Pocono Family YMCA at East Stroudsburg South

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the hire dates of staff. Staff person #5, #6, #7 and #8 have not completed the following required pre-service training, were within 90 days of their date of hire, but were working unsupervised with children at the time of this inspection: pediatric first aid/CPR. Staff person #12 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their hire date and was working unsupervised with children at the time of this inspection: pediatric first aid/CPR. Staff person #6, #7 and #8 have not completed the following required pre-service training, were within 90 days of their date of hire, but were working unsupervised with children at the time of this inspection: part 1 of the health and safety training. Staff #6 and #8, were within 90 days of their hire date but were working unsupervised and did not have the following training completed: mandated reporter training.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the hire dates of staff. Per the CPSL, to be hired as a provisional hire, staff must apply for their FBI clearance and receive their completed child abuse and NSOR clearance. A signed and dated disclosure statement must also be completed. Staff #7 was missing documentation they applied for their FBI clearance and the file was missing a completed NSOR and disclosure statement. Staff #5 was missing their completed child abuse clearance, NSOR clearance and a completed disclosure statement. Staff #5 and #7 were working together at the time of this inspection, unsupervised, and were not hired correctly per the CPSL. Per the CPSL, to be hired as a provisional hire, staff must apply for their state police clearance and receive their completed NSOR clearance and disclosure statement. Staff #6 was missing documentation they applied for their state police clearance and did not receive a completed NSOR and disclosure statement. Per the CPSL, to be hired as a provisional hire, staff must also apply for their state police clearance/FBI, receive one and be waiting on the missing…

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to review the facility's emergency plan on an annual basis. At the time of the inspection, the following staff file did not contain documentation that they reviewed the facility's emergency plan on an annual basis: Staff #4 (pervious 2/16/24, no current).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in pediatric first aid/CPR training prior to their current certification expiring. This training for Staff #2 expired on 5/20/25 and at the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide current pediatric first aid/CPR training for Staff #2. This training also for Staff #13 expired on 9/24/24 and at the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide current pediatric first aid/CPR training for Staff #13.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in annual fire safety training. At the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide the most current fire safety training for the following staff who have been employed for over a year: Staff #2 and #4.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the hire dates of staff. Staff person #12 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their hire date and was working unsupervised with children at the time of this inspection: pediatric first aid/CPR. At the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide for review the required one-hour 2022 update to the health and safety training due by 12/30/2022 for Staff #12.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff #9 and #11 were working in a child care role at the during this inspection. The files for Staff #9 and #11 were requested for review at the time of this inspection and the director was unable to provide the files for review.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children' files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of enrollment. Regulation requires emergency contact information to contain health insurance coverage information and the policy number to be included in the file. The following child's file was missing this information: Child #8.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the hire dates of staff. Regulation requires proof of education to be provided at the time of hire, so staff are able to be appropriately qualified to work in a child care role at the facility. Staff #5 and #7 were working together in a child care role at the time of the inspection and both files did not contain proof of education. Staff #6 and #8 were working together in a child care role at the time of the inspection and both files did not contain proof of education. Staff #5 #6, #7 and #8 were not able to be appropriately qualified to work in a child care role at the time of this inspection.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the hire dates of staff. Regulation requires staff files to include two written, nonfamily references. The following staff files did not contain two written, nonfamily references and these staff were working in a child care role at the time of this inspection: Staff #5, #6, #7 (missing 1), #8.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. At the time of the inspection, annually training hours were requested for review, per regulation, on Staff #2 and #13 but the director was unable to provide for review these annual training hours.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Staff #3 was not hired correctly per the CPSL. Staff #3 did not receive an NSOR clearance until 2/2/24 and worked in child care past the provisional hire period, without this clearance. The CPSL requires clearances to be updated every 60 months. The following staff did not update their clearances as appropriate to the CPSL: Staff #7 (state police previous7/17/17, current 8/16/22; child abuse previous 7/20/17, current 8/30/22; FBI previous 8/18/17, current 8/19/22).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. At the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide documentation that the following staff reviewed the emergency plan on an annual basis for 2024: Staff #1, #2, #4 (previous 3/11/23), #6 (previous 6/10/23), #9 (pervious 6/10/23), #11 (previous 6/10/23).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. Children's lunch bags were found that contained dairy and meat. These lunch bags were not refrigerated.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Staff #1 did not have a health assessment or TB screening conducted within 12 months prior to providing child care services. The file of Staff #1 contained a health assessment and TB dated for 3/15/23. Regulation requires staff to update health assessments every 24 months. The following staff did not update their health assessments every 24 months: Staff #2 (previous5/31/22, no update), Staff #7 (previous 2/17/21, current 3/15/23) and Staff #9 (previous 5/24/22, no update).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Staff #1 did not have a health assessment or TB screening conducted within 12 months prior to providing child care services. The file of Staff #1 contained a health assessment and TB dated for 3/15/23.

A renewal inspection was conducted at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. At the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide documentation of the following staff's 2024 fire safety training: Staff #4, #9, #10 and #11. Regulation requires staff to participate in annual fire safety training. The following staff did not participate in fire safety training on an annual basis: Staff #2 (previous 6/7/22, current 1/9/24), Staff #4 (previous 5/15/23, no current), Staff #6 (previous 6/8/22, current 6/20/24), Staff #7 (previous 2/19/23, no current), Staff #8 (previous 10/15/22, current 3/6/24, Staff #9 (previous 6/10/23, no current), Staff #10 (previous 6/8/23, no current) and Staff #11 (previous 6/9/23, no current).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff person #3 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): pediatric first aid and CPR.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff person #2, #7 and #9 did not complete the required one-hour 2022 update to the health and safety training by 12/30/2022. Staff #2 completed the training on 3/14/23. Staff #7 completed the training on 3/13/23. Staff #9 completed the training on 4/1/23.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff #7 has not completed mandated reporter training within the last 60 months. This is evidenced by the previously documented mandated reporter training on file being dated 8/18/17. Staff #7 updated this training on 8/30/22. Staff #8 has not completed mandated reporter training within the last 60 months. This is evidenced by the previously documented mandated reporter training on file being dated 9/13/18.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. At the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide the 2024 staff evaluations for the following staff: Staff #2, #4, #6, #7, #9, #10 and #11.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. At the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide the agreement form for Child #1 and Child #6.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. At the time of the inspection, the director was unable to provide the file of Staff #5 for review.

There is no verification on file that the emergency plan was sent to the county EMA.

Staff persons #2 did not complete the required one-hour 2022 update to the health and safety training by 12/30/2022; it was completed on 2/22/23.

Staff person #1 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): 10-hour health and safety basics.

The agreement on file for child # 1 did not have the operator or the parent signature.