DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

THE ELEGANT CHILD, INC.

000420557

(636) 458-4414

513 STRECKER RD
WILDWOOD
MO  63011

THE ELEGANT CHILD, INC.



 

WOLFE, KATHLEEN E

kathywolfe60@gmail.com

Incorporated

ALYSSA MARIE RILEY

6 WEEKS - 12 YEARS

379

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

44 CHILDREN UNDER 12 MONTHS; 96 CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS
 
Inspection Information

02/19/2021

9:00 AM

3:32 PM

UNANNOUNCED

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

2393541142


DocumentDocument-Date
REGISTERING FICTITIOUS NAMES 05/21/2010
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 08/25/1992
SAMPLE FORMS 08/25/1992
POLICIES 08/25/1992
LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY 08/25/1992
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 08/25/1992
DISCIPLINE POLICIES 08/25/1992
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 06/11/2001
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 03/13/2006
DIAGRAM/INDOOR 03/13/2006
DAILY SCHEDULE 08/25/1992
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 08/25/1992
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 11/27/1990
LOCAL BUILDING APPROVAL 04/30/2014
LOCAL ZONING APPROVAL 07/01/2015
STAFF SHEET 06/07/2018
EQUIPMENT LIST 06/07/2018
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING 06/07/2018
APPLICATION 05/29/2018
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 06/07/2018
SANITATION INSPECTION 08/28/2020
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 06/20/2020




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Open Violations: 13
NOTE
The licensee is responsible for compliance with all licensing rules, including but not limited to the rules listed on this compliance report form.
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 57
Total Children 219
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 8 INFANTS AND TODDLERS 14 months-20 months in Infant 3 South with teachers Lourdes Wight and Nicole Leslie
2 5 INFANTS AND TODDLERS in Toddler 3 South with teachers Sally Dolan and Paulette Schmersahl
2 5 INFANTS AND TODDLERS in Infant 2 South with teachers Heather Davis and Tara Macklind
2 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS 1-2 year olds in Toddler 1 South with teachers Taylor Cathey and Ashley Feth
2 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS 4 months-8 months with teachers Lisa Buekler and Danielly Galdieri in Infant 1 South
3 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS 3 monhts-7 months with teachers Andrea Vinson, Alyssa Somers, and Kennedy Martin in Infant 1 North
2 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS 8 months-1 year with teachers Becky Barron and Christina Barberio in Infant 2 North
2 8 INFANTS AND TODDLERS infant 3 North with teachers Gabby Fratini and Hannah Brown
2 5 INFANTS AND TODDLERS 1-2 years old with teachers in Toddler 2 with teachers Becca Leslie and Myrah Clay
2 5 MIXED 2-3 years old in Farm room with Claire Harter and Ellie Russom
2 6 MIXED 2-3 years old in Toddler 1 with teachers Cess Rhodes and Karin Goetz
2 14 MIXED 2-3 years old in the ABC room with teachers Ashlyn Gravatte and Kelly Cline
8 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Director-Kathy Wolfe, Owner -Debbie Rowland, maintenance-Ben Baron, nurse- Melissa Kovarik, admin- Jim Steimley, admin- Melissa Edson, admin- Katherine Bissey, admin- Karen G,
2 12 PRESCHOOL 4-5 years old with teachers Haley Cook and Linda Korhammer in the Treehouse room
1 7 PRESCHOOL in the Busy Bee room with teacher Jordan Roeder
2 10 PRESCHOOL 3-4 years old with teachers Erin Gray and Kaitlyn Strothankamp in the Animal Kingdom
2 14 PRESCHOOL 4 years old in the Bug room with teachers Abigail Rush and Ashley Walls
2 15 PRESCHOOL 4 years old in the Garden room with teachers Taylor Payne and Sarah Ramos
2 12 PRESCHOOL 4-5 years old in Helping Hands room with teachers Kelly Brown and Kaitlyn Brown
1 6 PRESCHOOL 4 years old in Creepy Crawlers 1 room with teacher Alexandria Bell
1 6 PRESCHOOL 4 years old in Creepy crawlers 2 room with teacher Jennifer Parker
1 7 PRESCHOOL 3-4 years old with teahcer Hannah Gessner in Candyland
2 12 SCHOOL AGE 5-6 years old in Kindergarten Room 1 with teacher Nick Stecko and Julie Houchin
2 14 SCHOOL AGE 5-6 years old in Kindergarten Room 2 with teachers Grace Isenogle and Kimberly Baich
1 2 SCHOOL AGE 6-7 years in Kids Cafe with teacher Kim Warchol
12

