Description: At Kids Connection Childcare Centers, we know that finding the perfect child care for your child isn't a decision that can be made overnight. There are many factors that go into choosing who will take care of your child and where your child will stay while you are at work. There are quite a few differences between in-home daycare and full-featured child care centers such as Kid’s Connection that you should carefully consider. We have listed a few of our advantages below:
Resources
At Kid’s Connection, we have more children, more teachers, much larger spaces, and more structured activities for your child.
Training
Being CDA Certified, our lead teachers have formal child care training to better provide early childhood education. This means your child will benefit from classroom oriented lessons while at Kid’s Connection. This will accelerate your child's education and help them transition into the classroom setting more easily. In fact, studies show that most elementary school teachers heavily prefer children from child care centers as opposed to home-based daycares.
Safety
Our Child Care Centers are safe and secure. Outside doors are kept locked and can only be opened from the inside or by integrated security control system access panels. All rooms are monitored and recorded at all times with state-of-the-art digital recording equipment. Not only do we monitor all rooms live, we can quickly and easily search and review all activity that took place in any part of our facility for the previous 2-week period. We also routinely practice storm, fire, and lockdown drills, and regularly have law-enforcement and first responders come to our facilities and talk to the children about issues such as fire prevention, stranger danger, safety, and drugs.
Social Development
At Kid’s Connection, there will be many more children with whom your child can interact with and practice social skills. Also, your child will placed with, and kept with, other children of the same age group, as opposed to the wide array of ages that are often mixed in a home-based environment.
Stability
Many home-based day cares are left with no option but to close if the provider is sick or other issues arise, leaving you to unexpectedly find some other care for your child that day or calling in at work so you have someone to watch your child. At Kid’s Connection, we are always open during regularly scheduled hours. We have several well-qualified providers to care for your child, so we don’t close due to illness or other unforseen circumstances.
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 2021-06-22 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-100 Mechanical closet was unlocked and water heater was accessable. Furnace closet was unlocked and furnace was accessable. In 2s room clorox bleach was stored under the sink behind a restrictive device. |
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| Licensing 2020-08-20 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | 2020-08-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-100 Cabinet under sink in Infant room was unlocked with child deterrent device contained drain cleaner, window cleaner, and lysol disenfectant spary all labeled "keep out of reach of children." |
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| Licensing 2020-08-20 |
All child care providers are at least eighteen (18) years old and have a HS Diploma or equivalent. | 2020-10-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
3-4.7-1(24) (1) One caregiver was missing records for proof of high school graduation. |
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| Licensing 2020-08-20 |
Childrens admission records | 2020-10-05 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-36 Two children missing files for physcial exam in recrods. |
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| Licensing 2020-08-20 |
Bathrooms | 2020-09-08 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-113 Toddler bathroom has spots with paint worn off the wall and toilet paper sitting on top of toilet uncovered, not sanitizable. 2s Bathroom had a broom in corner, not sanitizable. Schoolage bathroom had spots with paint worn off the wall, and toilet paper hanging on an uncovered dispeser off the side of the toilet, not sanitizable. |
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| Licensing 2020-03-18 |
Child/staff ratios and supervision | 2019-08-02 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-48 Caregiver fell asleep in toddler age classroom during nap time on two different occassions. First incident was on 7/26/2019. Second incident was on 8/2/2019. Caregiver was only adult in the room, leaving children unsupervised. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-08 |
Sufficient grounds exist to deny employment or to dismiss any employee if the employee commits any crime that would require that they be listed in any state or national registry that is intended to protect children from violent and sex offenders. | 2019-07-09 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-8(b) 1 employee has not not submitted the required background check form prior to starting employment. Employee was present in the building and working with children at the time of the inspection. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-08 |
The director responsibilities shall include the following: Supervision and evaluation of child caregivers | 2019-11-30 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-22(c)(3) Director did not supervise infant caregivers to ensure caregivers were following safe sleep practices. Repeat non-compliance. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-08 |
Infant/Toddler Sleeping | 2019-11-30 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-141 1 infant age 7 months observed asleep in a crib, lying on their back on a boppy pillow with a blanket over their torso and lower body. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-08 |
A licensee that cares for children who are less than twelve (12) months of age shall: ensure that all caregivers of children who are less than twelve (12) months of age follow safe sleeping practices. | 2019-07-15 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-4.1(a)(2) 1 infant caregiver present in the infant room at the time of the inspection. No documentation of safe sleep training available for this caregiver. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-08 |
Child grouping policies | 2019-07-08 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-49 School age room: 46 school age children present with 4 caregivers. Maximum group size for this age is 40. Classroom exceeded maximum group size. |
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| Licensing 2019-06-07 |
The operator of a child care ministry that cares for children who are less than twelve (12) months of age shall: ensure that all caregivers of children who are less than twelve (12) months of age follow safe sleeping practices. | 2019-06-07 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-6-14.1(a)(2) one 7 month old child placed in crib with blanket and a pillow. Child was awake at the time of the inspection. |
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| Licensing 2019-06-07 |
Infant/Toddler Sleeping | 2019-06-07 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-141 One 3 month old child observed asleep in a swing. |
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| Licensing 2019-06-07 |
The director responsibilities shall include the following: Supervision and evaluation of child caregivers | 2019-06-07 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-22(c)(3) Director did not supervise infant caregivers to ensure caregivers were following safe sleep practices, correct infant feeding process |
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| Licensing 2019-06-07 |
Infant Feeding | 2019-06-07 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-134 One 7 month old child observed in a crib with a bottle, not being held by a caregiver while being fed. |
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If you are a provider and you believe any information is incorrect, please contact us. We will research your concern and make corrections accordingly.
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This Day Care is okay for the price and some of the staff are very good but not all. Not sure the preschool teacherrs are qualified and there always seems to be a shortage of learning supplies. The place needs cleaning and new paint in every room. The place is does not show well or that the kids are in a good learning environment. Carpets in rooms are old and stained. The best thing about the day care is the out door space /playground. It is not an unsafe place but it seems to be poorly run and the current Cook is horrible. Food nutritian is not a priority, too much unhealthy food served. Overall I don't like it but I haven't found a place that is that much better yet. Day Care is in a sad state.