Luv-n-kare - South Bend IN Licensed Home

, SOUTH BEND IN 46619
(269) 303-3389

About the Provider

Description: LUV-N-KARE is a Licensed Home in SOUTH BEND 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.

Additional Information: PTQ 1; PTQ 1; PTQ 1; PTQ 1;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 71-201814
  • Capacity: 12
  • Age Range: Infant-Twelve
  • PTQ Level: 1
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2023-01-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2024-12-31
  • 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
2022-11-17
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 2022-12-01
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a)
Cleaning chemicals acessible in children's bathroom cabinet -lock on door not functional
Licensing
2020-01-23
A child care home shall, at no expense to the state, maintain and make available to the division upon request a copy of drug testing results for: the provider 2020-02-07
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1)
No drug test in files for Licensee and household member
Licensing
2020-01-23
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 2020-01-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1)
Staff member with expired TB
Licensing
2020-01-23
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies 2020-01-24
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1)
Cleaning chemicals stored unlocked under kitchen sink, under bathroom sink, and bathroom cabinet. Staff member moved items under kitchen sink to basement.
Licensing
2020-01-23
Enrollment form for each child receiving services which shall include the following: Childs name and date of birth 2020-02-07
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(6)(a)
Two children missing birth certificates and one birth certificate consent form
Licensing
2020-01-23
Licensee shall provide electrical or battery-operated smoke detector that is installed to manufacturers specifications and is located and adjusted to operate reliably in case of smoke in any part of the child care home, including not less than one (1) smoke detector at the top of each stairway and adjacent to all sleeping areas. The alarm should be loud enough to alert all occupants in the child care home 2020-01-24
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(l)
No smoke detector at the top of basement stairs
Licensing
2020-01-23
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 2020-02-01
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a)
Insulation and heating vents exposed in child play space
Licensing
2020-01-23
Annual vaccination records for animals subject to rabies. 2020-01-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(12)
No current rabies vaccination on file for dog
Licensing
2020-01-23
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 2020-01-29
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a)
Staff member and household member with no physical on file
Licensing
2018-10-11
The maximum capacity in a Class I child care home shall be twelve (12) children at any one (1) time plus three (3) children during the school year who are enrolled in at least Grade 1. The addition of three (3) school age children may not occur during a break in the school year that exceeds four (4) weeks 2018-12-04
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-36.5(a)
15 children present at time of inspection
Licensing
2018-10-11
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 2018-11-28
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a)
No proof of safe sleep training on file for four caregivers
Licensing
2018-10-11
A child care home shall, at no expense to the state, maintain and make available to the division upon request a copy of drug testing results for: the provider 2018-11-28
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1)
No proof of drug screen for two caregivers
Licensing
2018-10-11
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 2018-11-28
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(b)(3)
No proof of abuse/neglect on file for two caregivers
Licensing
2018-10-11
Direct child care providers, including volunteers, shall receive training in the following within thirty (30) days of starting employment or volunteer work: Confidential treatment of personal information about children in care and their families 2018-11-28
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(b)(2)
No proof of training on file for two caregivers and one caregiver doesn't have module 1 & 3
Licensing
2018-10-11
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 2018-11-28
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5)
No proof of current CPR on file for two caregivers

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