Description: Safe Haven Academy is a Licensed Center in Hammond IN, with a maximum capacity of 220 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of Infant; Toddler; Two-Twelve. 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 2023-07-31 |
Childrens admission records | 2023-07-31 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-36 At time of visit, 1 student missing doctor/dentist information from file. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-31 |
Child/staff ratios and supervision | 2023-07-31 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-48 At time of visit, 2 staff member present without fingerprints or consents on file with the division. Making them unqualified and not counted in ratio of classrooms. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-31 |
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. | 2023-07-31 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(d) At time of visit, 2 staff present with children, without consent on file with the division. |
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| Licensing 2023-07-31 |
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. | 2023-07-31 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1) At time of visit, 2 staff present with children, without fingerprints on file with the division. |
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| Licensing 2022-09-14 |
The center shall control toilet and bathroom odors by ventilation and sanitation. If a screened window is not present, there shall be mechanical exhaust vents. Existing centers shall have ventilation added if sanitation measures fail to control odors | 2022-10-08 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-113(p) The bathroom in room 2 does not vent. |
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| Licensing 2022-09-14 |
Plumbing system maintained in good repair | 2022-09-15 |
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Type of correction needed:
410 IAC 7-24-324 The plumbing under the sink in room 13 is leaking |
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| Licensing 2022-09-14 |
All items in the restroom must be sanitizable | 2022-09-15 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n) In the room 4 restroom, there are toys in a box and on the floor. In the class 8 restroom, there is a mop and an apron/skirt. All items in restrooms must relate to toileting. |
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| Licensing 2022-09-14 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | 2022-09-15 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-100 In room 2, there is hand sanitizer on the teacher's desk accessible to children. Hand santitizer states keep out of reach of children. |
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| Licensing 2022-03-03 |
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. | 2022-03-03 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1) A cook at the center was working before her consent form came as qualified. Director dismissed her from employment the day it came back as disqualified. |
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| Complaints 2022-02-24 |
Caregivers shall recognize each child as an individual whose personal privacy, choice of activities, and cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds are respected | 2022-03-22 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-57(a) Program not in compliance with employee background check requirements. |
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| Licensing 2022-01-20 |
Child/staff ratios and supervision | 2022-01-21 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-48 The children in room 15 were not supervised by qualified caregivers as neither of the caregivers have current consent forms on file with the division. |
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| Licensing 2022-01-20 |
Records, kept at the child care center, shall document the following for all current staff, substitutes, and volunteers: A statewide limited criminal history check completed by the Indiana state police | 2022-01-21 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-41(a)(3) Seven caregivers working at the time of visit do not have current consent forms on file with the division. Facility applied for covid-19 grant, 4 staff (two working the day of visit) that listed as tested positive do not have current consent forms on file. Facility has a total of 9 staff needing consent forms. |
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| Licensing 2022-01-20 |
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. | 2022-01-21 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1) Two caregivers working at the time of visit do not have fingerprints on file with the division. One of the caregivers listed on grant application does not have a fingerprint on file (she is one of the two working at the time of the visit). |
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| Complaints 2022-01-12 |
Caregivers shall recognize each child as an individual whose personal privacy, choice of activities, and cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds are respected | 2022-03-22 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-57(a) Program not in compliance with employee background check regulations. |
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| Licensing 2021-07-14 |
All caregivers and other persons counted in child/staff ratios shall have training in basic first aid as follows: Basic first aid training shall include rescue breathing and first aid for choking and shall be consistent with basic first aid training developed by the American Red Cross or the National Safety Council for First Aid Training Institute | 2021-07-19 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-4.7-33(3) Several staff members do not have a current first aid certificate in their file. |
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