DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

HAPPY DAYS ACADEMY

002990778

(636) 283-4289

317 PINE ST
STEELVILLE
MO  65565-6009

HAPPY DAYS ACADEMY

314 N FRANKLIN ST
CUBA
MO  65453-1717

WEST, ASHLEY NICOLE

HappyDaysAcademy573@gmail.com


SHARLENE WHEATLEY

6 WEEKS - 12 YEARS

31

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

8 CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS; INCLUDES ADDRESS: 319 PINE STREET, STEELVILLE, MO 65565; 317 PINE STREET: 20 CAPACITY, 2 YEARS TO 12 YEARS; 319 PINE STREET: 11 CAPACITY, 6 WEEKS TO 35 MONTHS
 
Inspection Information

11/30/2023

1:00 PM

3:17 PM

UNANNOUNCED

POST LICENSING

2461933714


DocumentDocument-Date
SANITATION INSPECTION 08/21/2023
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 05/09/2023
SAMPLE FORMS 01/24/2023
LISTING OF CHILD CARE STAFF/HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 05/10/2023
APPLICATION 03/29/2023
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING 03/21/2023
DAILY SCHEDULE 05/01/2023
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 01/24/2023
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 04/03/2023
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 01/24/2023
EQUIPMENT LIST 04/12/2023
LICENSING ORIENTATION 11/17/2022
LLC OPERATING AGREEMENT 01/24/2023
LOCAL ZONING APPROVAL 03/29/2023
SAFE SLEEP POLICY 01/24/2023
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 05/01/2023
LLC ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 03/05/2023
LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY 03/21/2023
POLICIES 05/01/2023
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 05/01/2023




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Open Violations: 4
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 3
Total Children 15
StaffChildClass AgeNote
1 4 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Staff Present with IT was Halie Murphy with 4 infants 6months to 15 months
2 11 MIXED Director Ashley West and staff Kathy West present with eleven children: two 2-year-old children, four 3-year-old children, two 4-year-old children and 3 5-year-old children.

 
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
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.087 Fire Safety
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Morgan Lefler.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) . states: Every three (3) years, the child care provider, group child care home provider, child care staff members, and volunteers 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 Policy Statement on sleep-related infant deaths. The Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, July 2022, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and available at https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 or as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 150, Issue 1, July 2022. A copy can also be obtained from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and at https://dese.mo.gov/governmental-affairs/deseadministrativerules/incorporated-reference-materials. 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
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The facility orientation did not include a tour of the facility for the following staff: Morgan Lefler.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (1) (K) 1. states: A tour of the facility, indoors and outdoors.
Correction Required
Each caregiver shall have a facility orientation that shall include a tour of the facility, both indoors and outdoors.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
A facility orientation was not conducted for a caregiver(s) before being left alone with children. The following staff need a facility orientation: Morgan Lefler
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (1) (K) . 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 employed on or after August 30, 2019, receive a facility orientation. The facility orientation shall include:
Correction Required
The facility shall ensure that a facility orientation occurs within 7 days of employment or volunteering and before caregivers are left alone with children.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Documentation of caregiver completion of the facility orientation was not on file for the following staff: Morgan Lefler.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (1) (L) states: The child care provider shall ensure that documentation of caregiver completion of the facility orientation is maintained and on file for review by the department.
Correction Required
Documentation of caregiver completion of the facility orientation shall be maintained and on file for review by the department as required.

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
Compliance
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