Encourage Childcare and Learning Academy - Indianapolis IN Licensed Home

, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46208
(317) 358-6394

About the Provider

Description: Encourage Childcare and Learning Academy is a Licensed Home in INDIANAPOLIS 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.

Program and Licensing Details

  • Capacity: 12
  • Age Range: Infant-Twelve
  • PTQ Level: 1
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2024-04-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2026-03-31
  • 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
2024-03-21
Only direct child care providers shall be counted in determining the child to staff ratio 2023-10-23
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-36.5(c)
Staff has not been fingerprinted or submitted a consent form within 3 years.
Licensing
2024-03-21
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 2024-04-03
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1)
Applicant and staff need current TB.
Licensing
2024-03-21
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child can participate in the child care homes activities 2024-03-25
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1)
Physicals missing from children's files clearing free of communicable diseases.
Licensing
2024-03-21
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 2023-10-23
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-5-3(d)(2)&(e)
Staff needs to be fingerprinted.
Licensing
2024-03-21
Enrollment form for each child receiving services which shall include the following: The names of adults authorized to pick the child up from the home 2024-03-25
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(6)(d)
Children missing who is authorized to pick up.
Licensing
2024-03-21
The licensee shall provide the parent or legal guardian with a written copy of the discipline policy of the child care home 2024-03-25
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-41(a)
Discipline policy missing from children files.
Licensing
2024-03-21
Caregiver shall obtain written parental permission before taking a child away from the child care home for field trips or any other activities 2024-03-25
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-40(a)
Permission slips missing from children files.
Licensing
2024-03-21
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 2024-04-05
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5)
Staff needs current CPR on file.
Licensing
2024-03-21
At least one (1) direct child care provider shall be trained in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation training annually and shall be on the premises at all times 2024-04-05
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(d)
No one in the home had current cpr when consultant arrived.
Licensing
2024-03-21
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 2024-03-21
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3)
Staff needs current consent form on file.
Licensing
2024-03-21
Prior to acceptance of children, the caregiver shall have the parent or legal guardian: complete and sign an enrollment form for the child 2024-03-25
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(a)(1)
Children missing enrollement forms.
Licensing
2024-03-21
Prior to acceptance of children, the caregiver shall have the parent or legal guardian: complete and sign a release for emergency medical care for the child 2024-03-25
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(a)(2)
Release for emergency medical care missing from children files.
Licensing
2022-03-09
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 2022-04-13
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5)
Applicant needs current CPR
Licensing
2022-03-09
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 2022-04-13
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1)
Applicant needs current TB test

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