Growing Hearts Daycare & Preschool Ministry - Bloomington IN Unlicensed Registered Ministry

6287 West Ratliff Road , Bloomington IN 47404
(812) 876-2700
1 Review

About the Provider

Description: Growing Hearts Daycare and Preschool is a registered ministry of Zion Community Church of the Nazarene. We are located at 6287 W Ratliff Rd, Bloomington, Indiana. Growing Hearts provides care for children ages 6 weeks to 11 years. Our mission is to provide you and your child with the following: - Quality Care by qualified and trained staff in a loving and caring Christian environment - Recognition that your child is a unique individual - Educational classes stuctured to meet the needs of your child according to his or her abilities - Spiritual development and awareness through weekly chapel, Bibles stories, memory verses, songs, and prayer - Physical development through indoor and outdoor recreation - Emotional development through possitive reinforcement, encouragement and love - Help in developing self-esteem, independance, self reliance, and self discipline - Social development by interaction with staff and other children, that emphasize and foster attitudes of mutual respect - Quality communication between parents and childcare providers

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: RM-25389-A
  • 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

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
Registration
2023-09-26
All interior surfaces, equipment, materials, furnishings, and objects with which children will come in contact shall be well maintained, in a clean and sanitary condition, and of nontoxic durable construction 2023-09-26
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-4(1)
In three year old room (#128 on outside wall) under the sink was one can lysol (Labeled keep out of reach of children) and one bottle labeled bleach cleaning solution that was not out of reach of children is unsafe.
CCDF Inspection
2023-02-22
2023-03-06
Type of correction needed: Each child has age appropriate immunizations including Varicella and Pneumococcal vaccines. Documentation includes: -Attendance records of all children in attendance. Immunization records for each child (includes month, day and year given for each immunization and childs birth date).
CCDF Inspection
2023-02-22
Each childcare provider has provided evidence that they have not been named in the State Central Registry IC31-33-18. 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-3.5-4.1
Each childcare provider has provided evidence that they have not been named in the State Central Registry IC31-33-18.
CCDF Inspection
2023-02-22
A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Fire arms, ammunition and other weapons Location __________ Poisons, chemicals, bleach cleaning materials and Medications Location __________. 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-3.5-11(a)
A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Poisons, chemicals, and cleaning materials
CCDF Inspection
2023-02-22
Written Policy requiring an individual providing a criminal history to report any criminal convictions to the provider. 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: IAC 3-18-14(f)
The provider shall maintain a written policy requiring an individual providing a criminal history to report any criminal convictions to the provider.
CCDF Inspection
2023-02-22
Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for. 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-3.5-12
Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.
Registration
2023-02-22
All interior surfaces, equipment, materials, furnishings, and objects with which children will come in contact shall be well maintained, in a clean and sanitary condition, and of nontoxic durable construction 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-4(1)
At time of inspection, 012 Dinos and 137 chapel classrooms with purses on floor accessible to children.
Registration
2023-02-22
Direct child care providers, including volunteers, shall receive training in the following within thirty (30) days of starting employment or volunteer work: Universal precautions 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(b)(4)
At time of inspection, one staff without annual universal precautions training available for review.
Registration
2023-02-22
All open windows, doors which are kept open for other than entering and leaving, ventilators, and other outside openings shall be protected against insects by securely fastened 16 mesh screening. Cracks shall be sealed and sealing shall be in place around pipes, plumbing, and ducts 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-4(4)
At time of inspection, 125 MIckey Mouse classroom window screen with tears allowing small openings in mesh.
Registration
2023-02-22
The parent or guardian of a child shall, when the child is enrolled in a child care ministry, provide the child care ministry with proof that the child has received the required immunizations against the following: Whooping cough 2023-02-28
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-6-11(a)(2)
At time of inspection, two children without immunization records available for review.
Registration
2023-02-22
The child care ministry must do the following: is a person against whom an allegation of child abuse or neglect has been substantiated under IC 31-33 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-6-14(2)(c)
Provider did not submit annual consent for child abuse/neglect check without substantiation on one staff member. Regarding 2.14.23, provider did not submit consent for child abuse/neglect check without substantiation to be conducted on one staff member, last submitted 1.12.23.
Registration
2023-02-22
The child care ministry must do the following: Conduct a criminal history check of the child care ministrys employees and volunteers 2023-02-27
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-6-14(1)
Provider did not submit consent for criminal history check to be conducted on one staff members, last submitted on 1.23.2020. Regarding 2.14.23, provider did not submit consent for criminal history check to be conducted on one staff member.
Complaints
2023-02-14
2023-04-12
Type of correction needed: Provider not in compliance with regulation regarding caregiver background checks.
CCDF Inspection
2022-03-01
Each childcare provider has provided evidence that they have not been named in the State Central Registry IC31-33-18. 2022-03-02
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-3.5-4.1
Each childcare provider has provided evidence that they have not been named in the State Central Registry IC31-33-18.
CCDF Inspection
2022-03-01
Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for. 2022-03-02
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-3.5-12
Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.

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Reviews

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Ts mom 2016-04-11 20:21:17
I have used this provider for less than 6 months

***NOT TRAINED WORKERS....THEY GO FROM NAP TO EATING TO NAP TO EATING NO LEARNING

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