YMCA of Greater PGH/Highcliff Elementary

The Emergency Contact Form for Child #1 lacked the phone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

During the Renewal Inspection 18 school aged children were observed in care. During that time, only one assistant group supervisor was present at the facility for this group of 18 school aged children.

The two most recent emergency plan trainings for staff person #1 are dated more than 12 months apart: 8/22/22 and 10/3/23. The file for staff person #2 had documentation of emergency plan training on 10/3/23, which was not at the time of initial employment.

A medication log for an Epinephrine Injection medication was not established for a child receiving care.

A determination could not be made if fire drills were conducted at least once every 60 days as the director did not have documentation on file of conducting fire drills within the last 12 months. The only fire drill documented at the facility was dated 10/17/23.

The operator did not have documentation on file of sending a copy of the emergency plan and subsequent plan updates to the local municipality and to the county emergency management agency.

The file for child #1 lacks an initial health report within 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility.

Staff person #2 completed the required pre-service Health and Safety training on 11/26/23 but did not complete the training within 90 days of their date of hire (see LIS code sheet).

The emergency contact and financial agreement forms for children #1 and #3 have not been updated in writing by the parent within the last 6 months. Child #1's forms were last updated on 5/30/23, and child #3's forms were last updated on 2/16/23. The emergency contact form for child #2 has not been updated in writing by the parent within the last 6 months: 5/30/23.

In the cafeteria, a blue toy bin containing Jenga blocks was observed to be cracked with sharp corners.

The file for child #1 lacked an initial health report within 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility.

The two most recent PA Child Abuse Clearances in the file for staff person #1 are dated more than 60 months apart: 1/1/17 and 1/7/22.

The two most recent fire safety trainings in the file for staff person #2 are dated more than one year apart: 8/29/21 and 9/14/22.

The file for staff person #2 lacked an annual minimum of 12 clock hours of child care training for the year December 19, 2020 - December 19, 2021.

The file for Staff person #1, with a hire date of 9/21/21, does not include a child abuse, or sex offender clearance, or proof of application prior to working with children, from New York, where she resided within the previous 5 years.

The file for Child #1, with an enrollment date of 9/7/21, more than 60 days ago, does not include an immunization record.

The 2 most recent health assessments on file for Staff person #3 are dated 5/29/20 and 5/8/18, are dated more than 24 months apart.

The file for Child #1, with an enrollment date of 9/7/21, does not include a health assessment, which was due by 12/6/21, as per Announcement C-20-04.

The file for Staff person #2, with a hire date of 8/24/21 does not include completed pediatric First Aid/CPR, which was due to be completed within 90 days of hire, by 11/22/21.

The most recent fire safety training on file for Staff person #3, dated 8/29/21 is dated more than 1 year after the previous training, dated 7/18/20.

The most recent mandated reporter training on file for Staff person #3, dated 3/8/20, is dated more than 60 months after the previous training, dated 2/21/15.

The emergency contact form on file for Child #2 does not include the telephone number for the enrolling parent's employer.

The emergency contact form on file for Child #1 does not include the name of the health insurance coverage for the child's health insurance.