Description: A Step Ahead Day Care Inc. is a Licensed Home in EAST CHICAGO IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Thirteen. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2024-02-16 |
Direct child care providers who work in the home more than three (3) times a month and all members of the household having direct contact with children receiving care shall have an initial physical examination by a physician or certified nurse practitioner indicating that they are free from communicable disease, have no physical or other condition which would endanger the health or welfare of children in care, and have an annual Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray | 2024-02-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a) On caregiver did not have an initial physical on file. One caregiver did not have a current TB test in the file. |
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| Licensing 2024-02-16 |
Birth Certificate documentation | 2024-03-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-2-1(8) One kid did not have proof of date of birth in the file. |
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| Licensing 2024-02-16 |
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child can participate in the child care homes activities | 2024-03-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1) Six kids did not have physicals in the file. |
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| Licensing 2024-02-16 |
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child has had immunizations which are up-to-date for the childs age. | 2024-03-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(2) Two kids did not have immunization records in the file. |
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| Licensing 2024-02-16 |
A child care home shall, at no expense to the state, maintain and make available to the division upon request a copy of drug testing results for: the provider | 2024-02-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1) The initial drug screen results were not on file for one caregiver. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-12 |
The licensee shall maintain the following documentation in the child care home for review by the COFC: Documentation of criminal history checks on employees, volunteers, and all household members who are at least eighteen (18) years of age | 2023-08-10 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3) One caregiver (T.H.) did not have a consent to release form on file. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-12 |
An applicant must submit the necessary information, forms, or consents for the division to: obtain a national criminal history background check on the applicant through the state police department under IC 10-13-3-39 | 2023-07-17 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3(d)(2)&(e) Could not verify completion of national criminal history check for (T.H.) due to a consent to release form not being submitted. |
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| Licensing 2023-03-22 |
The caregiver shall maintain and make available verification of the following: Annual Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray for direct child care providers and all family members over eighteen (18) years of age | 2023-03-24 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) The licensee TB test was over one year old. |
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| Licensing 2023-03-22 |
The caregiver shall conduct and document quarterly fire drills | 2023-03-22 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(s) There was not a current fire drill log with documented fire drills. |
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| Licensing 2022-11-16 |
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child has had immunizations which are up-to-date for the childs age. | 2022-12-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(2) Four kids did not have immunization records in the file. |
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| Licensing 2022-11-16 |
The licensee shall provide the parent or legal guardian with a written copy of the discipline policy of the child care home | 2022-12-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-41(a) Five kids did not have a discipline policy in the file.Five kids did not have a suspension and expulsion policy in the file. |
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| Licensing 2022-11-16 |
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child can participate in the child care homes activities | 2022-12-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1) Three kids did not have a physical in the file. |
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| Licensing 2022-11-16 |
A child care home shall, at no expense to the state, maintain and make available to the division upon request a copy of drug testing results for: the provider | 2022-01-16 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1) The drug screen results were not on file for two caregivers. |
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| Licensing 2022-11-16 |
Direct child care providers, including volunteers, shall receive training in the following within thirty (30) days of starting employment or volunteer work: Procedures for preventing, detecting, and reporting suspected child abuse and neglect | 2022-12-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(b)(3) One caregiver did not have verification of Child Abuse and Neglect Training on file. |
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| Licensing 2022-09-30 |
A child care home shall, at no expense to the state, maintain and make available to the division upon request a copy of drug testing results for: the provider | 2022-10-24 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1) Two caregivers did not have a drug screen in the file. |
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