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During the course of an investigation, it was observed on video that a caregiver did not wash a child's hands after diapering.

During the course of an investigation, it was observed on video that a caregiver did not wash their hands after diapering a child.

During the course of an investigation, it was determined that a caregiver used the prohibited form of punishment (grabbing/pulling) with two children in care during naptime.

During the course of the investigation, it was found that a caregiver left a child unsupervised outside while transitioning back inside the building.

It was found that when transitioning into the classroom from being outside, a caregiver did not notice that a child remained in the outdoor play area, and the child was left unsupervised for approximately 8-10 minutes.

It was found that a caregiver did not take children to wash their hands after coming inside from outdoor activities.

During this investigation inspection there was a container catching a water leak under a sink in the kitchen that was found to be kept in an unsanitary manner. There were also oriental cockroaches found throughout the area. In addition, a container for refuse water under a portable sink was found to have mold inside of it.

It was determined throughout the course of the investigation that a caregiver failed to wash their hands after diapering a child.

It was determined throughout the course of the investigation that a caregiver failed to wash a child's hands after diapering.

It was determined throughout the course of the investigation that a caregiver failed to sanitize a diaper changing area after diapering a child.

During an unannounced inspection, it was found that a child younger than 2yo was allowed to have screen time activities.

During this investigation, I found a playground area to be noncompliant with safety hazards present.

During a record audit, it was discovered that a new hire did not have all 24 hours of pre-service training completed within the first 90 days of employment.

Upon reviewing personnel training records, it was found that one caregiver's CPR expired in January of 2024.

Upon reviewing records, it was found that the last completed fire inspection was on 10/25/2022 and has been expired for almost 4 months.

While reviewing the two infant class schedules, it was found that the infants were not being offered daily outdoor time as required by minimum standards.

When reviewing required postings, it was found that the product certification form was not signed and renewed annually.

A child's record was missing a health statement from a medical professional.

A caregiver was observed on video footage to have aggressively carried a 1yo child by the arm.

Based on the information obtained from the DFPS abuse/neglect investigation, it was found that two caregivers were being unnecessarily harsh and cruel in their treatment of children. Caregivers were observed to forcefully grab and pull children's arms, grabbing children by their clothing in order to force them to sit down, grabbing a child by their shoulder causing them to fall down, and were also observed to have dragged a child across the daycare room floor.

Based on the information obtained from the DFPS abuse/neglect investigation, it was found that the director failed to appropriately supervise caregivers to ensure that children were not abused/neglected.

Based on the information obtained from the DFPS abuse/neglect investigation, two caregivers were found to have physically abused children in care and one of which was found to have additionally neglected to protect the children by failure to report that children were being abused.

Based on the information obtained from the DFPS abuse/neglect investigation, a caregiver was found to have neglected to protect children being physically abused by a fellow caregiver by failing to report the abuse as mandated.

Based on the information obtained from the DFPS abuse/neglect investigation, it was found that two caregivers were being unnecessarily harsh and cruel in their treatment of children during nap time. Caregivers were observed to pick children up and slam them onto nap mats, pulling children by the arms to force them to lay down straight, kick a child on their legs and back to recenter their bodies on the nap mat, dragging children to the nap mat, and shoving children face down into the nap mat.

Four caregivers in four different classrooms were observed not to have washed a child's hands following diaper changes.

Three caregivers in three different classrooms were observed not to have washed a child's hands following diaper changes.

A caregiver in the infant room was found to have had their personal cell phone out with the text messaging screen on indicating that it was being used for personal use while also playing with an infant in the floor.

A caregiver in the infant room was observed to not wash their hands following a diaper change.

A child was placed in a high chair/restrictive device as a form of discipline because the child would bite other children and would also climb on furniture.