Noah's Ark Daycare

Five of eight children's records were lacking complete address for emergency contact, emergency authorization or health statements for children enrolled over a 12 months. A list was left with director with child's name and missing information.

One of eight children's immunizations records were not up to date. A list was left of child and missing immunizations.

One of three staff was lacking documentation of their 24 annual hours of training.

One of three staff hired after September 2023 was lacking their pre-employement affidavit.

This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per review of video footage, children did not wash their hands before eating snack.

This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. One child's infant feeding instruction form has not been reviewed or update by a parent or health care professional in the past 30 days.

This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. It was determined that an infant was swaddled while in care.

This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. It was observed on video footage that a child is in time out for 25.5 minutes.

This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found deficient. Per review of video footage, a child was left in a classroom unsupervised for 4.5 minutes. Further review of a video segment showed two additional instances where children were left unsupervised for over one minute.

This standard was reviewed as part of an investigation and found non-compliant. During interviews conducted it was discovered that staff were not sanitizing the thermometers between the use of each children, but was cleaning by wiping on their clothing.

One of eight staff files reviewed as part of the inspection was lacking 22 of their 24 required annual training hours.

It was observed that the operation had not tested their smoke detectors since March 13, 2023.

It was observed during the inspection the operation had not inspected their fire extinguisher since March 13, 2023.

During a review of immunization records it was observed that three of eight records were lacking current immunizations or lacking a copy of immunization records. A list of children was left with director of missing immunization records.

It was observed that activity plans posted were not current or not posted in the classrooms.

A review of director annual training hours was lacking training in their required additional hours.

During inspection it was observed that the operation had not conducted a fire drill since March 13, 2023.

This standard was investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. During interviews it was determined that children are being spanked and one child's hair was pulled by a staff person.

This standard was investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. During interviews it was determined that staff are vaping on premises and in the center.

This standard was investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. Through interviews it was determined that an infant was being cared for in a classroom at times with child more than 18 months old in age difference.

This standard was investigated as part of an investigation and found to be in non-compliance. During interviews it was determined that a child was left in a classroom for approximately 30 minutes unsupervised and another child had wandered out of an open door into the hallway unsupervised.