LICENSED GROUP
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Kindercare
Cottage Grove, WI
· Dane County
1020 N Windsor Ave,
Cottage Grove, WI 53527
Quick Facts
Capacity
130 children
Age Range
6 wks - 11 yrs 11 mo
Type of Care
Full Time. Before School Care provided. After School Care provided.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
YoungStar Rating
2
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Licensed LICENSED GROUP
Active License
License Number
2006021
License Holder
April Carter
Licensed Since
2022
License Issued
Jan 1, 2022
Issued By
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
District Office
Wisconsin Dept of Children and Families (DCF) - Child Care Regulation and Licensing
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About the Provider
KINDERCARE is a LICENSED GROUP in Cottage Grove WI, with a maximum capacity of 130 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 wks - 11 yrs 11 mo. It is open Monday - Friday, 06:30 AM-06:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Tuesday06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Wednesday06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Thursday06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Friday06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Violation Date | Rule Number | Rule Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-08-20 | Fingerprints not completed for the following individuals: Individual 001 | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)2. - Staff Record - Completed Background Check | ||
| 2026-07-28 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-07-28 | The washrooms were not in sanitary condition when a toilet in the discovery classroom was visibly dirty and had a ring of residue and caked on toilet paper in the bowl. The toilet in the school age classroom had feces and a ring of dark residue in it. In addition, there was a puddle of urine on the floor of the school age bathroom near the sink. The school age bathroom had a strong odor of urine. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(10)(dm)1. - Washrooms - Sanitary Conditions | ||
| 2026-07-28 | There were no paper towels for children to access in the discovery bathroom or school age bathroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(10)(f) - Bathroom Supplies | ||
| 2026-07-28 | During the monitoring visit, a staff member was observed preparing food without wearing a hairnet, cap, or ponytail. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(9)(g)1.b. - Meal Preparation Staff - Clothing, Hair Restraints | ||
| 2026-07-28 | The center did not provide sufficient outdoor play equipment when, during the monitoring visit, most of the children were outside on a playground with one climber and no other play equipment to choose from. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(3)(b)3. - Equipment - Quantity For Outdoors | ||
| 2026-07-28 | The pages in the infant room's medical log book were not numbered. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)1. - Medical Log Book | ||
| 2026-07-28 | A page in the infant room's medical log book was torn and the bottom half was missing. In addition, lines were skipped between entries in the log book. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)2. - Medical Log - Pages & Entries | ||
| 2026-07-28 | The center did not record an injury received by a child while in the center's care when an injury that occurred in the infant room on June 15, 2026, was not logged in the medical log book. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)3.b. - Medical Log - Injury In Care | ||
| 2026-07-28 | The infant room's medical log book and the office medication log book were not reviewed by the director or the director's designee within the past 6 months as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)4. - Medical Log - Reviewing Injury Records | ||
| 2026-05-21 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-05-21 | Fingerprints not completed for the following individuals: Individual 001 | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)2. - Staff Record - Completed Background Check | ||
| 2026-05-12 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-05-12 | Based on staff interviews, a parent was not notified of an injury when a child was bitten at the center but the staff didn't notify the parents about the incident. The parent called the school and notified the center about the injury. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(4)(a)3. - Parent Notification - Minor Injury | ||
| 2026-05-12 | Each child was not supervised to prevent harm and ensure safety when, based on staff interviews, there have been several incidents of a child getting injured by other children. Some of these incidents were unknown to the assigned classroom teacher until another staff member or parent pointed them out. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) - Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2026-02-20 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-02-20 | Fingerprints not completed for the following individuals: Individual 001 | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)2. - Staff Record - Completed Background Check | ||
| 2026-02-03 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-02-03 | Several children were napping on cots without sheets on them as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(4)(d) - Naps Or Rest Periods - Individual Bedding | ||
| 2026-02-03 | Seven children were present in the infant room during the visit, but only 2 children had an intake form in the classroom as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(b) - Infant & Toddler - Location & Sharing Intake Information | ||
| 2025-11-03 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-11-03 | The center did not follow the personnel policies submitted to the department when, based on staff interviews, staff members still have to report to work when they are ill until another staff member is able to cover them. This can take up to several hours. The policy submitted to the department by the center states that staff should stay home when they are ill and inform their manager as soon as possible. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(h)2. — Policy Submitted & Implemented - Personnel | ||
| 2025-11-03 | Based on staff interviews, staff members with illnesses are required to report to work until someone else can cover for them. In some cases, this can take several hours. During the visit, a staff member stated that she wasn't feeling well but had still been at the center for approximately 4 hours until someone could cover for her. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(k)1. - Contact With Person - Illness, Communicable Disease | ||
