hire: 2/20/2023) documented a sworn disclosure statement documenting Staff #1 lived in another state within the last 5 years. 2.The record for Staff #1 did not document an out of state child abuse and neglect search and no additional documentation was provided regarding a request for the out of state search. 3. During an interview, the center director verified, the out of state search was not completed.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

Based on staff record review and interview, the center failed to ensure a sworn statement was completed for each employee prior to employment.

“Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #4 (date of hire: 4/24/2023) did not document a sworn statement. 2. During an interview, the center director verified, the sworn statement was not documented in the record.”

Rule 8VAC20-770-60-B.

Based on review of records and interview, the center failed to ensure each child received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child attended the center.

“Evidence: 1.The record for child #1 (start date: 12/6/2021) failed to document immunizations received. 2. During an interview with the center director, it was verified that the immunizations were not documented in the record.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-130-A.

Based on staff record review and interview, the center did not ensure one staff met the program leader qualifications.

Rule 8VAC20-780-210-A.

Based on observation and interview, the center did not ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, were maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

“Evidence: 1. Chipped and peeling paint was observed on two walls in the room designated for the afterschool children. 2. During an interview, the center director acknowledged that the areas required maintenance.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

Based on record review and interview, the center did not ensure that each staff’s record contained all of the required information.

“Evidence: 1. The record for staff #1 (date of hire: 2/20/2023) did not contain record of orientation training. 2. The record for staff #4 (date of hire: 4/24/2023) did not contain record of orientation training and two or more references before employment. 3. During an interview, the center director verified that the records did not document the required information.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-70.

Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not ensure that each staff complete annually the Virginia Annual Health and Safety Update course sponsored by the department as required.

“Evidence: 1. The record of staff #1 (employed: 08/01/18) had documentation of the training from 09/16/22. 2. The record for staff #5 (employed: 05/27/20), staff #7 (employed: 09/05/18), and staff #8 (employed: 12/09/19) did not contain documentation of the Virginia Annual Health and Safety update. 3. The vendor acknowledged that the training update had not been completed annually as required.”

Rule 8VAC20-790-600-F.

Based on record review and interview, the center did not ensure one staff record contained documentation of out of state child abuse and neglect search and out of state sex offender check.

“Evidence: 1. The record of staff #3 (employed: 05/02/22) did not have documentation of completed out of state checks. 2. The Sworn Statement or Affirmation for staff #3 indicated that the staff member has lived in another state within the past five years. 3. A member of management verified that the record check had not been submitted within the required time frame.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

Based on review of records and interview, the center did not ensure that each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening (TB) at the time of employment and prior to coming in contact with children.

“Evidence: 1. The record for staff #4 (employed: 04/11/22) did not have documentation of a TB screening/test at time of employment and prior to coming in contact with children. 2. A member of management confirmed that the screening for staff #4 had a TB screening/test on 05/27/2022 however it was not completed at time of employment and prior to coming in contact with children.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-160-A.

Based on observation, the facility did not ensure compliance with ratios of staff to children as required.

“Evidence: 1. Based on observation the center did not maintain the ratio of one staff for every five children for children 16 months to 24 months of age. 2. In classroom #5, there was one staff to six children ages 16 months to 24 months. One staff left the classroom area to get something from the kitchen leaving one staff to six children.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-350-B-2.

Based on observation and interview, the center did not ensure that when a child is placed in an infant seat or high chair, the protective belt shall be fastened securely.

“Evidence: 1. In classroom #5, a six-seat toddler table was in use with six children ages 12 months to 16 months. The six toddlers were seated at the toddler table without the required protective belts. 2. The administrator acknowledged that the protective belts were missing from the the toddler table.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-570-A.

Based on a review of staff records and interview, the center did not ensure that each staff record contains all required information.

“Evidence: 1. The records for staff #3 (employed: 05/02/22) and staff #4 (Employed: 04/11/22) did not contain documentation of two or more references before employment. 2. A member of management confirmed that the required reference checks were not in the staff records for staff #3 and staff #4.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-70.

Based on record review, the vendor did not obtain the preservice orientation and/or the annual health and safety update training.

“1. The record for staff #2 (hire date 8/11/19 ) staff #3 (hire date 12/10/19) did not have annual health and safety update training. 2. The record for staff #2 (hire date 8/11/19) staff #4 (hire date 8/05/18) did not have the Virginia Preservice Training for Child Care Staff.”

Rule 22VAC40-665-580-H.

Based on observation, the center was not maintained in a safe and operable condition inside and outside.

“Evidence: 1. In the lunch and nap room, a beam running from the ceiling to the floor has exposed drywall and the metal corner framing was exposed with jagged edges.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

Based on observation, the center did not ensure all hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, are kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.

Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.