 
19 CSR 30-62.032 Organization and Administration
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.042 Initial Licensing Information
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.052 Annual Requirements
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The walls located in the Bug room and was/were not in good condition as evidenced by chipped and peeling paint were present.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (2) (A) 6. states: Walls, ceilings and floors shall be finished with material which can be cleaned easily and shall be free of splinters, cracks and chipping paint. Floor covering shall be in good condition. Lead-free paint shall be used for all painted surfaces.
Correction Required
Walls, ceilings, and floors shall be made of approved materials, easily cleaned and in good condition.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The floors located in the Bug room bathroom was/were not in good condition as evidenced by tiles were cracked on floor.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (2) (A) 6. states: Walls, ceilings and floors shall be finished with material which can be cleaned easily and shall be free of splinters, cracks and chipping paint. Floor covering shall be in good condition. Lead-free paint shall be used for all painted surfaces.
Correction Required
Walls, ceilings, and floors shall be made of approved materials, easily cleaned and in good condition.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

19 CSR 30-62.087 Fire Safety
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The facility’s list of emergency numbers was not posted in each room.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (2) (B) 1. B. states: A list of emergency numbers, including 911, if available, the fire department, police department, ambulance service, poison control center, and local radio station;
Correction Required
Facility must post information as required.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
2/19/2021
Violation
The facility's evacuation route diagram was not posted in each room.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (2) (B) 2. states: A diagram of evacuation routes from the room;
Correction Required
Facility must post information as required.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
2/19/2021
19 CSR 30-62.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
An exit located in ABC room was blocked by a rolling chair and playhouse.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials (1) (A) 2. states: Furniture and equipment shall be arranged to provide a clear passage to all exits.
Correction Required
Caregivers shall keep passageways to all exits clear.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
2/19/2021
Violation
Sleeping equipment was not arranged to provide required spacing as evidenced by there was no aisle on the long side of the napping equipment.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials (1) (B) 1. D. states: Sleeping equipment shall be arranged to provide at least a two foot (2') aisle on one (1) long side of the equipment.
Correction Required
Caregivers shall provide a two foot (2') aisle on one long side of the napping equipment.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
2/19/2021
19 CSR 30-62.102 Personnel
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
A facility orientation was not documented and available for review for all caregivers. The following staff need documentation of a facility orientation: Myah Clay, Ellie Russom, Delainey Freund, Ashley Feth, Heather Davis, Lisa Buekler, Hannah Brown, and Raina FOley.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.102 Personnel (1) (J) . states: The child care provider shall ensure that within seven (7) days of employment or volunteering and before being left alone with children that caregivers receive a facility orientation. The child care provider shall ensure that documentation verifying completion of the facility orientation is maintained and on file for review by the department for each caregiver. The facility orientation shall include:
Correction Required
The facility shall ensure that a facility orientation occurs within 7 days and documentation verifying completion is maintained and on file for review by the department for each caregiver.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The facility did not meet requirements for a criminal background check. Results were not on file for the following staff member(s): Kim Warchol, Ashley Feth, Hannah Brown, Raina Foley, Alyssa Somers, Delainey Fruend, and Chloe Race.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.102 Personnel (1) (M) states: Child care staff members shall have qualifying background screening results on file as required by 19 CSR 30-63.020 General Requirements.
Correction Required
Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Prospective child care staff member(s), Kim Warchol, was/were not supervised at all times by another child care staff member who received a qualifying result on the criminal background check within the past five years.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.102 Personnel (1) (O) states: A prospective child care staff member may begin work for a child care provider after the criminal background check has been requested from the department; however, pending completion of the criminal background check, the prospective child care staff member shall be supervised at all times by another child care staff member who received a qualifying result on the criminal background check within the past five (5) years.
Correction Required
All prospective child care staff member(s) who have requested a criminal background check shall be supervised at all times by another child care staff member who has received a qualifying result on the criminal background check within the past five years.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Requirements for safe sleep training were not met in that the following staff did not complete department-approved safe sleep training within the past three years: Christina Barberio, Hannah Brown, Raina Foley, Claire Harter, Grace Isenogle, Alexis Kennedy, Danielle Lewis, Nicole Leslie, and Abigail Mayher.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.102 Personnel (4) . states: Safe Sleep Training. Every three (3) years the center director, group child care home provider, all other caregivers, and those volunteers who are counted in staff/child ratios in a group child care home or child care center licensed to provide care for infants less than one (1) year of age shall successfully complete department-approved training regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep recommendations contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Technical report – SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths: expansion of recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environment, by Moon RY, which is incorporated by reference in this rule as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 128, No. 5, November 1, 2011, and available from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Given Building S261, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, Vermont 05405-0068, telephone number 802-656-2505, fax number 802-656-4844, or at www.pediatrics.aapublications.org/content/128/5/1030.full. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Correction Required
Center director, group child care home provider, and other caregivers, and those volunteers counted in staff/child ratios shall complete department approved safe sleep training as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

