Forchetti Family YMCA Center for Early Learning - Chesterton IN Licensed Center

270 E Burdick Rd , Chesterton IN 46304
(219) 926-4204

About the Provider

Description: Forchetti Family YMCA Center for Early Learning is a Licensed Center in Chesterton IN, with a maximum capacity of 198 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of Infant-Toddler; Two-Twelve. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Program and Licensing Details

  • Capacity: 198
  • Age Range: Infant-Toddler; Two-Twelve
  • PTQ Level: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2023-04-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2025-03-31
  • 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
2022-03-29
The center must store diapers off the floor, protected from contamination, and inaccessible to children
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-94(c)
There were diapers sittng on the back of toliet, open, and not protected from contamination.
Licensing
2022-03-29
Bathrooms
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113
There was no toliet paper in the dispenser in the toddler bathroom.
Licensing
2021-07-23
Positive discipline 2021-06-24
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-54
Caregiver did not use positive discipline when a child was upset and caregiver was trying to move child away from an area in the room
Licensing
2021-07-23
Inappropriate discipline 2021-06-24
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-55
Caregiver physically handled a child in a rough manner
Licensing
2021-07-23
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. 2021-07-23
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1)
One caregiver has an expired annual background check on file with the Division.
Complaints
2021-06-17
Positive discipline 2022-02-16
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-54
Inappropriate discipline
Licensing
2021-05-19
Prior to admission, the childs parent shall establish a feeding plan, based on the recommendation of the childs physician, for each infant 2021-06-17
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-134(b)
There are 4 feeding plans missing verification with signature that it has been establish based on the recommendations of the child's physician.
Licensing
2021-03-17
A written application for admission of each child, signed by the childs parent, shall be on file at the child care center prior to admission and shall include the following: The childs date of birth, verified by a copy of the childs birth certificate or other legal proof of age
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-36(3)
Center does not have a copy of a child's birth certificate.
Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation
2020-09-23
Refrigerators and Freezers 2020-09-29
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-5(c)
The first partition in the restroom in Rm 132 has rust on the side surface that is not sanitizable
Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation
2020-09-23
Plumbing and Sewage Disposal 2020-10-22
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-3(b)
Small crack in pole on 5 yr old playground is rusting and presents a safety hazard
Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation
2020-09-23
Food Safety 2020-10-22
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-5(b)
Two toilets in Rm 129
Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation
2020-09-23
Solid Foods 2020-09-29
Type of correction needed: 3-4.2-8(c)(5)
Bathrooms in the following classrooms have less than 30 foot-candles of lighting; Rm 106,122 and 123

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