Rock A Bye - Merrillville IN Licensed Home

, MERRILLVILLE IN 46410
(219) 769-0477

About the Provider

Description: Rock A Bye 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-Twelve. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Additional Information: PTQ 1; PTQ 2; PTQ 3; PTQ 3;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 45-451865
  • Capacity: 12
  • Age Range: Infant-Twelve
  • PTQ Level: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2024-01-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2025-12-31
  • 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
2022-11-16
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 2022-12-03
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1)
Staff member needs to have annual tb test results on file in the home
Licensing
2022-11-16
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 2022-12-03
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5)
Staff member needs to have annual CPR and Universal Precaution Training on file in the home
Licensing
2021-11-02
Annual vaccination records for animals subject to rabies. 2021-08-04
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(12)
Dog records are over a year old
Licensing
2020-12-08
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 2021-01-22
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1)
TB test is over a year old
Licensing
2020-12-08
The caregiver shall conduct and document quarterly fire drills 2021-01-05
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(s)
PRovide has not had been having quarterly fire drills
Licensing
2020-12-08
Opportunity shall be provided for children to play outdoors daily except when: the severity of the weather poses a safety or health hazard 2021-01-05
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-38(b)(1)
Provider stated that children have not been playing outside due to COVID 19 and parents did not want the children to go outside
Licensing
2020-12-08
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 2020-12-11
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3)
Household member has not submitted a consent form via ILEAD in over a year
Licensing
2020-12-08
The following child to staff ratios apply: Type of Home Child:Staff Ratio Infant/Toddler Mixed (Birth-24 months) 6:1* *Two (2) of the six (6) children must be at least sixteen (16) months of age and walking. Otherwise the ratio is 4:1. Mixed Age Groups (Birth-6 years) 10:1* *No more than three (3) of the ten (10) children may be under sixteen (16) months of age and must be walking. 3 years and older (3-10 years) 12:1 2021-02-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-36.5(e)
One care giver was watching 15 children of mixed ages all of the children were under 14 years of age
Licensing
2018-11-14
The licensee shall provide the parent or legal guardian with a written copy of the discipline policy of the child care home 2018-11-16
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-41(a)
Has not created an expulsion and suspension policy

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