| 2025-11-03 | The premises was not in good repair when, based on staff interviews, the light switches for the hallway and front office area are not working and have not worked for several months. The lights have to be operated via a breaker panel in a utility room. According to staff, the panel has also sparked when the lights were being turned on. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(gm) - Premises - Well Drained, Clean, In Good Repair | ||
| 2025-11-03 | The center did not follow the personnel policies submitted to the department when, based on staff interviews, staff members still have to report to work when they are ill until another staff member is able to cover them. This can take up to several hours. The policy submitted to the department by the center states that staff should stay home when they are ill and inform their manager as soon as possible. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(h)2. - Policy Submitted & Implemented - Personnel | ||
| 2025-09-23 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-09-23 | The premises was not in good repair when, during the licensing visit, no lights were on in the front office area and hallways. Staff stated that the lights in the building have to be operated by a breaker panel in a utility room and they don't work via the light switches. The light switches have not been working for at least a month according to staff statements. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(gm) - Premises - Well Drained, Clean, In Good Repair | ||
| 2025-08-19 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-08-19 | Dry foods were not stored in zip-close bags or food grade plastic containers with tight lids when several bags with dry foods were in the original bags and rolled or taped shut. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(9)(d)2.a. - Food Storage - Dry Food | ||
| 2025-08-19 | Each child was not provided with an individually identified sheet when none of the children in the Preschool classroom had sheets on their cots during nap time. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(4)(d) - Naps Or Rest Periods - Individual Bedding | ||
| 2025-02-21 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-02-21 | Fingerprints not completed for the following individuals: Individual 001 | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)2. - Staff Record - Completed Background Check | ||
| 2025-02-03 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2024-09-25 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2024-09-25 | Staff C did not have documentation of educational qualifications on file as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)4.d. - Staff Record - Educational Qualifications | ||
| 2024-09-25 | Staff C did not have documentation of an orientation on file as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)8. - Staff Record - Orientation | ||
| 2024-09-25 | Staff A and B did not have documentation of training in CPR within the prior two years as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(c) - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training | ||
| 2024-09-25 | Staff C was working alone in a classroom during the visit without the required documentation of qualifications for a lead teacher. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)1. - Assistant Child Care Teacher - Supervision | ||
| 2024-09-25 | In the two-year-old classroom, no soap was accessible to the children to use for washing their hands as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(10)(f) - Bathroom Supplies | ||
| 2024-09-25 | Emergency plans were not practiced monthly as required when no fire or tornado drills were completed during the month of August. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(3)(b)2. - Emergencies - Practice Written Plans | ||
| 2024-09-25 | Staff A and C were working alone with children under age two without documentation of the required training in infant and toddler care. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(e) - Infant & Toddler - Provider Training | ||
| 2024-07-10 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2024-07-10 | The results of the most recent monitoring visit, which was conducted on February 28, 2024, were not posted as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(L)1.a. — Monitoring Results Posted | ||
| 2024-07-10 | The staff file for Staff B was not available for review at the center when it could not be located during the licensing visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a) — Staff Record - Maintenance & Availability | ||
| 2024-07-10 | Staff B did not have documentation of a completed child care background check as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)2. — Staff Record - Completed Background Check | ||
| 2024-07-10 | Staff B and C did not have documentation of their educational qualifications as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)4.d. — Staff Record - Educational Qualifications | ||
| 2024-07-10 | Staff B and C did not have documentation of their high school diploma as required. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)5. — Staff Record - High School Diploma | ||
| 2024-07-10 | An assistant teacher was not working under the supervision of a child care teacher with a group of children when an attendance review showed that Staff B and C, who are not qualified as child care teachers, had worked alone with children several times during one week. In addition, Staff C was working alone with four children during the monitoring visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(g)1. — Assistant Child Care Teacher - Supervision | ||
| 2024-07-10 | Each child was not supervised to prevent harm and ensure safety when, during the licensing visit, a four-year-old child was observed climbing and standing on a table and several shelves, pinching and hitting other children, and attempting to run out of the classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) — Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2024-07-10 | An attendance review showed that Staff B and C had worked alone in infant and toddler classrooms several times during one week, but did not have the required documentation of training in infant and toddler care. In addition, Staff C was working alone in the infant classroom during the monitoring visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(e) — Infant & Toddler - Provider Training | ||
| 2024-07-10 | Child care workers did not respond promptly to a crying child's needs when, during the licensing visit, several infants could be heard crying for several minutes from down the hallway. Upon entering the infant classroom, one child was observed crying on the floor and another was observed crying in a crib, while the staff member was observed sitting in a chair and looking at her phone. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(2)(a) — Infant & Toddler - Responding To Crying Children | ||
| 2024-02-28 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
| 2024-01-29 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
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