DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

KIDS VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER LLC

002649512

(636) 629-2900

105 T BOX DR
ST CLAIR
MO  63077-2452

KIDS VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER LLC



 

HAWKINS, HEIDI

KVLC_moncor@yahoo.com


ALLA GERASIMOVA

BIRTH - 12 YEARS

72

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

16 CHILDREN IN THE INFANT/TODDLER UNIT; 8 CHILDREN UNDER 12 MONTHS
 
Inspection Information

06/01/2023

12:36 PM

4:44 PM

UNANNOUNCED

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

2448184516


DocumentDocument-Date
LLC ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 02/27/2017
LLC OPERATING AGREEMENT 02/27/2017
LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY 03/06/2017
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 03/29/2017
DAILY SCHEDULE 03/29/2017
DIAGRAM/INDOOR 03/29/2017
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 03/29/2017
DISCIPLINE POLICIES 03/29/2017
POLICIES 03/29/2017
SAMPLE FORMS 03/29/2017
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 04/19/2017
LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION 04/19/2017
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 03/29/2017
SAFE SLEEP POLICY 06/15/2018
APPLICATION 04/18/2019
STAFF SHEET 04/18/2019
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 05/30/2019
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 05/06/2020
LOCAL ZONING APPROVAL 06/25/2021
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 02/22/2023
LOCAL BUILDING APPROVAL 06/25/2021
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING 05/21/2021
EQUIPMENT LIST 05/31/2023
SANITATION INSPECTION 03/07/2023
ANNUAL DECLARATION 05/31/2023
LISTING OF CHILD CARE STAFF/HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 05/31/2023

Overlap Start TimeOverlap End TimeOverlap Submit Date
  2:45PM   4:45PM   4/18/2017



Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Open Violations: 11
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 12
Total Children 58
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Carmen Brandt and Samantha Rogers with seven babies 2-9 month old.
2 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Cassidy Shoemate and Tori Pelton with seven toddlers ages 1-2 years old.
1 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Heidi Hawkins a director with no children in attendance.
1 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Cortney Hellmann with no children in attendance.
1 13 PRESCHOOL Destiny Bryant with thirteen children ages 3-5 years old.
2 14 PRESCHOOL Brianna Rettinghaus and Hope Muschany with fourteen children ages 3 - 5years old.
1 3 SCHOOL AGE Kamryn Orick with 3 children ages 7-9 years old.
2 14 TWO YEAR OLDS Laura Gruen and Daisy Newbold with fourteen kids age 2 years old.

 
5 CSR 25-500.032 Organization and Administration
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.042 Licensing Process
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The provider did not provide resilient material necessary for the protection of children as evidenced by the area around a small castle climber on the early prek playground has not enough pea gravel , exposing a bare soil.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 6. states: The provider shall be responsible for the type, depth and fall-zone area of resilient material necessary for the protection of children.
Correction Required
Appropriate type, depth and fall zone area of resilient material shall be provided for the protection of children.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

Violation
The provider did not provide resilient material necessary for the protection of children as evidenced by the area around big climber structure of a preschool playground has not enough pea gravel, exposing a bare soil.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 6. states: The provider shall be responsible for the type, depth and fall-zone area of resilient material necessary for the protection of children.
Correction Required
Appropriate type, depth and fall zone area of resilient material shall be provided for the protection of children.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by tree roots are exposed in the far left corner of the preschool playground, posing tripping hazards.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 4. states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities, well-maintained, free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, rocks or other debris and shall have good drainage.
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be clean, safe and well-maintained as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.087 Fire Safety
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The facility's disaster plan did not include location of emergency information.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (1) (C) 1. states: The location of the child's attendance record and emergency information and emergency supplies;
Correction Required
Facilities disaster plan shall include required components.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

Violation
The facility's written plan does not consider the types of disasters or emergencies likely to affect the facility.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (1) (B) 3. states: The types of disasters or emergencies likely to affect the area;
Correction Required
Facilities emergency plan should consider all contingencies.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Infant sleeping requirements were not met as evidenced by soft materials or objects were placed under a sleeping infant in that receiving blanket left under a sleeping baby .
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials (1) (B) 2. F. states: Soft materials or objects such as pillows, quilts, comforters, or sheepskins, even if covered by a sheet, shall not be placed under a sleeping infant. If a mattress cover to protect against wetness is used, it shall be tightly fitting and thin.
Correction Required
Infant sleeping requirements shall be met.

Correction Verification
Return Inspection

Compliance Date

Violation
Soft objects, loose bedding or any object that can increase risk of entrapment, suffocation or strangulation was observed as evidenced by a soft receiving blanket was left in a crib with a sleeping baby.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials (1) (B) 2. G states: Cribs, portable cribs and playpens shall be free of soft objects, loose bedding or any object that can increase the risk of entrapment, suffocation or strangulation. Examples include bumper pads, pillows, quilts, comforters, sleep positioning devices, sheepskins, blankets, flat sheets, cloth diapers, bibs, pillow-like toys, wedges, infant positioners, special mattresses, special sleep surfaces, and other similar items.
Correction Required
Infant napping equipment shall be free of soft objects, loose bedding or any object that can increase the risk of entrapment, suffocation or strangulation.

Correction Verification
Return Inspection

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2022, the staff listed need the following information: Madison Marler needs 3.5 hours, Cassidy Shoemate needs 2 more hours, Carmen Brandt needs 1 hour, Megan Thompson needs 2 hours.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (3) (A) states: The center director, group child care home provider, all other caregivers, and those volunteers who are counted in staff/child ratios shall obtain at least twelve (12) clock hours of child-care related training during each calendar year. Clock hour training shall be approved by the department.
Correction Required
Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

Violation
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Destiny Bryant , Daisy Newbold, Megan Thompson .
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 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: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment, by Moon RY, which is incorporated by reference in this rule as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 138, No. 5, November 1, 2016 and available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2016/10/20/peds.2016-2938.full.pdf. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Correction Required
The director, group home provider, other caregivers, and those volunteers counted in staff/child ratio, shall complete department approved safe sleep training as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

Violation
Verification of safe sleep training was not documented and maintained as evidenced by Kamryn Orick has a certificate but the training was not shown on Open Toolbox.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) states: The training shall be documented and maintained as described in paragraph (3)(F)2. of this rule.
Correction Required
Safe sleep training shall be documented and maintained.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.132 Admission Policies and Procedures
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.142 Nighttime Care
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.162 Overlap Care of Children
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.172 Emergency School Closings
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.182 Child Care Program
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.192 Health Care
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.202 Nutrition and Food Service
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.212 Transportation and Field Trips
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.222 Records and Reports
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Criminal background check results were not on file for Carmen Brandt, Victoria Pelton, Katelyn Brown.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements (1) states: Prior to the employment or presence of a child care staff member in a licensed, regulated, or registered child care facility not exempted by section 210.1080.13, RSMo, the child care provider shall request the results of a criminal background check for such child care staff member from the department.
Correction Required
Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-600.040 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