Children's Lighthouse of Oak Forest

A caregiver was present caring for children without a background check. A background check was submitted for the caregiver during the inspection, and the caregiver was no longer in charge of children.

A child on the allergy list does not have the required allergy medication.

The operation was not able to provide the trainings for four caregivers.

A caregiver had an expiration date of 8/2025.

The operation did not report that a child was unsupervised.

There was a child that was unsupervised in the operation.

It was determined that a child was found unsupervised in the hallway outside the classroom.

Two contract workers who were counted into ratio and working with a group of children did not meet caregivers qualifications. One contract working was missing CPR and First Aid. Both were missing training and orientation for the operation.

The two drivers and both directors transportation training was not available.

A caregiver with an inactive background as of 11/17/2023 was observed delivering items to classrooms.

A group of children were left in care of contract/ vendor worker without caregiver qualifications.

A caregiver did not have any affidavit in their file.

One caregiver only had 1 hour of transportation and the directors expired on 1/4/21 and 10/14/2020.

One child is missing emergency contact information and two children are missing address for their emergency contact.

The operation did not have documentation allowing children on the second floor.

The permit holder was not in compliance with ensuring supervision is being maintained by director and caregivers with children in care. The operation has been cited twice within their 12 months after issuance for children not being supervised.

Children were not being supervised when they were able to walk out the emergency door leading to the outside of the building.

The operation was found to not have provider any incident report to a parent of a child that was placed at risk that is required by minimum standards.

During the investigation it was determine that children were placed at risk when they walked out the emergency door on two different occasions and days the operation did not make a report to licensing the first time this happened.

It was determined that a 20 month old child was left alone in a classroom with the lights off when the caregivers took the class to the playground.

The director was not in compliance with ensuring supervision is being maintained with children in care. The operation was previously cited on 8/25/2021 for a child being left unsupervised.

During review of fire safety the operation was found to not have a current fire inspection.