Little Friends Learn and Play - IN Licensed Home

, IN 46360
(219) 561-4959

About the Provider

Description: Little Friends Learn and Play is a Licensed Home in IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Fourteen. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Program and Licensing Details

  • Capacity: 12
  • Age Range: Infant-Fourteen
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: Apr 01, 2021
  • 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
2020-03-17
The licensee shall ensure that the child care home has hot and cold running water and at least one (1) toilet and sink accessible to children on each floor of the home where services are provided. Water from a source other than a regular municipal water supply shall be tested annually for compliance with water quality requirements 2020-05-05
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-47(b)
There was not any verification of an annual water test on file.
Licensing
2019-12-09
Annual vaccination records for animals subject to rabies. 2019-12-09
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(12)
Vaccination records are needed for a dog that is in the home.
Licensing
2019-10-03
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child can participate in the child care homes activities 2019-10-18
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1)
Four children did not have physicals in the file.
Licensing
2019-05-20
The licensee shall provide a protected outdoor play area that is safely enclosed by either a fence or natural boundaries for children in care 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-45(d)
A secure fenced in play area is needed.
Licensing
2019-05-20
Licensee shall provide a two and one-half (2) pound or greater ABC multiple purpose fire extinguisher which shall be located on each floor of the building in which child care services are provided, including an additional extinguisher located in the kitchen area of the child care home 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(m)
The fire extinguisher in the kitchen was not an ABC fire extinguisher.
Licensing
2019-05-20
The child care home must keep a Red Cross First Aid Manual or its equivalent in the child care home 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-44(a)
There was not a first aid manual.
Licensing
2019-05-20
The licensee shall identify the location and operation of the gas, electric, and water shut-offs and keep accessible the gas, electric, and water shut-offs in case of emergency. 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(q)
The gas electric and water shut off's were not labeled.
Licensing
2019-05-20
The licensee shall ensure that the kitchen is equipped with: a sink with hot and cold running water;in operating condition sufficient to accommodate the food requirements of the number of children in care 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-45(f)(3)
The water temperature was 137 degrees. The temperature should be between 100-120 degrees.
Licensing
2019-05-20
The licensee shall notify the local fire department at the time of application or relicensure of the licensed capacity and the hours of operation of the home 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(u)
Fire department needs to be notified.
Licensing
2019-05-20
The licensee shall provide an area for diaper changing with a washable surface on which the infant or toddler may be placed. The diaper changing surface must have waterproof material between the child and the surface of the changing area. This material shall be changed after each use. The diaper changing area shall be sanitized daily and when soiled 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.2-6(a)
A waterproof barrier is needed for the diaper changing area.
Licensing
2019-05-20
Written plan of evacuation for the child care home in case of emergency 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(14)
An evacuation plan was not posted.
Licensing
2019-05-20
The caregiver must maintain a first aid kit (as recommended by the American Red Cross First Aid Manual or its equivalent), including, but not limited to, syrup of ipecac with current date, in the child care home 2019-05-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-44(b)
There was not a first aid kit.

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