Unlicensed CCDF Certified Center/School
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A Kids Place at SMS
Huntingburg, IN
· Dubois County
1112 S Main Street,
Huntingburg, IN 47542
Quick Facts
Capacity
130 children
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
Food Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Unlicensed CCDF Certified Center/School
Active License
License Number
13837
License Issued
Apr 23, 2026
Active Through
Mar 31, 2027
Issued By
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Accreditation
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
District Office
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration - Bureau of Child Care
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About the Provider
A Kid’s Place exists to provide a safe, developmentally appropriate environment for infant through school age children. Our focus is to provide stimulating early care and educational experience which promotes each child’s social/emotional, physical and cognitive development. Our goal is to support children’s desires to be life-long learners.
Additional Information:
Number Of Infants Licensed: 8; Number Of Toddler Licensed: 10; PTQ Level 4;
Hours of Operation
- Monday5:45 AM-6:00 PM
- Tuesday5:45 AM-6:00 PM
- Wednesday5:45 AM-6:00 PM
- Thursday5:45 AM-6:00 PM
- Friday5:45 AM-6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2023-08-10 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | 2023-08-10 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100 In small staff break room three cans of valsper paint and one tube of ultra bond caulk were accessible to children. |
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| Licensing 2022-08-24 |
The center shall use an antiscald valve approved by ISDH to maintain water temperature between one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit and one hundred twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit on all hot water supplied to sinks, bathing, and washing facilities used by children. | 2022-08-26 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-114(d) At time of inspection, 4's & 5's classroom sink had a hot water temperature reading of 79.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Hot water temperature should be between 100 degrees Fahrenheit and 120 degrees Fahrenheit |
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| Licensing 2022-08-24 |
Water Supply and Plumbing | 2022-08-26 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-114 At time of inspection, the infant classroom; standing water in sink, not draining. |
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| Licensing 2022-08-24 |
Kitchen and food preparation areas | 2022-08-26 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-116 At time of inspection, kitchen area; freezer with english muffins and biscuits not labeled or dated. Cereal in plastic containers not labeled or dated. Crackers in plastic bag, not labeled or dated. |
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| Licensing 2022-08-24 |
Building maintenance | |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-99 At time of inspection, 3's & 4's classroom; metal transition strip separating the classroom and bathroom, detached and causing a tripping hazard. |
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| Licensing 2021-07-27 |
The center must seal all hand washing sinks to the wall | 2021-07-28 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(l) Monkeys sink not sealed to wall. |
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| Licensing 2021-07-27 |
Kitchen and food preparation areas | 2021-07-28 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-116 At time of inspection, provider did not have chemical sanitizer test strips. |
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| Licensing 2021-07-27 |
Posted items | 2021-07-28 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-19 Little Ducks without approved first aid directives in child care area, diaper changing procedures missing at diaper changing area. |
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| Licensing 2021-07-27 |
Caregivers shall sanitize the pad and table when they become soiled and at the end of each day | 2021-07-28 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-94(p) Monkeys with multiple tears in changing table pad, not sanitizable. |
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| Licensing 2021-07-27 |
The center shall control toilet and bathroom odors by ventilation and sanitation. If a screened window is not present, there shall be mechanical exhaust vents. Existing centers shall have ventilation added if sanitation measures fail to control odors | 2021-08-20 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(p) Dinosaurs boys bathroom without working mechanical exhaust vent. Explorer boys and girls bathrooms without working mechanical exhaust vent. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-12 |
Kitchen and food preparation areas | 2019-07-12 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-116 No thermometer present in the baby bunny room and teethers were not stored iin a sanitary manner in freezer. For child safety there must be a thermometer present and teethers must be sanitized. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-12 |
Building maintenance | 2019-07-31 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-99 Could not remove this noncompliance |
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| Licensing 2019-07-12 |
Bathrooms | 2019-07-16 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113 There was rolls of toilet paper present in the Tiny turtles and Dinosauers bathrooms. Not being dispensed in a sanittary manner. Sanitizable container present in room but not being used. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-12 |
Educational equipment and materials | 2019-07-21 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-63 In the Hummingbird room there was a low shelf that did not have finished wood in the child play area. This was not saitizable surface. There were two changing tables one in the baby bunny room and one in the tiny turtles room that had unfininshed wood surface under the changing table which is not a sanitizable suface. In the Monkey room the was a broom next to a changing table which is not a sanitizable surface. All sufaces with 2 feet of a changing table must be sanitizable. |
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| Licensing 2019-07-12 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | 2019-07-12 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100 In a cabinet at child level there was an employee purse asessible to children in the catepilliers room. Not safe for children because of possible contents of purse. |
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