Description: Hug A Bear Early Learning Day Care Center LLC is a Licensed Center in Indianapolis IN, with a maximum capacity of 54 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 30 Months-Six. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2023-08-10 |
The center shall not serve food items prepared in a home kitchen at any time, except with a physicians written order for a particular childs special diet | 2023-08-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-79(o) At the time of the inspection there were 2 children with lunches exclusively brought from home. |
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| Licensing 2023-08-10 |
General meal guidelines | 2023-08-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-79 A container of Almond milk was taken to the 2.5yr old room and then returned to the kitchen to be reserved. |
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| Licensing 2023-08-10 |
Child/staff ratios and supervision | 2023-08-11 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-48 2 staff members in the 2.5yr old room left the classroom to go into the foyer/kitchen leaving the classroom without supervision of a caregiver. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
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. | 2023-07-27 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1) 1 Disqualified caregiver (CP) working without fingerprints on file with the division.1 Unqualified caregiver (SS) working with an expired fingerprints on file with the division.Send notification of consent form submission to consultant. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | 2023-07-27 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-100 Upon consultant arrival the Kitchen was unlocked and accessible to children with items labeled Keep out of Reach of Children; dial soap and glasstop cleaner accessible under the sink behind a child deterrent. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: All anchoring devices for playground equipment shall be installed four (4) inches below the playing surface | 2023-07-28 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-66(3) The slide had 2 missing anchors and the other anchors were not installed four (4) inches below the playing surface. The teeter-totter anchors were not installed four (4) inches below the playing surface. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
Kitchen and food preparation areas | 2023-08-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-116 Fridge thermometer read 48 degrees F and the Freezer read 8 degrees F at the time of inspection. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
General meal guidelines | 2023-07-27 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-79 In Cafe B there were 4 water bottles without covers. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
Bathrooms | 2023-08-07 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-113 Bathroom sinks in the 4's and 3's area need to be sealed to the wall. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
Building maintenance | 2023-08-04 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-99 In Cafe B, 3A, and 3B rooms there is paint peeling. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
Playground and Outdoor Safety | 2023-08-01 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-66 Documentation of CPSC certification for the slide and the teeter-totter playground equipment was not available at the time of inspection. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: The center shall install a shock absorbing surface with required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment | 2023-07-28 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-66(6) The shock absorbing surface was not within the required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-27 |
An applicant shall, at no expense to the state, submit:(1) the necessary information, forms, or consents; and(2) the applicant fingerprints;for a national criminal history background check by the FederalBureau of Investigation. | 2023-07-27 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(d) 1 Disqualified caregiver (CP) working without a consent form on file with the division.1 Unqualified caregiver (KT) working with an expired consent form on file with the division.Send notification of consent form submission to consultant. |
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| Licensing 2022-08-04 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | 2022-08-09 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-100 In the Cafe B room there was a purse on a chair accessible to children.In the downstairs 3's room there was a purse on a low shelf accessible to children. Main bathroom had handsoap on the sink and deoderant in a low drawer labeled Keep out of reach of children accessible to children.4's bathroom had handsoap labeled keep out of reach of children and a purse on a low shelf in the closet accessible to children. |
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| Licensing 2022-08-04 |
Building maintenance | 2022-08-09 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-99 In the 3's room downstairs the plastic floor covering is torn, tripping hazard. |
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