Description: Brighter Minds Learning Center is a Licensed Home in INDIANAPOLIS IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Twelve. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2021-02-03 |
The licensee shall ensure that no conditions exist in the home or on the grounds where child care services are provided that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children | 2021-02-10 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a) petroleum jelly was on the bottom shelf of the changing table |
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| Licensing 2020-09-29 |
The licensee shall ensure that no conditions exist in the home or on the grounds where child care services are provided that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children | 2020-09-29 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a) baby powder that said "keep out of reach of children" was accessible on the changing table |
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| Licensing 2020-09-18 |
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 | 2020-09-23 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a) physical forms were missing for 2 staff*send proof when completed |
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| Licensing 2020-09-18 |
Prior to acceptance of children, the caregiver shall have the parent or legal guardian: complete and sign a release for emergency medical care for the child | 2020-09-28 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(a)(2) emergency medical release was missing for 3 children *send proof when received |
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| Licensing 2020-09-18 |
Enrollment form for each child receiving services which shall include the following: Childs name and date of birth | 2020-09-28 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(6)(a) birth certificates were missing for 2 children*send proof when received |
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| Licensing 2020-09-18 |
Direct child care providers, including volunteers, shall receive training in the following within thirty (30) days of starting employment or volunteer work: Confidential treatment of personal information about children in care and their families | 2020-09-23 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(b)(2) trainings were not completed by one staff member (health and safety modules 1-4, safe sleep, and child abuse and neglect) |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
Enrollment form for each child receiving services which shall include the following: The names of adults authorized to pick the child up from the home | 2020-03-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(6)(d) applicant did not have authorized pick up list for homes*send completed form to consultant |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
Prior to acceptance of children, the caregiver shall have the parent or legal guardian: complete and sign a release for emergency medical care for the child | 2020-03-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(a)(2) applicant did not have an update emergency medical release for homes*send documentation of updated form |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
The caregiver shall keep the phone numbers of the ambulance, police, fire department, poison control center, and nearest hospital by the telephone | 2020-03-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-44(e) emergency numbers were not posted at time of initial inspection*send picture of posted numbers |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
The licensee shall ensure that no conditions exist in the home or on the grounds where child care services are provided that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children | 2020-03-13 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a) soap in the downstairs bathroom said "keep out of reach of children" and needs to be replaced or inaccessible |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
The licensee shall provide the parent or legal guardian with a written copy of the discipline policy of the child care home | 2020-03-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-41(a) applicant did not have a completed discipline policy including a suspension and explusion policy for homes*send updated policy to consultant |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
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 | 2020-03-13 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1) applicant's drug test was not completed within 60 days*send documentation of results |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
A child care home shall maintain a written policy specifying the following: That the: use of: tobacco | 2020-03-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(b)(1)(a)(1) applicant did not have a "no smoking" sign at the time of initial inspection*send picture of sign when posted |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
The licensee shall provide a protected outdoor play area that is safely enclosed by either a fence or natural boundaries for children in care | 2020-03-26 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-45(d) outdoor fence had some missing slants and loose slants that need to be fixed*send picture of fixed fence |
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| Licensing 2020-03-13 |
Caregiver shall obtain written parental permission before taking a child away from the child care home for field trips or any other activities | 2020-03-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-40(a) applicant did not have a completed field trip form for homes*send completed document to consultant |
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I’m not sure if kids were currently in the van or not. But a reckless driver in a van with a brighter minds sticker on it with the daycares number was alarming.