Joyful Noises, LLC

Based on record review at 10 a.m., the center's daily attendance record for children failed to accurately reflect the children on the child care premises at any given time as 49 children were present and 66 children were signed in on the log. S9 failed to sign out the 17 school-aged children after they had been dropped off at school. Corrective Action: Effective 1/21/2026, S1 stated she will retrain staff on maintaining accurate attendance records and will verify attendance logs each morning and correct, as needed, to ensure compliance with this regulation.

Based on record review and observations at 9:30 a.m., the center's daily attendance record for children failed to accurately reflect children on the child care premises at any given time as 44 children were present and 63 children were signed in on the log. S1 stated the 19 before-school children failed to be signed out on the log after being transported to school this morning. Corrective Action: Effective 8/20/2025, S1 stated she will retrain staff on signing out the before/after school children on the attendance log when they are brought to school in the mornings and signing them…

Based on record review at 10:30 a.m., S1 failed to have an application/staff information form to include name, date of birth, home address and phone number, training, work experience, educational background, hire date, first day onsite working with children for S4 (DOH: 6/23/2025) and S8 (DOH: 6/24/2025). This was corrected during the inspection. Corrective Action: Effective 8/20/2025, S1 stated going forward she will ensure all new staff complete an application or staff information form upon being hired to be maintained in their staff file for review, to ensure compliance with…

Based on record review at 11:45 a.m., the Vehicle failed to have evidence of a current safety inspection. The inspection expired May 2025. Corrective Action: Effective 8/20/2025, S1 stated she will have the bus inspected today, 8/20/2025, prior to the evening route and going forward will set a calendar reminder for the renewal to ensure compliance with this regulation.

Based on record review at 11:15 a.m., S5 failed to document that the entire center and play yard was checked after the last child departed each day to ensure that no child was left unattended at the center. The last documented end-of-day check was completed on 5/21/2025. This was not corrected during the inspection. Corrective Action: Effective 6/4/2025, S5 stated she will instruct the opening staff to verify that the end-of-day check documentation was completed from the day before and correct the log as needed, to ensure compliance with this regulation.

Based on record review at 11:15 a.m., the center's staff and owner's daily attendance record failed to accurately reflect persons on the child care premises at any given time as there were 11 staff present and 5 were not signed in on the attendance log. This was corrected prior to the Specialist leaving the center. Corrective Action: Effective 6/4/2025, S5 stated she will have a staff meeting on 6/5/2025, and retrain staff on maintaining accurate attendance records. Additionally, S5 will check the attendance log each morning around 9:15 a.m., to ensure all staff present are signed…

Based on record review at 11:15 a.m., C1's cumulative file failed to contain a Child's Information Form. This failed to be corrected during the inspection. Corrective Action: Effective 6/4/2025, S5 stated she will obtain all required documentation to be maintained in C1's file for review, to ensure compliance with this regulation.

Based on record review/observations at 11:15 a.m., menu substitutions or additions failed to be posted, written or electronically, on or near the menus as the lunch served to children was not as noted on the menu; the menu indicated that red beans, rice, sausage, corn, and applesauce would be served while chicken nuggets, corn, and apples were served instead. This was not corrected during the inspection. Corrective Action: Effective 6/4/2025, S5 stated she will instruct the cook to note all substitutions and menu changes on the menu board as needed, to ensure compliance with this…

Based on record review at 11:30 a.m., S5 lacked documentation of current commercial liability insurance for the operation of the vehicle used to provide transportation to and from a field trip destination on 6/2/2025 - 6/4/2025, to ensure medical coverage for children in the event of accident or injury. This was not corrected during the inspection. Corrective Action: Effective 6/4/2025, S5 stated going forward she will only use the center's insured vehicle for transporting children, to ensure compliance with this regulation.

Based on record review at 11:30 a.m., S5 failed to maintain a record of the field trips taken on 6/2/2025 - 6/4/2025. This could not be corrected during the inspection. Corrective Action: Effective 6/4/2025, S5 stated going forward for field trips she will utilize the Field Trip Transportation Log form to document the trips, to ensure compliance with this regulation. 2107-B.1.-3. – Field Trip Visual Vehicle Check --Not Met For field trips, each vehicle shall have a visual passenger check and a face-to-name count conducted at all of the following times: 1. prior to leaving center for…