Grace Discovery Center

During an investigation it was found that infants were in the same room with children who are 4 years old. There was more than an 18 month difference between the youngest and oldest child in the room. The operation had enough staff at the operation to split the classrooms but did not.

During an investigation it was found that an infant is placed in a car seat and sometimes sleeps in the car seat.

Observed a cabinets in a classroom with children unlocked. The cabinet had chemicals such as lysol wipes. This was corrected when the cabinet was locked.

Observed one toddler sitting in a high chair eatting, but was sitting on top of the safety straps instead of being strapped into the highchair. This was corrected when the child was strapped into the seat.

The operation sent an email regarding the incident on 2/28/25 the day the incident occurred but the email was not received by licensing until 3/7/2025. The operation was told that they could not leave emails or voicemails regarding injuries as the email could be missed or the inspector could be out of the office. An administrative penalty will be recommended as a result of this citation, per HRC ?42.078.

Observed 2 outlets that were uncovered. This was corrected at inspection when covers were added.

Observed a fire extinguisher in one of the vans that was not serviced. A new serviced fire extinguisher was added to the van.

Observed one transportation vehicle without a Child safety alarm. I spoke with the director about getting one installed. The director stated that they will not use the vehicle until it is installed.

Observed two slides that did not have the 6 foot use zone from the slide to other equipment on the playground. Both slides were removed from the playground.

The operational policies were missing the parents rights section.

Observed a cabinet in a classroom that was unlocked and had Lysol and bleach water in the reacch of children. This was corrected when the chemicals were removed and locked.

Observed nails and staples sticking out of wood and planter boxed on the playground. There was a broken outlet cover in one of the classrooms. There were broken plastic planter boxes. There was also warped wood on a play structure. In two classrooms there were chairs stacked high which could fall on children. There was also one room that is being used for storage but is part of the capacity of the building.

Observed 2 children files out of 8 files without the Emergency Authorization information being completed.

Observed 1 childs file without the child allegy FARE form completed by a health care professional.

It was found that one out of two directors has not been present at least 75% or 30 hours a week at the operation. This was corrected when an email was received from the operation stating to remove the director as a director.

It was found that there was feces found on the handle of the toilet, and toilet paper on the walls in the bathroom. This was corrected when the bathroom was cleaned. There was no feces or toilet paper on the bathroom walls or toilet during my inspection.

It was found that a child had an accident on themself and they were not changed out of the soiled clothes. This was corrected when the operation staff was spoken to about changing soiled clothes.

The operation could not provide sign in or out forms for certain employees.

Observed children with food allergies without a food allergy plan on file from the health care professional.

A child had a medical condition occur while in care and caregivers were unaware of the child's special care needs that were listed on their admission forms.

Observed a rocking airplain on the playground that did not have loose fill around the equipment.

I did not observe a child safety alarm on any of the vans for transportation.

An electrical outlet was exposed in a pre-k classroom. A safety cover was immediately placed over the electrical outlet when addressed, bringing the facility into compliance.

An infant was observed sitting in an infant chair. The chair was equipped with safety straps and the safety straps were not fastened. The safety straps were immediately fastened when addressed, bringing the facility into compliance.

During a walk-through of the facility, an electrical outlet in the pre-k classroom was exposed. A safety cover was immediately placed over the electrical outlet when addressed. This deficiency was corrected at inspection.

Based on information obtained during an investigation, a violation was found relating to the sign in and out tracking system. This deficiency was corrected at inspection when a discussion was held with the director.