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MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
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Facility Information

UNIVERSITY CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER

003074668

(314) 726-0148

6646 VERNON AVE
ST LOUIS
MO  63130-2650

YOUTH IN NEED



 


fadelani@youthinneed.org

Incorporated

THERESA BROZ

6 WEEKS - 6 YEARS

168

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

48 CHILDREN IN THE INFANT/TODDLER UNIT
 
Inspection Information

02/18/2026

10:15 AM

12:44 PM

UNANNOUNCED

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

2508465082


DocumentDocument-Date
ANNUAL DECLARATION 02/18/2026
LOCAL ZONING APPROVAL 05/12/2025
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 01/12/2026
SAMPLE FORMS 07/25/2024
APPLICATION 07/19/2024
LOCAL BUILDING APPROVAL 07/23/2024
LISTING OF CHILD CARE STAFF/HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 02/18/2026
EQUIPMENT LIST 02/18/2026
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 07/24/2024
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 06/27/2024
DIAGRAM/INDOOR 06/27/2024
DAILY SCHEDULE 06/28/2024
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 06/27/2024
LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY 07/24/2024
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 07/24/2024
SAFE SLEEP POLICY 07/24/2024
REGISTERING FICTITIOUS NAMES 07/25/2024
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 06/27/2024
LICENSING ORIENTATION 08/08/2017
POLICIES 06/27/2024
DISCIPLINE POLICIES 06/27/2024
SANITATION INSPECTION 12/09/2025
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 09/13/2024




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Compliance 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 32
Total Children 97
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Lauren Harrison, teacher, and Amber Killen, teacher, were present with six children ages 13-months-old to 25-months-old
3 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Jasmyn Mitchell, teacher, Sophia Kuehner, teacher, and Carol Jackson, teacher, were present with six children ages 5-months-old to 15-months-old
2 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Casey May, teacher, and Dornseha Tate, teacher, were present with six children ages 20-months-old to 34-months-old
3 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Patrice Jefferson, teacher, Teddy Neema, teacher, and Scovia Nassaazi, teacher, were present with seven children ages 19-months-old to 35-months-old
1 3 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Ashely Vosse, teacher, was present with three children ages 9-months-old to 11-months-old
2 4 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Cherrell Rodgers, teacher, and Lakeshia Turner, teacher, were present with four children ages 3-months-old to 15-months-old
2 9 MIXED Kourtney Shelton, teacher, and Maurnice Marshall, teacher, were present with nine children ages 2-years-old to 3-years-old
2 11 MIXED Danae Dudley, teacher, and Shafonda Durham, teacher, were present with eleven children ages 2-years-old to 3-years-old
6 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Marieke Mayfield, Administrative Assistant, Tameka Staten, Operations Director, Yvonne Booker, Cook, Asia Edwards, Cook, Jason Fishman, Dishwasher, and Sheila Barrett, Dishwasher, were present with zero children
2 15 PRESCHOOL Taylor Clacks, teacher, and Grace Gorski, teacher, were present with fifteen children ages 3-years-old to 5-years-old
2 13 PRESCHOOL Christine Grosch, teacher, and Tejaswini Nassaazi, teacher, were present with thirteen children ages 3-years-old to 5-years-old
2 9 PRESCHOOL Mandi Moruzzi, teacher, and Paula Ayers, teacher, were present with nine children ages 3-years-old to 5-years-old
3 8 PRESCHOOL Edna Hughes, teacher, Kayla Dinkins, teacher, and Octyavia Willingham, teacher, were present with eight children ages 3-years-old to 5-years-old

Compliance List
5 CSR 25-500.032 Organization and Administration
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.042 Licensing Process
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Evidence of local building approval was not received.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements (1) (B) states: Evidence of compliance with local building and zoning requirements, if applicable.
Correction Required
The facility shall submit evidence of local building/zoning approval as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
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
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2025, the staff listed need the following information: Paula Ayers needs 12 hours and Kesha Wilkerson needs 4 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
The facility does not have an approved director on staff.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (2) (A) 3. states: The licensee is required to maintain an approved certificated group child care home provider or center director on staff.
Correction Required
The facility shall have an approved director/group home provider.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
Violation
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Patrice Jefferson, Maurnice Marshall, and Marva Marshall.
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
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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
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.162 Overlap Care of Children
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.172 Emergency School Closings
Not Observed
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
Not Observed
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