On January 16, 2007, the NJ Department of Children & Families (DCF) adopted changes in licensing regulations regarding the physical plant of all child care centers.

If you need to renew your child care center license you need to comply with these new requirements. These new requirements are a result of a recent discovery that a child care center in Gloucester County operated for two years on a site with environmental concerns. The new requirements were created to ensure that your building was not previously used in a way that poses an environmental threat to the safety of the children that you care for.

If your building was used as either a nail salon, dry cleaner, or had other high hazard, factory, storage or industrial uses, you must certify that your center complies with government requirements regarding soil and indoor environmental conditions.

In certain instances air sampling must be conducted to demonstrate that the child care center is free from certain toxic air containments. The new regulation also requires that the presence of asbestos, lead paint and radon be evaluated.

Environmental Health Investigations Inc. (EHI) provides site investigation services to ensure that you have all the certifications and inspections needed for renewal of your child care center license.

Services include:

·        Property use historical research

·        Asbestos testing

·        Indoor air quality samplings

·        Environmental site investigations

·        Lead paint testing

EHI will document the results and provide all the data and certification documents needed to ensure a smooth renewal of your license.

EHI’s team of certified professionals will provide a total health & safety solution so you can focus on keeping the children you care for happy and healthy. 

The complete regulation is documented at http://www.state.nj.us/dcf/divisions/licensing/centers.html

Environmental Health Investigations, Inc.

655 West Shore Trail
Sparta NJ 07871
Phone: 973-729-5649
E-mail: info@ehi-inc.com