Pocono Services for Families and Children

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The CPSL requires clearances to be updated atleast every 60 months. The following staff did not update their clerance(s) at least every 60 months: Staff #1 (NSOR previous 1/9/20, current 7/3/25) and Staff #2 (NSOR previous 6/16/20, current 6/20/25).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review. In the Sunshine Room, rodent feces was observed in the corner, on the floor, near the sink.

A renewal inspection occured at the facility. A physical site review was conducted. In the infant room, a bottle warmer was found accessible to children. The bottle warmer contained a warning to keep out of reach of children and infants/toddlers were observed receiving care in this room at the time of the inspeciton. Staff indicated they had recently used the warmer to warm up a bottle.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The CPSL requires clearances to be updated every 60 months. Staff #1 did not update their child abuse clearance timely (previous 6/7/19, current 6/11/24). Staff #3 also did not update their clearances timely (state police 8/9/16 and 9/19/21, child abuse 8/30/16 and 9/22/21, FBI 8/12/16 and 9/28/21).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A physical site review as conducted. Dirty and dusty vents, ceiling tiles and light covers were observed in: Shining Stars, Bright Stars, Discovery Preschool and Sunflower 2. Peeling paint was found in the bathroom of Bright Stars. A hole was found in the bathroom of the Discovery Preschool. All areas listed were identified and addressed with the staff at the time of the inspection.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of the facility's fire drill log was conducted. Regulation requires fire drills to occur at least once every 60 days. The following drill lapsed occurring at least every 60 days: 2/9/24 - 4/16/24.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The OCDEL Announcement C-22-06 requires all current child care staff who completed the previous health and safety pre-service training modules prior to October 4, 2022 to complete the Pennsylvania Health and Safety Update 2022 by December 30, 2022. Staff # 1 did not complete this training until 2/14/23.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires pediatric first aid training to be updated prior to the previous training experiencing. Staff #3 did not update their pediatric first aid/CPR training before the previous training expired (previous 6/10/22, current 6/28/24).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in fire safety training on an annual basis. Staff #5 did not participate in annual fire safety (previous 4/24/23 and current 5/3/24).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff person #5 and #7 have not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): health and safety training. Staff person #2 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): pediatric first aid/CPR.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Staff #1, #6 and #7 have not completed mandated reporter training within the last 60 months. This is evidenced by the trainings documented as follows: Staff #1 (previous 12/28/15, current 4/19/21), Staff #6 (pervious 9/6/16, current 9/21/21) and Staff #7 (previous 9/5/16, current 1/25/22).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. The following staff evaluations were not conducted on an annual basis as required by regulation: Staff #4 (previous 8/14/23, current 9/1/24) and Staff #5 (previous 7/20/23, current 8/5/24).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. Regulation requires the emergency contact and agreement forms to be updated at least every 6 months. The following children's emergency contact forms were not update at least every 6 months: Child #1 (previous 8/25/23, current 4/16/24), Child #2 (previous 9/14/23), Child #4 (previous 10/6/22), Child #5 (previous 9/5/23, current 4/4/24), Child #6 (previous 9/5/23, current 4/4/24) and Child #7 (previous 10/30/23, current 8/5/24). The following children's agreement forms were not updated at least every 6 months: Child #1 (previous 9/6/23, current 6/2/24), Child #4 (previous 9/6/23, current 6/3/24), Child #5 (previous 9/15/23, current 4/5/24) and Child #6 (previous 6/3/24, current 4/4/24).

Staff Person #1 resided outside of Pennsylvania in the 5 years prior to employment at the facility and did not have the state sex offender registry search on file. State Sex offender search completed for Staff Person #1 at time of inspection.

Per facility fire drill log, all fire drills conducted between July 2022 and July 2023 were conducted in the morning.

Per inspection at facility on 3/22/23 it was revealed that on March 3, 2023, child #1 fell while outside on the playground causing an injury to his lip. Staff #1 did not complete and provide an injuries report for the parent on the day of the accident.

Inspection on 8/2/22 did not reveal a record of a drill log. Also Inspection on 8/2/22 revealed that the plan has not been sent to the local municipality.

Staff person #-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11 & 12- have 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.

On 6/22/22, Child #1 fell and hit his face causing damage to his teeth and requiring emergency medical care. The incident occurred at approximately 11:30am. Parent was not notified of the incident until approximately 1:15pm despite child's repeated complaints of pain.

Staff person #1, #2, #4 have not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet):Pediatric First Aid and Pediatric CPR. Staff person #3 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet): Health and Safety Topics.