19 CSR 30-62.112 Staff/Child Ratios
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.122 Medical Examination Reports
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for Hannah Brown, Myah Clay, Heather Davis, Raina Foley, Delainey Freund, and Alyssa Somers as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (A) states: All persons working in a day care facility in any capacity during child care hours, including volunteers counted in staff/child ratios, shall be in good physical and emotional health with no physical or mental conditions which would interfere with child care responsibilities. These persons shall have a medical examination report, signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of a licensed physician, on file at the facility at the time of initial licensure or within thirty (30) days following employment.
Correction Required
Medical reports shall be on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
A medical examination report did not include a completed Risk Assessment for Tuberculosis form for Hannah Brwon, Myah Clay, Heather Davis, Alyssa Somers, Delainey Fruend, and Raina Foley.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (B) . states: Medical examination reports shall include a “Risk Assessment for Tuberculosis” form, included herein, completed and signed by a health care professional, as provided by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS). If the person has signs or symptoms of tuberculosis, or risk factors for tuberculosis, then testing for tuberculosis shall occur.
Correction Required
TB reports shall be on file as required

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Requirements for infant-toddler/preschool child medical examination reports on file were not met as evidenced by there was no medical examination report on file within 30 days of admission - the admission date(s) was/were 8/24/20.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.122 Medical Examination Reports (2) (A) states: The provider, within thirty (30) days following the admission of each infant, toddler or preschool child, shall require a medical examination report signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of a licensed physician and completed not more than twelve (12) months prior to admission.
Correction Required
Child medical requirements shall be completed and on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

19 CSR 30-62.132 Admission Policies and Procedures
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
A child 3 years of age was in the I/T room with 219 children in attendance.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.132 Admission Policies and Procedures (5) (B) states: The infant/toddler unit shall not care for children older than two (2) years unless the total number of children in attendance at the time is four (4) or fewer.
Correction Required
A child older than 2 years shall not be in the I/T unless the total number of children in attendance is four or fewer.

Correction Verification
Return Inspection

Compliance Date

19 CSR 30-62.142 Nighttime Care
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.152 Hourly Care Facilities
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.162 Overlap Care of Children
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.172 Emergency School Closings
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.182 Child Care Program
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The disposal of wet or soiled diapers did not meet requirements as evidenced by a wet or soiled diaper was not placed in an airtight disposal container.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.182 Child Care Program (1) (E) 5. states: Wet or soiled diapers shall be placed in an airtight disposal container located in the diaper change area. If cloth diapers are provided by the parent(s), individual airtight plastic bags shall be used to store each soiled diaper for return each day to the parent(s).
Correction Required
Caregivers shall dispose of wet or soiled diapers as required.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
2/19/2021
19 CSR 30-62.192 Health Care
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
There was no parental written objection to immunizations on file for 2 child(ren).
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.192 Health Care (4) (B) 2. B. states: A parent or guardian exemption, by which a child shall be exempted from immunization requirements if one (1) parent or guardian files a written objection to immunization with the day care administrator. Exemptions shall be accepted by the day care administrator when the necessary information as determined by the department is filed with the day care administrator by the parent or guardian. Exemption forms shall be provided by the department (see 19 CSR 40-61.185).
Correction Required
Child immunization requirements shall be on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

19 CSR 30-62.202 Nutrition and Food Service
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.212 Transportation and Field Trips
Compliance
19 CSR 30-62.222 Records and Reports
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
10 child(ren) records did not include work telephone number of parent(s), guardian or legal custodian.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.222 Records and Reports (2) (B) states: Full name of the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian, home address, employers' name and address, work schedule, and home and work telephone numbers;
Correction Required
Child enrollment information shall be completed and on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
1 child(ren) records did not include telephone number of another individual who might be reached in an emergency.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-62.222 Records and Reports (2) (C) states: Name, address and telephone number of another individual (friend or relative) who might be reached in an emergency when the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian cannot be reached;
Correction Required
Child enrollment information shall be completed and on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

19 CSR 30-63.020 General Requirements
Compliance
19 CSR 30-63.040 Background Screening Findings
Compliance
RSMo 210.115. Reports of abuse, neglect, and under age eighteen deaths — persons required to report — supervisors and administrators not to impede reporting — deaths required to be reported to the division or child fatality review panel, when — report made to another state, when. —
Compliance
RSMo 210.211.  License required - exceptions - written notice of licensure status, when.
Compliance