Description: BEST FRIENDS FOREVER CREATIVE LEARNING CHILDCARE, LLC is a Licensed Home in SOUTH BEND IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Eighteen. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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.
Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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Licensing 2021-06-03 |
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 | 2021-05-14 |
Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3(d)(2)&(e) One caregivers fingerprints need to be updated. |
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Licensing 2021-06-03 |
The licensee shall ensure that no conditions exist in the home or on the grounds where child care services are provided that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children | 2021-05-15 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a) The water temperature was 130 degrees. The water temperature should be between 100-120 degrees. |
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Licensing 2021-06-03 |
An applicant for a child care home license shall do the following: Submit to the COFC a completed, signed application for a child care home license, including attachments required to demonstrate compliance with this rule | 2021-05-13 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28(a)(3) A current business license letter is needed. |
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Licensing 2021-06-03 |
Licensee shall provide electrical or battery-operated smoke detector that is installed to manufacturers specifications and is located and adjusted to operate reliably in case of smoke in any part of the child care home, including not less than one (1) smoke detector at the top of each stairway and adjacent to all sleeping areas. The alarm should be loud enough to alert all occupants in the child care home | 2021-05-14 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(l) The smoke detector did not sound off . |
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Licensing 2021-06-03 |
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 | 2021-05-17 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) A current TB test is needed for one caregiver. |
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Licensing 2020-06-16 |
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 | 2020-07-07 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3) No consent forms submitted |
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Licensing 2019-04-04 |
Caregiver shall store implements and tools, including, but not limited to: power tools | 2019-04-04 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(d)(1) Tools left in bathroom next to toilet |
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Licensing 2019-04-04 |
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies | 2019-04-04 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1) Chemicals and other hazardous materials accessible in closets and low shelves |
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Licensing 2019-04-04 |
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 | 2019-04-17 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) Staff member missing TB test |
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Licensing 2019-04-04 |
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 | 2019-04-08 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3) vollunteer missing consent form |
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Licensing 2019-04-04 |
Direct child care providers, including volunteers, shall receive training in the following within thirty (30) days of starting employment or volunteer work: Procedures for preventing, detecting, and reporting suspected child abuse and neglect | 2019-04-18 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(b)(3) Staff members need to take Child Abuse and Neglect Training |
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Licensing 2019-04-04 |
The assistant caregiver shall work under the direct supervision of the caregiver. If an assistant caregiver under twenty-one (21) years of age is left in charge of a child care home, the parent must be notified in writing. | 2019-04-17 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-33(b) Staff member under 21 working without written parent notification |
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Licensing 2019-04-04 |
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 | 2019-06-22 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a) Staff member missing physical |
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Licensing 2019-04-04 |
A licensee that cares for children who are less than twelve (12) months of age shall: ensure that all caregivers of children who are less than twelve (12) months of age follow safe sleeping practices. | 2019-05-14 |
Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.7(a)(2) Staff members need safe sleep |
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