LaPetite Academy - Mishawaka IN Licensed Center

130 East Catalpa Drive , Mishawaka IN 46545
(574) 255-3701

About the Provider

Description: In the simplest terms, La Petite Academy provides educational child care. But our commitment to kids doesn’t stop there. We are passionate about providing your children with the tools they need to be successful in all aspects of their lives.

Additional Information: Number Of Infants Licensed: 8; Number Of Toddler Licensed: 10; PTQ Level 4;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 12240
  • Capacity: 117
  • 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: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2022-07-01
  • 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
2024-04-23
Prior to having direct contact with children or food, the following training or information shall be provided to all staff and volunteers according to the specific responsibilities assigned to that particular staff member or volunteer: Training in universal precautions. A person trained annually in universal precautions shall repeat this training annually for all child care staff and include the following topics: Blood borne diseases and their transmission, work practice controls, and the use of personal protective equipment as required by the OSHA and ISDH
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a)
One staff file missing updated universal percautions training
Licensing
2024-04-23
Records, kept at the child care center, shall document the following for all current staff, substitutes, and volunteers: Verification that staff is free of tuberculosis within thirty (30) days of employment and annually thereafter
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-41(a)(7)
Two staff files missing updated tb test results
Licensing
2024-04-23
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 orientation training documentation
Licensing
2024-04-23
Records, kept at the child care center, shall document the following for all current staff, substitutes, and volunteers: An annual written evaluation of the employees performance
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-41(a)(5)
Three staff files missing annual evaluation documentation
Licensing
2024-04-23
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: There shall be no accessible protrusions, projections, pinch, crush, or shearing points on equipment that could injure children or catch their clothing
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-66(11)
Fallen tree present on playground that has taken down a section of fencing. Cracks in pavement are large -tripping hazard.
Licensing
2024-04-23
All items in the restroom must be sanitizable
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n)
Items stored in toddler bathroom and twos bathroom not related to bathroom or sanitizable -toys, cloth bins, broom/dust pan, etc.
Licensing
2024-04-23
All caregivers and other persons counted in child/staff ratios shall have training in basic first aid as follows: Except as stated in subdivision (1), training for all other staff shall be completed within six (6) months of employment and at least every three (3) years thereafter
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-33(2)
One staff file missing first aid training documentation
Licensing
2023-06-29
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: Written verification of a physical examination by a physician or nurse practitioner that provides evidence that there is no known communicable disease in an infectious state or physical or mental conditions which could affect their ability to perform assigned duties in the child care center
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-85(1)
staff hire date 8/15/2022 KH assisting in schoolage room no physical in file.
Licensing
2023-06-29
In-service staff training
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-35
staff KH date of hire 8/15/22 missing module 2,3,4
Licensing
2023-06-29
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)
staff hire date 8/15/2022 KH assisting in schoolage room no TB in file.
Licensing
2023-06-29
Staff shall obtain accurate head counts of children and staff in the event of evacuations or drills at the child care center
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-92(d)
at time of inspection schoolagers were getting ready for a field trip staff stated 20 children present. However, there were 19 children present.
Licensing
2023-02-21
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. 2023-01-31
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3(d)
One staff member with expired fingerprints
Licensing
2022-05-06
Parents may supply filled bottles as follows: The bottle shall be labeled with the childs name and date prepared 2022-05-13
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-135(k)(3)
Baby bottles in fridge not labeled with date or time prepared.
Licensing
2022-05-06
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 2022-05-13
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100(f)
Quat, hand soap, lotion, and teacher purses in toddler room acessible to children in diaper changing table and unlocked teacher cabinet. Teacher cabinets in multiple classrooms unlocked with teacher purses, hand soap, hand sanitizers, shaving cream and other items labeled "Keep out of Reach of Children" acessible. Laundry room unlocked with laundry detergent acessible.
Licensing
2022-05-06
All items in the restroom must be sanitizable 2022-05-13
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n)
Bolt caps missing on toilets in multiple bathrooms.

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