Pocono YMCA at J M Hill Elementary School

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Regulation requires staff to participate in annual fire safety training. Staff #1 participated in fire safety training on 4/7/26, which was not within their annual training year. Staff #2 has not also participated in annual fire safety training. The last documented training for #2 was dated 3/1/24.

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 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire: pediatric first aid and CPR and health and safety topic trainings.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in a minimum of 12 hours of annual of child care training. At the time of the inspection, the file of Staff #2 only contained 7 of 12 hours of annual child care training.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Regulation requires staff to have obtained a child abuse clearance and a signed/dated disclosure statement prior to working in a child care role with children as part of the provisional hire process. Staff #2 was working in a child care role at the facility during this inspection and the file did not contain a child abuse clearance or a signed/dated disclosure statement.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in an updated health assessment at least every 24 months. Staff #1 did not participate in a health assessment at least every 24 months (previous 3/13/23, current 4/7/25).

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. See the code sheet for the dates of enrollment. Regulation requires children's files to contain a health report within 60 days of enrolling. The following children have been enrolled over 60 days and the files did not contain a health report with an immunization record: Child #1, #2 (missing health report only) and #4.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Regulation requires proof of education to be in staff files so that staff can be appropriately qualified to work in a child care role at the facility. Staff #2 and #3 were working in a child care role at the facility and could not be appropriately qualified to work in a child care role at the facility because the files were missing proof of education.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. Regulation requires the child's arrival and departure times to be included in the child's file. The file of Child #5 was missing the child's arrival and departure times.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. Regulation requires a release person and complete contact information listed on the emergency contact and agreement forms. Child #1's emergency contact was missing the release person's address. Child #2 did not have a release person listed on the agreement form or on the emergency contact form with all necessary information.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. Regulation requires emergency contact information for children to include parents work and home address and phone number. Child #1 was missing the parents work address and home phone number.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. Regulation requires children's files to contain their health insurance coverage and the policy number. The file of Child #3 was missing the health insurance policy number.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of children's files was conducted. Regulation requires emergency contact, and agreement forms to be reviewed at least every 6-months. Child #5 has not had their emergency contact and agreement forms reviewed since 8/6/24.

A renewal inspection was conducted at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff files to contain two letters of written reference. The file of Staff #2 was missing two letters of written reference.

When the certification representative arrived for the inspection, Staff #1 was observed to be the only staff person present at the facility, and continued to be for approximately 10 minutes. Staff #1, who does not qualify as a staff person based on the documentation in the staff file, was observed to be supervising a mixed-age group of 12 young and older school-age children, a group that would require at least one staff person and one facility person.

Fire drills were not conducted every 60 days. The last documented fire drill as of the inspection on 4/5/2024 was 2/2/2024.

Child #1 (see code sheet for date of birth) has a health report on file but did not have any immunizations on file. Child #3 has immunizations on file but did not have the child's health history, which was required.

Staff #1 did not complete the required health and safety update until 2/22/23. Staff #4 did not complete the required health and safety update until 2/17/23. The update was required to be completed by 12/30/2022 for all existing staff.

Staff #1 and Staff #4 have not completed the fire safety training annually. This is evidenced by the dates of the previous trainings being 2/16/23 and 2/17/23 respectively.

Staff #1, who does not have education on file which qualifies them as a staff person, was observed in the cafeteria room supervising a mixed-age group of 12 young and older school-aged children by themselves.

The addresses and phone numbers of the persons designated by the parent to whom the child may be released were not on file for child #3.

The emergency contact information on file for child #1 was dated 5/10/23 and 3/11/24; for child #2 was dated 7/22/23 and 3/26/24; for child #3 was dated 8/15/23 and 3/26/24; for child #4 was dated 5/10/23 and 3/11/24; and for child #5 was dated 8/2/22 and 4/3/24. The financial agreement on file for child #1 was dated 5/10/23 and 4/3/24; for child #2 was dated 7/22/23 and 3/26/24; for child #3, the only one in the file was dated 3/26/24; for child #4 was dated 5/10/23 and 4/3/24; and for child #5 was dated 8/2/21 and 2/2/24. For each child, more than 6 months had lapsed between parental reviews, updates, and signatures.

During inspection on 4/17/23 at 3:35 PM observed Staff#1 a facility Aide assigned to a group of 13 YSA children and 3 OSA children. Staff #1 stated that Staff # 2 was in the school building but had not yet arrived at the Y program. Staff #2 an AGS arrived at the program and joined childcare at 3:42; children were then reassigned between the two staff.

During inspection on 4/17/23 at 3:35 PM observed Staff#1 a facility Aide assigned to a group of 13 YSA children and 3 OSA children. Staff #1 stated that Staff # 2 was in the school building but had not yet arrived at the Y program. Staff #2 arrived at the program and joined childcare at 3:42; children were then reassigned between the two staff.

Inspection on 4/6/22 revealed that staff 1 has one reference on file.