Chippewa Noahs Ark · 616 17th St, Beaver Falls

The emergency plan letter that is to be provided to the parent of each enrolled child did not include accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions.

In the infant and toddler hallway a power strip was missing a protective outlet cover. In the downstairs on the stage 2 protective outlet covers were missing.

In the Pre-K counts classroom 6 windows that are above ground floor level and accessible to children did not have the mechanism engaged to restrict the windows from opening more than 6 inches.

In the overflow toddler room, the baseboard under the ABC's was peeling away from the wall.

On the front of the wooden shed outside was peeling paint.

Eleven steps in the entry way were not equipped with nonskid surfaces.

In the large outside play area, a wooden cabinet with a round opening was missing a piece of wood framing causing small nails to protrude.

In the older toddler room 5 cots that were in use and did not have 2 ft of space on 3 sides. In the young toddler room 2 cots that were in use did not have 2 ft of space on 3 sides.

The current health assessment dated 7/4/24 on file for staff #1 did not indicate if the staff person did or did not have a communicable/contagious disease.

The fire alarm testing log included test dates 8/16/23-9/18/23(33 days), 11/10/23-12/12/23(32 days), 1/11/24-2/16/24(36 days), 5/6/24-6/6/24(31 days), 6/6/24-7/8/24(32 days), which are more than 30 days apart.

The financial agreement in child #1's file did not contain a parent's signature.

The file for Child #1, who is a preschool age child, contains two health assessments that are more than 12 months apart.

The file for Staff #1 contains two health assessments that were more than 24 months apart.

The file for Child #2 contains a health assessment that was obtained more than 60 days after the child's enrollment date.(see LIS code sheet).

Staff person #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12- has acceptable pediatric first aid/CPR training in an approved curriculum; however, the trainer has not provided documentation that they are PQAS-certified in that training topic

The facility was not providing each parent information on how to access the regulations electronically.