Description: Octavia Windom is a Licensed Home in HAMMOND 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.
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| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2024-04-23 |
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 | |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) 2 household members have expired TB tests |
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| Licensing 2023-06-27 |
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 | 2023-07-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5) Provider's annual universal precaution training is over a year old |
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| Licensing 2023-06-27 |
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. | 2023-08-14 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(2) one child did not have up to date immunizations on file |
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| Licensing 2023-06-27 |
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 | 2023-08-10 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) Provider's annual TB test is over a year old |
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| Licensing 2023-03-09 |
The caregiver shall conduct and document quarterly fire drills | 2023-03-12 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(s) Have and document the fire drills |
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| Licensing 2023-03-09 |
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies | 2023-03-12 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1) Cleaning materials need to inaccessible to the children in the home. Inaccessible is out of reach or locked with a combination or pad lock |
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| Licensing 2022-08-17 |
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 | 2022-10-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a) Household members need to have initial physicals on file |
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| Licensing 2022-08-17 |
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 | 2022-09-21 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1) Provide documentation of household members initial drug test read by a medical review officer |
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| Licensing 2022-08-17 |
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 | 2022-09-21 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3) Household members have not submitted their background consents via ILEAD |
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| Licensing 2022-08-17 |
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 | 2022-09-06 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3(d)(2)&(e) Household members have not been fingerprinted for a federal criminal history check |
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| Licensing 2022-08-17 |
Direct child care providers shall keep protective coverings over exposed electrical outlets | 2022-08-19 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(a) Outlets need to have protective coverings in them |
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| Licensing 2022-08-17 |
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies | 2022-08-19 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1) Items that say "Keep out of reach of Children" need to be locked up with a key or combination lock or out of reach. Child safety locks are not approved for making items inaccessible |
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| Licensing 2022-08-17 |
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 | 2022-10-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) Household members need to have annual TB test results on file |
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| Licensing 2022-08-17 |
Licensee shall provide a two and one-half (2) pound or greater ABC multiple purpose fire extinguisher which shall be located on each floor of the building in which child care services are provided, including an additional extinguisher located in the kitchen area of the child care home | 2022-09-22 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(m) home needs two 2 1/2 lb. ABC fire extinguishers. One for kitchen and one for the basement |
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