Luv-n-Care No 2

746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

The last fire inspection was conducted 4/29/25.

746.1301(a)(5)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training

One out four staff records evaluated did not have the twenty-four-hour annual training certificates available for review.

746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

Two children were playing in toilet water while caregiver paid no attention to them and was sitting on the floor with other children in the classroom.

746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk

The child?s parent was informed by the caregiver in the classroom that the child drank toilet water that had urine. Then several days after, the parent was informed by the director that the child did not drink toilet water and that the children played with the toilet water.

746.2807 - Employees Discipline Own Children

A caregiver was seen on surveillance grabbing their own child that was enrolled in the classroom by their arm while forcefully guiding them to their cot. This occurred several times and on one occasion the caregiver hit the child on the back of their head with a toy.

746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

A group of children were working on a Home Depot kids constructed activity using nails without the caregiver over seeing the activity. The situation poses a risk to children if a child consumes a nail or gets injured by the sharp object.

746.2428 - No Swaddling of Infant Unless Completed Sleep Exception Form on File

During the walk through, a two month old infant was observed sleeping in their crib and swaddled.

746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

The school age restroom was observed having scrunch paper towels and pieces of toilet paper on the floor during inspection. Information gathered during the investigation supports the condition of the restrooms in the school age classroom not being maintained clean after learning children were told to pick up paper towels, toilet paper, and urine off the floor.

746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

Information gathered for this investigation concluded staff used bad judgement when instructing children to clean the restroom in the school age classroom. The children had to pick up used toilet paper, paper towels wipe the sink and clean the urine off the floor with paper towels. The children were cleaning after others mess.

746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually

The director did not have current transporation training.

746.5605(3) - Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children

During the course of a DFPS investigation, it was determined staff did not properly conduct accountability checks on children who transition from the transportation vehicle to inside of the building for childcare services.

746.5617(a)(5) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher

During the course of a DFPS investigation, it was determined the fire extinguisher in the vehicle transporting children was not secured.

746.5605(4) - AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended

A transportation driver for the center failed to ensure all children exited the vehicle before parking, resulting in a child being left unattended in the van for forty minutes.

746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited

This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.

745.635(3) - AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions

During the course of a DFPS investigation, it was determined the operation failed to follow the conditions on a caregiver?s background set by the Centralized Background Check Unit stating the caregiver is not to transport children and not be left alone with children.

746.5625(d)(2) - Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle

During the course of the DFPS investigation, it was determined the transportation staff neglected to walk -through the vehicle to check and ensure all children had exited the vehicle. Information gathered stated the transportation staff used the rear-view mirror to check for children.

746.2401(6) - Basic Requirements for Infants - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers

At the time of inspection, an infant was observed with a beaded clip attach to the pacifier.

746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

Three infants did not having current feeding instructions.

746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

There was a trash can inside a crib.

746.5605(2) - Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Crossing Street

During the course of this investigation, it was determine children have walked unaccompanied from one vehicle to the other while the drivers of both vehicles are still in the vans. The vehicles are position one in front of the other and station in the staff parking lot of the school their picking up. This has occurred on several occasions during after school pick up.

746.5607(d) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Child 12 Years and Younger Must Not Ride in Front Seat

One child has sat in the front passenger seat on multiple occasions during afterschool transportation.