Growing Kids Learning Center - South Bend IN Licensed Center

2601 North Bendix , South Bend IN 46628
(574) 288-3992

About the Provider

Description:

As a licensed child care center, Growing Kids Learning Center meets or exceeds the most rigorous Indiana state licensing standards. Growing Kids provides early childhood education and childcare for ages six weeks old through school age. Our mission is to provide a safe, secure learning environment that helps each child reach their full potential at every stage of development. We provide structured educational programs using the Creative Curriculum,that promote cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth to help your child fully develop. We custom design and build our state of the art centers from the perspective of early childhood education and safety. Growing Kids offers an exclusive, which is a dramatic play area called Main Street for hands-on learning through play. For convenience we offer extended hours until 11:30 pm, flexible schedules, including school age days off, winter and spring breaks, and a Summer Camp. We even offer one FREE Saturday of care each month. Visit GrowingKids.com for more information.

Additional Information: PTQ 4; PTQ 4; PTQ 4; PTQ 4;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 125939
  • Capacity: 267
  • Age Range: Infant; Toddler; Two-Twelve
  • Achievement and/or Accreditations National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA)
  • PTQ Level: 4
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Type of Care: Before and After School, Daytime, Full-Time, Part-Time
  • Transportation: Field Trips
  • Current License Issue Date: 2022-07-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2024-06-30
  • 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
2024-04-19
All items in the restroom must be sanitizable
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n)
Pull ups, diapers, articles of clothing, carpet square, broom and dust pan, boxes, fabric tunnel stored uncovered and open to air in classroom bathrooms -not sanitizable
Licensing
2024-04-19
Documentation shall be available at the child care center showing that all applicable orientation topics are covered and the dates of when the training was provided
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(c)
Four staff files missing documentation or orientation training
Licensing
2024-04-19
Discarding or reconditioning of unsafe, misbranded, adulterated or contaminated food
Type of correction needed: 410 IAC 7-24-141
Open and molded tomatoes stored in kitchen freezer
Licensing
2024-04-19
Within thirty (30) days of employment, newly employed staff, volunteers, substitutes, student aides, and any other personnel having direct contact with the children or providing food service shall have the following: Mantoux tuberculin skin test, with results recorded in millimeters, and repeated annually
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-85(2)
Four staff files missing updated TB test results
Licensing
2024-04-19
The following minimums shall be provided to each group to children two (2) years of age and older: A set of wooden unit blocks
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-63(c)(5)
Multiple classrooms missing a set of standard unit blocks in their block area
Licensing
2024-04-19
Prior to admission, the childs parent shall establish a feeding plan, based on the recommendation of the childs physician, for each infant
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-134(b)
Three infant feeding plans not signed by physician
Licensing
2024-04-19
The center shall keep all interior garbage, dirty diapering supplies, food products, and disposable meal service supplies in tight seamed, easily cleanable trash containers and cover them with tight fitting lids pending removal
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-109(a)
Kitchen trash can not covered with lid
Licensing
2024-04-19
The center must store hazardous articles, sharp scissors, knives, latches, lighters, flammable liquids, power tools, cleaning supplies, and any other items that might be harmful to children in a place inaccessible to children
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100(f)
Laundry room door key stored inside lock
Licensing
2023-06-20
Caregivers shall provide a clean sanitized training cup for each child who is old enough and ready to drink from it. Caregivers must cover unused refrigerated training cups
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-140(h)
Cup of milk not covered in infant room
Licensing
2022-12-01
Toddler Feeding 2022-12-01
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-140
Toddler 1 classroom: Toddlers sitting in table waitin for breakfast while teacher was still garbing up to serve.
Licensing
2022-12-01
Medication not requiring refrigeration shall be kept locked in a cabinet or container that is in a well-lit area, fifty (50) footcandles, and shall not be stored in the kitchen or in a bathroom 2022-12-01
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-88(i)
Cough syrup unlocked in Twos classroom on counter
Licensing
2022-12-01
Caregivers shall always use safety belts for securing the children when the children are in high chairs and feeding tables 2022-12-01
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-140(f)
Toddler 1 classroom: toddlers not belted in with safety belts while sitting in high chair seats
Licensing
2022-04-27
The following minimums shall be provided to each group to children two (2) years of age and older: An art easel with paint and paper 2022-04-27
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-63(c)(2)
No paint and paper at easel in YPSC, YPSB. No easel available in Preschool 2 or Preschool 1 classrooms.
Licensing
2022-04-27
Bathrooms 2022-04-28
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113
Toilet in Main street with dried urine collected at base. After School B classroom toilet needs cleaned. Preschool 2 has mold on toilet base.
Licensing
2022-04-27
All items in the restroom must be sanitizable 2022-04-27
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n)
Toys stored in Main Street bathroom. Diapers exposed to air in Main street bathroom, YPSB bathroom, Twos bathroom, Preschool 2 bathroom, and Toddler bathrooms. Paper artwork in YPSC bathroom on walls and door.

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