Olivia's Learning Center LLC - Merrillville IN Licensed Home

, Merrillville IN 46410
(219) 487-5181

About the Provider

Description: Olivia's Learning Center LLC is a Licensed Home in Merrillville IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Fourteen. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Additional Information: PTQ 3; PTQ 3; PTQ 3; PTQ 3;

Program and Licensing Details

  • Capacity: 12
  • Age Range: Infant-Fourteen
  • PTQ Level: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2023-07-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2025-06-30
  • District Office: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration - Bureau of Child Care
  • District Office Phone: 1-877-511-1144 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Inspection Type/Date Action needed to correct issue Date Resolved
Licensing
2023-05-24
Birth Certificate documentation 2023-05-30
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-2-1(8)
One parent has not consented or declined to have child's name checked against the missing children's registry
Licensing
2023-05-24
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 2023-05-26
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1)
One child has not submitted an initial physical
Licensing
2022-06-20
The licensee shall ensure that the kitchen is equipped with: a sink with hot and cold running water;in operating condition sufficient to accommodate the food requirements of the number of children in care 2022-06-20
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-45(f)(3)
The hot water was 130.9 degrees. Hot water should be between 100 and 120 degrees
Licensing
2022-06-20
Exits shall not be blocked in the child care home 2022-06-20
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(g)
The back door had a door bar in place when licensing arrived. There were 4 children in the home.
Licensing
2022-06-20
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 2022-06-21
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a)
One staff does not have a physical on file
Licensing
2022-06-20
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 2022-06-22
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1)
One staff does not have a negative drug test on file
Licensing
2022-06-20
The licensee shall provide an area for diaper changing with a washable surface on which the infant or toddler may be placed. The diaper changing surface must have waterproof material between the child and the surface of the changing area. This material shall be changed after each use. The diaper changing area shall be sanitized daily and when soiled 2022-06-21
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.2-6(a)
Not using waterproof barrier between the child and washable surface
Licensing
2022-06-20
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. 2022-06-21
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(2)
one child did not have up to date immunizations on file
Licensing
2022-06-20
Caregiver shall obtain written parental permission before taking a child away from the child care home for field trips or any other activities 2022-06-23
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-40(a)
2 children did not have field trip consent form on file
Licensing
2022-06-20
Direct child care providers, including volunteers, shall receive training in fire prevention and safety procedures within one (1) week of starting employment or volunteer work 2022-06-22
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(a)
One staff did not have an orientation checklist on file
Licensing
2021-05-12
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies 2021-05-13
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1)
hazardous materials are accessible to the children under the kitchen sink
Licensing
2021-05-12
Exits shall not be blocked in the child care home 2021-05-12
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(g)
security bar was blocking the back door exit when licensing arrived
Licensing
2021-05-12
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 2021-05-12
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1)
Could not find provider's annual test test results
Licensing
2019-06-12
The licensee shall maintain the following documentation in the child care home for review by the COFC: Documentation of certification of a current first aid course, training in Universal Precautions, and annual CPR certification by direct child care providers 2019-06-14
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5)
Could not locate the annual CPR and Universal Precautions
Licensing
2019-06-12
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. 2019-06-17
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(2)
One child did not have up to date immunizations

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