Come Play and Learn Early Learning Center

2025

1. High risk12/1/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) — Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care, specifically, in Room 3.

   Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care, specifically, in Room 3. Regulation: The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips.

   Corrected 12/19/2025
2. High risk12/1/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) — Based on information, retrain all staff on cooperating with DCF inspections and investigations as required.

   Based on information, retrain all staff on cooperating with DCF inspections and investigations as required. Regulation: (a) Topics of orientation training shall include all of the following: 1. Supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a); 2. Understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3; 3. Implementing group size limits and primary caregiver responsibilities, as applicable, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.4; 4. Recognizing and reporting child abuse or neglect, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.9; 5. Evacuating the center and using the fire alarms, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(l); 6.Implementing the center’s release policy, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.5; 7. Implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6; 8. Implementing health practices, including medication administration and responding to symptoms of illness, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1 through 7.11; 9. Implementing safe sleep practices to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; 10. Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma; 11. Recognizing and responding to injuries and emergencies, including the prevention of and response to emergencies due to food-related allergies and other allergic reactions; and 12. Including children with special needs in the center’s program.

   Corrected 1/29/2026
3. High risk12/1/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-2.6(c) — Based on information, ensure that the center cooperates with all DCF inspections and investigations as required. DCF requested video footage from the center and it was not provided as requested and was ultimately overwritten.

   Based on information, ensure that the center cooperates with all DCF inspections and investigations as required. DCF requested video footage from the center and it was not provided as requested and was ultimately overwritten. Regulation: Whenever the Department, through its Office of Licensing, Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit, or local offices, conducts complaint investigations, the center shall cooperate with all Department investigators.

   Corrected 1/29/2026
4. High risk8/11/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a) — Ensure that a CHRI background check is completed as required for 1 regularly scheduled staff member.

   Ensure that a CHRI background check is completed as required for 1 regularly scheduled staff member. Regulation: As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). If a staff member refuses to consent to a CHRI background check, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall immediately terminate the staff member’s employment at the center.

   Corrected 12/1/2025
5. Medium-High risk8/11/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(l)(4) — Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.

   Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually. Regulation: Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct two lockdown drills per year and maintain on file a record of each lockdown drill. The center shall ensure that lockdown drills are conducted during each session provided at the center.

   Corrected 11/3/2025
6. Medium-High risk8/11/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(i)(8) — Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.

   Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH. Regulation: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center, and, as determined by the Office of Licensing, on a case-by-case basis, the facility operator shall submit to the Office of Licensing a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the Department of Health that indicates that no further remediation is needed for the interior of the building in which the center is located. the Office of Licensing shall not issue licenses or renewals to child care centers that are co-located in a building or other structure that contains a dry cleaner or nail salon unless the applicant obtains indoor air sampling that demonstrates that there is no impact to the child care center.

   Corrected 8/18/2025
7. High risk8/11/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.2(a)(8) — Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.

   Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. Regulation: The center shall obtain a Life Hazard Use Registration certificate applicable to the center’s licensed capacity and ages served pursuant to the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq. The center shall post this document in a prominent location within the center.

   Corrected 11/3/2025
8. High risk8/11/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) — As pertains to 1 child, ensure that their Epi-pen is accompanied by a special care plan that includes procedures for contacting parents and emergency medical services and that it is signed by a parent and the health care provid

   As pertains to 1 child, ensure that their Epi-pen is accompanied by a special care plan that includes procedures for contacting parents and emergency medical services and that it is signed by a parent and the health care provider. Regulation: (9) The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: before administering a health care procedure associated with a child’s health condition, such as the use of a blood glucose monitor, nebulizer, or epinephrine pen, the center shall ensure that all staff members who administer the procedure are taught to do so by the child’s parent or another appropriately-trained person. There shall be at least two staff members present at the center who are trained in such health care procedures. 10. The center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40- 12.5.e(1).

   Corrected 11/3/2025
9. High risk8/11/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(d) — Ensure that all credentialed staff members complete 20 hours of staff development annually.

   Ensure that all credentialed staff members complete 20 hours of staff development annually. Regulation: The director, head teacher(s), group teacher(s), and program supervisor(s) shall each complete 20 hours of staff development each year. Recommended topics of training for these staff include educational and physical activity; special needs programming and program development; social-emotional and behavioral development for young children; legal issues, including ADA guidelines and leadership and advocacy.

   Corrected 11/3/2025
10. Medium-Low risk8/11/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(c) — Ensure that all staff members complete 12 hours of staff development annually.

    Ensure that all staff members complete 12 hours of staff development annually. Regulation: The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. Orientation training as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) may be included for six of the required hours of staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(c) and (d).

    Corrected 11/3/2025
11. Medium-High risk8/11/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(p) — Ensure that all indoor equipment is sturdy, safe, free of hazards and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Secure the cubbie shelving units throughout the center.

    Ensure that all indoor equipment is sturdy, safe, free of hazards and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Secure the cubbie shelving units throughout the center. Regulation: Play equipment, materials, and furniture for indoor and outdoor use shall be of sturdy and safe construction, non-toxic, free of hazards, and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. The center may not use play equipment intended for outdoor use indoors.

    Corrected 11/3/2025
12. High risk3/4/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.4(a)(3) — Cease swaddling infants. At the time of inspection, an infant was swaddled in a crib in room 5. Staff removed the swaddle when asked to.

    Cease swaddling infants. At the time of inspection, an infant was swaddled in a crib in room 5. Staff removed the swaddle when asked to. Regulation: For early childhood programs, the center shall provide opportunities for daily rest and sleep as follows: swaddling of children during rest and sleep is prohibited.

    Corrected 8/11/2025