April’s Daycare - Elkridge MD Registered Family Child Care Home

Ducketts Lane , Elkridge MD 21075
(410) 299-4540
1 Review

About the Provider

Description:

I am an in home family daycare that has been licensed for one year, but have been taking care of children for over 12 years. I am CPR certified as well as first aid. I have many hours in childcare training as well. I provide meals and snacks for all children 2 years and up. I walk kids to school and pick them up everyday.

Additional Information:

I open at 7:30am, but under the right circumstances I can open earlier.


Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 252984
  • Capacity: 8
  • Age Range: 0-23 Months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 12 years
  • Achievement and/or Accreditations CPR Certified and First Aid
  • Rate Range $175-$250
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Type of Care: Before and After School, Daytime, Full-Time, Part-Time
  • Transportation: To/From School
  • District Office: Region 6 - Howard County / Carroll County
  • District Office Phone: (410) 750-8771 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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.

Date Type Regulations Status
2021-12-16 Mandatory Review 13A.15.03.05C(1) Corrected
Findings: LS observed a dog living in the residence during this inspection. OCC was not notified of a pet being present in the home. LS obtained rabies certification for the dog during this inspection.
2021-02-04 Full
Findings: No Noncompliances Found
2019-12-16 Mandatory Review 13A.15.03.04A(3) Corrected
Findings: One child's emergency form could not be located. Correct within 24 hours and submit correction to OCC
2018-12-14 Conversion 13A.15.10.01A(4) Corrected
Findings: The emergency plan was not located during this inspection. Locate plan, sign and update the plan and submit a copy to OCC for correction.

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Reviews

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Megan Sep 16, 2022
I have used this provider for less than 6 months

Extremely unreliable + unprofessional daycare. I have other children and have experienced in-home daycares and childcare centers alike. I can ensure that I have never experienced such immature business practices while my youngest daughter (4 months old) was in April's Daycare. I can appreciate that all people, even those running a business have personal struggles- but please be aware that if you have your children in April's Daycare that you will most likely experience an abundance of "fewer than 5 hours notice call-outs" (we experienced 8 in a span of 4 weeks) all by texts sent to you at 3am because of the aforementioned.
With the rising cost of childcare and if you have any type of full-time job to be able to support your family- you could be at risk of losing that job if you decide to use April's Daycare because you will need to use all of your PTO and/or consequently also call out or scramble and pay others even more money to watch your child/ren AFTER you have already paid April's Daycare. And if you bring up any insufficiencies of the business practice relating to the unreliability, they will make you feel like you are in the wrong because you signed a contract and anything they say they will do (but don't follow through on) is out purely out of their own kindness. So please just beware that you could be out of money, out of your job, or worse.
I do give it 1 star because even through all of the experiences noted above- I do honestly believe that the handful of days my child actually was in April's Daycare, she received genuine care. Hopefully, this business can take a turn for the better as it seemed to have good reviews years ago.

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