Boys & Girls Club of Trenton & Mercer County

2025

1. High risk3/24/2025

   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. ( Stem center)

   Ensure that children are adequately tracked at all times and staff are aware of the number of children in their care. ( Stem center) 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 5/15/2025
2. High risk3/24/2025

   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 6/24/2025
3. Medium risk3/24/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(a)(19) — Test for the presence of radon gas as required.

   Test for the presence of radon gas as required. Regulation: the center shall test for the presence of radon gas in each classroom on the lowest floor level used by children at least once every five years and shall post the test results in a prominent location in all buildings at the center, as specified in N.J.S.A. 30:5B-5.2.

   Corrected 6/24/2025
4. Medium risk3/24/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.1(b)(7) — Ensure that the use of television, computers, and other video equipment is for educational and instructional use, is age and developmentally appropriate, is not used as a substitute for planned activities, and is not used for pa

   Ensure that the use of television, computers, and other video equipment is for educational and instructional use, is age and developmentally appropriate, is not used as a substitute for planned activities, and is not used for passive viewing. (Stem center) Regulation: The use of a television, computers, and other video equipment shall be limited to educational and instructional use, shall be age and developmentally appropriate, and shall not be used as a substitute for planned activities or for passive viewing.

   Corrected 5/15/2025
5. Medium-Low risk3/24/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(d) — Complete and maintain on file, an updated Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.

   Complete and maintain on file, an updated Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Regulation: the Staff Records Checklist for the current director and all staff members currently working at the center shall be maintained on file at the center.

   Corrected 6/24/2025
6. High risk3/24/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a) — Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. ( CHRI needed for 1 staff member)

   Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff. ( CHRI needed for 1 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 4/21/2025