Description: Sometimes, life is hard. Every day a person's life can drastically change - a teen in high school, an unemployed father of four, a single young woman and an elderly grandmother... they all have two things in common - young children and Ark Crisis. At Ark, our mission is to keep children safe and strengthen families in stress
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| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2024-04-10 |
Plumbing system maintained in good repair | 2024-04-30 |
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Type of correction needed:
410 IAC 7-24-324 The sink to the right of the hall door in the 2 1/2 room has a leak near the shut off valve under the sink. |
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| Licensing 2024-04-10 |
Reporting child abuse or neglect | 2024-04-30 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-13 3 Staff members have documentation of expired child abuse and neglect training. |
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| Licensing 2024-04-10 |
Records, kept at the child care center, shall document the following for all current staff, substitutes, and volunteers: Verification that staff is free of tuberculosis within thirty (30) days of employment and annually thereafter | 2024-04-30 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-41(a)(7) 3 staff members are missing documentation of annual TB screening. |
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| Licensing 2024-03-01 |
Subject to section 3.3 of this chapter, the applicant must, at no expense to the state, do the following: Require an employee or volunteer of the applicant who may be present on the premises of the child care center during operating hours of the child care center to submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | 2024-03-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1) 2 Staff members currently working with children do not have fingerprints on file with the division (S.K and A.F.) |
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| Licensing 2024-03-01 |
The center shall provide the parent explicit, documented, formal written reasons for refusal to admit or provide care to a child | 2024-03-29 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-17(a) Program did not provide writen reasons for excluding child from program on 2-13-24. Discipline policy does not have steps to exclude child. |
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| Licensing 2024-03-01 |
An applicant shall, at no expense to the state, submit:(1) the necessary information, forms, or consents; and(2) the applicant fingerprints;for a national criminal history background check by the FederalBureau of Investigation. | 2024-03-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(d) 2 Staff members currently working with children do not have consents on file with the division (S.K and A.F.) |
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| Licensing 2023-06-06 |
An applicant shall, at no expense to the state, submit:(1) the necessary information, forms, or consents; and(2) the applicant fingerprints;for a national criminal history background check by the FederalBureau of Investigation. | 2023-06-07 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(d) One staff member present with children had an expired consent form on file with the division (DT: expired 5/26/23) |
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| Licensing 2022-04-04 |
Child/staff ratios and supervision | 2022-04-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-48 Two's classroom out of child/staff ratio(3:1) due to staff withoutapproved background. |
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| Licensing 2022-04-04 |
All items in the restroom must be sanitizable | 2022-04-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n) At time of inspection, Pre-K classroom with plunger stored in bathroom. |
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| Licensing 2022-04-04 |
Water Supply and Plumbing | 2022-04-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-114 Pre-K classroom water temperature 90.9 degrees; toddler classroom water temperature 93.4 degrees lower, 93.3 degrees upper; two's classroom 90.8 degrees lower, 78.8 degrees upper; 3's classroom water temperature 77.7 degrees upper, 77.5 degrees lower. Hot water temperature should be between 100-120 degrees Fahrenheit. |
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| Licensing 2022-04-04 |
Records, kept at the child care center, shall document the following for all current staff, substitutes, and volunteers: A statewide limited criminal history check completed by the Indiana state police | 2022-04-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-41(a)(3) Provider did not submit consent for criminal history check to be conducted on two staff members. |
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| Licensing 2022-04-04 |
Toddler Room Furnishings | 2022-04-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-130 Two's classroom changing table with debris under changing table pad, not clean and sanitizable. |
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| Licensing 2022-04-04 |
Staff, substitutes, and volunteer records | 2022-04-07 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-41 One staff without annual TB test results at time of inspection. |
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| Licensing 2020-06-18 |
The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: The center shall install a shock absorbing surface with required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment | 2020-06-22 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-66(6) At time of inspection, bottom of slide with very little appearance of shock absorbing surface. |
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| Licensing 2020-06-18 |
The center must seal all walls and floors in restrooms | 2020-07-05 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-113(m) 3's bathroom with hole in wall. |
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