Description: Little Thinkers Growing Minds is a Licensed Home in FORT WAYNE IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-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 2021-05-12 |
The licensee shall maintain the following documentation in the child care home for review by the COFC: Documentation of criminal history checks on employees, volunteers, and all household members who are at least eighteen (18) years of age | |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3) Consent from not submitted for staff on premises. |
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Licensing 2021-05-04 |
A licensee that cares for children who are less than twelve (12) months of age shall: ensure that all caregivers of children who are less than twelve (12) months of age follow safe sleeping practices. | 2021-05-04 |
Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.7(a)(2) Child under 12 months old asleep in swing. 10 months old |
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Licensing 2021-05-04 |
Licensee shall provide a separate crib, portacrib, or playpen in which each infant or toddler can sleep. Each crib, portacrib, or playpen shall be equipped with a firm-fitting mattress or pad made of waterproof materials. A parent or legal guardian may provide or approve the use of a bassinet for an infant and is responsible along with the caregiver to monitor its use closely. (Manufacturers of bassinets indicate that a bassinet should no longer be used once an infant begins moving and turning unassisted.) | 2021-05-04 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.2-5(a) Child under 12 months old asleep in swing with blanket. 10 months old. |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
Direct child care providers who work in the home more than three (3) times a month and all members of the household having direct contact with children receiving care shall have an initial physical examination by a physician or certified nurse practitioner indicating that they are free from communicable disease, have no physical or other condition which would endanger the health or welfare of children in care, and have an annual Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray | 2020-10-06 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a) No physical in provider file |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies | 2020-10-05 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1) Cleaning chemicals accessible under sink |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
The licensee shall ensure that no conditions exist in the home or on the grounds where child care services are provided that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children | 2020-10-05 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a) No hot water in bathroom at sink or tub. Hot water at kitchen sink working. |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
Direct child care providers, including volunteers, shall receive training in the following within thirty (30) days of starting employment or volunteer work: Procedures for preventing, detecting, and reporting suspected child abuse and neglect | 2020-10-05 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(b)(3) Child abuse and neglect training missing in provider file |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
Student assistants and volunteers shall work under the direct supervision of a caregiver and shall not be left in charge of a child care home | 2020-10-05 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-33(c) Health and safety training modules 1, 2, & 3 missing in provider file. |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
The caregiver shall maintain and make available verification of the following: Annual Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray for direct child care providers and all family members over eighteen (18) years of age | 2020-10-05 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) No current TB test in provider file |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
The assistant caregiver shall work under the direct supervision of the caregiver. If an assistant caregiver under twenty-one (21) years of age is left in charge of a child care home, the parent must be notified in writing. | 2020-10-05 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-33(b) Health and safety training modules 1, 2, & 3 missing in provider file. |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
Written plan of evacuation for the child care home in case of emergency | 2020-10-05 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(14) Health and safety training modules 1, 2, & 3 missing in provider file. |
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Licensing 2020-10-05 |
The licensee shall maintain the following documentation in the child care home for review by the COFC: Documentation of certification of a current first aid course, training in Universal Precautions, and annual CPR certification by direct child care providers | 2020-10-05 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5) CPR for provider not in file |
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