Moore Center addressing five DHHS violations found
ELLSWORTH The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has issued a directed plan of action for five violations found during a March 3-24 inspection conducted at the Down East Family YMCA Moore Child Care Center. In the April 8 report, the violations included incomplete employee files and background checks, staff-to-child ratios, distance between infant cots and sleeping mats and fire drills.
In the report released to The American April 22, the plan of action calls for the center to address the care violations immediately and the employee records and file violations within two weeks to 30 days. In response, DEFY Executive Director Peter Farragher and Center Director Shauna Esposito-Caldwell have taken action and are addressing or have addressed the violations, Farragher said Tuesday.