Harvest Christian Academy

The caregiver overseeing four children did not accurately identify the ages of the children in they were responsible for.

During the inspection, two children under 17 months old were observed in the same designated area eating their snack with children as old as 12 years old.

One child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have a Food Allergy Plan on file signed by the doctor and parent available for review.

Based on the information gathered during the investigation, the director's training in this topic was last completed on 03/19/2024.

Based on the findings from the investigation, screen time was observed while a group of children were being served and eating dinner.

Based on the findings from the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support infants are mixed with older children. Two children under 18 months of age, were observed in the same designated area eating dinner with children as old as 12-years old.

Based on the information obtained during the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support the director allowed a newly hired employee to have unsupervised access to children without first completing the required 8-hrs of Pre-Service Training nor had the individual completed an abuse/neglect training.

Based on the information obtained during the investigation, two caregivers did not have up-to-date training on this topic on 04/10/2025. One caregiver completed their training on 04/25/2025 and the other caregiver's training was last completed on 04/28/2023.

The current fire inspection available for review was conducted on 11/28/2023.

Based upon the information obtained during the DFPS investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support, the driver who transported a group of children failed to follow the facilities safety precautions for loading and unloading children. As a result, a child was left on the van unattended.

Based upon the information gathered during the investigation, evidence was available to support safety precautions for loading and unloading children to ensure all children were accounted for was not followed. As a result, a child was left on the van unattended.

This standard was found to be deficient as part of a DFPS investigation, sufficient evidence to validate that Neglectful Supervision of a child occurred when a child was left on the vehicle unattended.

Based on the information obtained during the DFPS investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support the driver who transported a group of children failed to conduct a walk-through and/or a visual check to all children were unloaded before disabling the alarm system in the rear of the vehicle.

Two caregivers who provide care for children under 24-months old did not have current SIDS/Shaken Baby & Brain Development.

A 16 month old child was combined in a group where the oldest child was 7 years old.

The driver who transported children from their elementary school to the facility did not have emergency medical information nor the parent's contact information available for review.

There were more than 13 children in care at the time of the inspection, a 6 year old child was observed in the classroom with 5 infants under 18 months old, as a result, the oldest child in the group was more than 18 months older than the youngest child in the group.

Based upon the information gathered during the investigation, evidence was available to support safety precautions for loading and unloading children to ensure all children were accounted for was not followed. As a result, a child was left on the van unattended.

Based upon the information obtained during the investigation, sufficient evidence was available to support, the driver who transported a group of children, failed to follow the facilities procedures regarding safety precautions for loading and unloading children which resulted in a child being left in the center's vehicle unattended.

Documentation of the current fire inspection was not available for review during the inspection. The last documented fire inspection available to licensing was conducted on 09/24/2020.

Documentation was not available upon request to validate the director and any caregiver who transports completed the required 2 hours of Transportation Safety Training.

Certification was not available for reviiew to support the facility did not have any items recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Two caregivers were observed to be in charge of a total of 14 children. When asked how many children they had, 1 caregiver stated they were responsible for 9 children, the other caregiver stated they were responsible for 7 children. When asked again, the caregivers were not able to provide an accurate number of children they were responsible for. CCR informed the caregivers there were only 14 children, then it was stated, two children just went home.