Routine inspection·June 21, 2023

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Cortney Nelson, met with Site Supervisor, Jamie Delaney, to conduct unannounced Required- 1 Year Inspection. LPA was granted access to the facility by Jamie and toured both indoors and outdoors during the inspection. Upon arrival, LPA was notified by Jamie that there are currently no infants or toddlers enrolled at the facility. Jamie states that there is advertising for the program, however due to challenges with staffing and enrollment, the infant/toddler areas have not been used for quite some time. LPA observed that the infant room is not set-up for the care of children and the outside play yard is unkempt and should not be used for children. LPA observed that the toddler room is appropriately set-up for children. LPA called Administrator, Lisa Hindman Holbert, to discuss inactive status for the infant/toddler license as the rooms and outdoor space are not properly set-up for children. Lisa agreed to place the license on inactive status until the rooms/outside space are set-up properly for the safe care of children and there is sufficient staffing for enrollment. LPA received completed Request for Inactive Status from Lisa and observed the facility will be inactive until 8/4/2023. A follow-up inspection will be conducted once the inactive status has ended to ensure the facility is ready to resume care of children. LPA additionally reviewed water lead testing completed for the facility on 12/15/2022 and again on 12/29/2022 and observed that an Action Level Exceedance (ALE) of 8.0ppb was found for Faucet "C" in the toddler room. Another ALE was observed upon retesting on 12/29/2022 for Faucet "I" in the infant room. (ALEs are any results with a value of 5.5ppb or greater.) Per the Written Directives for child care centers, water sampling appointments cannot occur during extended breaks, vacations, holidays, or other shut downs. Because the test was conducted while the infant and toddler rooms were not in use, the water lead results did not meet the requirements of the Written Directives. Water lead testing should be completed while children are in care to ensure build up of lead is not present in faucets that are not used frequently. LPA requested that any retesting results are submitted to the Department. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the Site Supervisor, Jamie Delaney and Administrator, Lisa Hindman Holbert. As a result of today\342\200\231s inspection, deficiencies were cited, see LIC809-D. A NOTICE OF SITE VISIT WAS GIVEN AND MUST REMAIN POSTED FOR 30 DAYS.