Child and Family Development Center Mineral Wells

The permit holder has failed to ensure compliance of the minimum standards by not instructing the director to comply with the local authority.

Operation multiple times allowed children sit on carpet that smelled of mildew and was damp from a kitchen drainage entering from the wall.

Operation failed to comply with Code Enforcement when instructed to not use the kitchen until plumbing was fixed.

Director failed to ensure compliance of the minimum standards by not following code enforcement’s restrictions, which were to not use the facilities kitchen until clogged plumbing and flooding of the area was fixed, as well as instructing staff not to abide by the same authority. Director failed to ensure the flooding was reported to CCR and parents, as well as not providing a safe environment for children, of which were allowed to maintain in the classroom the flooded water had entered.

Dishes were cleaned in hand washing sinks inside the utility closet and in the kitchen at the operation with only soap and water.

Operation failed to notify CCR that the kitchen had flooded due to the grease trap being clogged.

Parents were not notified of flooding in the kitchen.

Director failed to ensure compliance of the minimum standards by not administering safeguards and procedures given to them that would have prevented a child from having a reaction to food allergies.

Child was served identified foods to an allergic child.

The permit holder failed to ensure the director and staff followed minimum standards regarding food allergies. The director and staff failed to follow both operational policies and a child's food allergy plan established by the physician.

Director and caregivers demonstrated a lack of competency in knowing how to administer the EpiPen, which delayed life-saving treatment.

Operation was found noncompliant after contacting EMS, several minutes after contacting the parent and administering an epinephrine auto-injectors due to the child having an allergic reaction to an unknown substance.

A caregiver demonstrated a lack of good judgment when observed asleep while holding an infant.

A group of children were unsupervised when a caregiver fell asleep with an infant in their arms.

Caregiver allowed a child to leave the classroom for over 2 minutes unsupervised.

Caregiver did not show good judgment when they dragged a child by the ankles over 4 feet in the classroom.