Piedmont Family YMCA Early Learning Center

8VAC20-780-245-A

Staff shall complete annually a minimum of 16 hours of training appropriate to the age of children in care. The records of staff #8 and staff #10 contained 10.5 hours of the 16 required hours for the 2024-2025 training year. The record of staff #9 contained 14.5 hours of the 16 required hours for the 2025-2026 training year.

8VAC20-780-500-B

Diaper changing tables shall be cleaned with soap and water and sanitized after each use. In the Infant 2 room, the changing table was not sanitized after a diaper change.

8VAC20-780-510-G

Medication shall be labeled with the child's name, the name of the medication, the dosage amount, and the time or times to be given. Emergency medication for child #7 was not labeled with the dosage amount and the time or times to be given.

8VAC20-780-570-C

The record of each child on formula shall contain the brand of formula and the child's feeding schedule. There was no documentation of the brand of formula and feeding schedule in the records of Infant #3 who has been enrolled for over four months, Infant #4 who has been enrolled over six weeks, and Infant #6.

8VAC20-780-570-E

Prepared infant formula shall be refrigerated, dated and labeled with the child's name. During the inspection, three bottles of prepared infant formula belonging to Infant #4 were found unrefrigerated inside the child's bag from home. Infant #4 arrived a hour prior to the start of the inspection.

8VAC20-780-60-A-8

A written care plan for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and the steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction. Child #7, who has been enrolled for over a year, has a diagnosed food allergy and did not have a written care plan in their file.

8VAC20-780-550-P

The center shall maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence and contain all the required information. An incident report for child #6 did not contain the staff present and an incident report for child #7 did not contain the date the parent was notified.

8VAC20-780-500-A

Children?s hands shall be washed with soap and running water after toileting, or any contact with blood, feces or urine. Staff # 6 changed a child?s diaper in the toddler room and did not wash the child's hands with soap and water.

8VAC20-780-280-B

Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. A Swiffer mop with the solution attached was unlocked in the infant room.

8VAC20-780-70

Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment. Staff #5 had references that were completed four and six days after beginning employment.

8VAC20-780-40-E

The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center's activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center's own policies and procedures that are required by these standards, and the terms of the current license issued by the department. 1. The center did not follow the terms as stipulated on the license. Rooms 106A and J11 did not contain the required two fire extinguishers in each classroom.

8VAC20-780-400-B

Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts. Multiple times during naptime, staff #2 and staff #3, told child #1 (age 3yrs), they would call the police or the people (meaning police or mom) if child #1 was not listening. Child #1 cried and screamed no, no, no when staff threatened to call the police or people. Complaint related: Yes

8VAC20-780-40-E

The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center?s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center?s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards, and the terms of the current license issued by the department. Staff did not follow the center?s policies on behavior guidance, which is to provide directions or suggestions in a positive way and model behaviors that are appropriate, when staff #2 and staff #3, used a verbal threat of calling authorities to get child #1 to listen. Complaint related: No

8VAC20-780-260-B

After the first license, annual approval from the health department shall be provided, or approvals of a

8VAC20-790-600-D-1

Staff shall have within 90 days of date of employment current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care and includes an in-person component. Staff #3. employed for more than 90 days, does not have CPR certification containing an in-person component.

8VAC20-790-600-D-2

Staff shall have within 90 days of date of employment current certification in first aid. Staff #3, employed for more than 90 days, does not have a first aid certification.

8VAC20-780-270-A

The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Several rooms in the center contained walls with chipped and peeling paint. An infant classroom had a wall with exposed drywall.

8VAC20-780-280-G

If hazardous substances are not kept in original containers, the substitute containers shall clearly indicate their contents. A bleach bottle with no label and containing a cleanser other than bleach, was on the floor in an unlocked bathroom in the infant room.

8VAC20-780-500-B

Disposable diapers shall be disposed in a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member's hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal. Diapers were disposed of in an trashcan with no lid in a toddler room.