MGM Head Start Children and Family Center

2025

1. High riskStandard 7.045/28/2025

   7.04(07), 7.04(08)(b), 7.06(05)(b), 7.10(09)(a)(05) — Administration

   A random review of children’s records and the childrens records revealed that at lest 4 children did not have evidence of current physicals. Corrective action: The health administrative assistant contacted the families and the pediatrician's offices for updated physicals and/or dates of upcoming appointments.. Regulation: Children’s Records. The licensee must maintain an individual written record for each child that includes:, For school age children, the licensee may accept either:, The licensee must obtain parental consent prior to contacting any outside social, educational or health care resource or service provider on behalf of an individual child. If such direct contacts are made by the program, the licensee must maintain a written record of such contacts and the results of such contacts., Whenever a child is considered for assignment in a fixed age group outside his chronologically defined age group, the licensee must: Cited during: Monitoring Visit. Source: MA EEC child care provider record (childcare.mass.gov).

   Corrected 7/3/2025
2. Medium-High riskStandard 7.075/28/2025

   7.07(07)(d), 7.07(07)(e), 7.07(10), 7.07(13)(d) — Physical Facility - Outdoors

   On the day of the visit here was unidentified vegetation growing in several areas on the preschool and toddler playgrounds. Corrective action: The HCS maintenance team was notified and the vegetation was removed.. Regulation: The outdoor play area must be free from hazards including but not limited to: a busy street, a parking lot, poisonous plants, water hazards, debris, broken glass, chipping, peeling or flaking paint, dangerous machinery or tools, and weather-related and environmental hazards or small objects that could present a choking hazard to young children. Any such hazard must be removed or fenced by a sturdy, permanently installed barrier which is at least four feet high or otherwise protected or removed, as appropriate., If the outdoor play space is located on a roof, it must be protected by a barrier at least seven feet high, which cannot be climbed by children., Indoor Space. The indoor space must be clean, safely maintained, well-ventilated and well-lit, of sufficient size for the children served, and must encourage play and learning., All play equipment, fences and structures must be free of entrapment hazards. Cited during: Monitoring Visit. Source: MA EEC child care provider record (childcare.mass.gov).

   Corrected 7/3/2025