State Visit

[JeepGirl6]

What all do they look for when they come to visit your center or home daycare?

[Kiki]

Depends on your state, not sure if this will help or not, I only browsed their main page: http://jfs.ohio.gov/cdc/page2.stm (That is if your location in your posts is the correct state for you. )
They might somewhere on there have an inspection checklist you can look at that will tell you exactly what they look for when they come.

[Sugar Magnolia]

I have a center, but in general, they are looking for proper paperwork for each child, cleanliness, safety issues, proper training for yourself and any staff, outside play area safety, fire code safety, proper sign-in, sign-out, proper discipline use, proper staff to child ratios, hand washing by staff and children, availability of age appropriate play items, enough toys for children, a schedule posted and followed, enough space for nap, sanitary nap item storage and well, just about everything.

[daycare]

I think it would be wise to read up on your state requirements. I am in Ca and they are so grey about their rules that I always stress that I won't pass. I check my whole house as a daily routine each and every day.

One of my friends has a DC and she was just sited for having a bird bath in her front yard.

I would go around the house and look for anything that says on it keep out of reach of children, as well as anything that could pose as a harmful item to them. like small items that they could choke on, cord on the blinds in their reach, outlet covers left open, glass items they could reach and break...

Good Luck

[SilverSabre25]

Licensing or CPS?

I'm just curious, since licensing is kind of hard to come by here--at least in my county of OH. They don't license type A homes at all, and Type B don't even have to be registered in my county. Unless you're going through Action for Children or something, which isn't a state agency.

[sharlan]

Originally Posted by daycare

I think it would be wise to read up on your state requirements. I am in Ca and they are so grey about their rules that I always stress that I won't pass. I check my whole house as a daily routine each and every day.

One of my friends has a DC and she was just sited for having a bird bath in her front yard.

I would go around the house and look for anything that says on it keep out of reach of children, as well as anything that could pose as a harmful item to them. like small items that they could choke on, cord on the blinds in their reach, outlet covers left open, glass items they could reach and break...

Good Luck

I have a bubbling water fountain at my front door that has gone through 3 inspections.

[daycare]

Originally Posted by sharlan

I have a bubbling water fountain at my front door that has gone through 3 inspections.

like I said too much grey area................lol

oh she also got sited for a very small sand bucket (she said about the size of a measuring cup) that was in her back yard that had filled with rain water...

[Blackcat31]

Originally Posted by daycare

One of my friends has a DC and she was just sited for having a bird bath in her front yard.

Originally Posted by sharlan

I have a bubbling water fountain at my front door that has gone through 3 inspections.

Good thing I don't live there or do daycare in my home...we have a flowing river in my front yard. You have to cross the bridge to even get to my front door.

[Kiki]

Originally Posted by Blackcat31

Good thing I don't live there or do daycare in my home...we have a flowing river in my front yard. You have to cross the bridge to even get to my front door.

That's pretty!

Originally Posted by daycare

oh she also got sited for a very small sand bucket (she said about the size of a measuring cup) that was in her back yard that had filled with rain water...

I would have been pretty upset about that. I'm assuming they cited it under the 'standing water' rule, but seriously? A cup full?

[Childminder]

Our state has a compliance check list that I found on the licensing site that the inspectors actually use. Just go to yourstate.gov and do a search for licensing compliance check list or for other technical assistance under provider resources.

[MizzCheryl]

Originally Posted by Blackcat31

Good thing I don't live there or do daycare in my home...we have a flowing river in my front yard. You have to cross the bridge to even get to my front door.

Wow!!!
That is Beautiful!!!

[Hunni Bee]

Originally Posted by Kiki

I would have been pretty upset about that. I'm assuming they cited it under the 'standing water' rule, but seriously? A cup full?

You would be surprised how city/state officials vary in their applications of rules.

The building next to us is currently unoccupied and as a result of all the rain lately, a 20 foot wide pool of water had accumulated in their parking lot. (it has since dried up)

On closer inspection, we saw that it was due to a faulty city storm drain. We called and explained that we were a daycare, mosquitoes, West Nile, blah blah, and that we needed it drained immediately. They quoted us a nearly four week window. It's week 3, and it still hasn't been fixed.