LICENSED GROUP
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Miles Of Smiles Childcare Center
Milwaukee, WI
· Milwaukee County
4527 W Center St,
Milwaukee, WI 53210
Quick Facts
Capacity
34 children
Age Range
2 wks - 13 yrs
Type of Care
Full Time. Before School Care provided. After School Care provided.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
YoungStar Rating
2
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Licensed LICENSED GROUP
Active License
License Number
2004410
License Holder
Tanisha Watkins
Licensed Since
2019
License Issued
Feb 25, 2019
Issued By
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
District Office
Wisconsin Dept of Children and Families (DCF) - Child Care Regulation and Licensing
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About the Provider
MILES OF SMILES CHILDCARE CENTER is a LICENSED GROUP in Milwaukee WI, with a maximum capacity of 34 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 wks - 13 yrs. It is open Monday - Friday, 06:00 AM-11:59 PM; Saturday - Sunday, 6:00AM - 11:59PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Nighttime care available. 2 Stars 2 Stars 2 Stars 2 Stars
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:00 AM-11:59 PM
- Tuesday06:00 AM-11:59 PM
- Wednesday06:00 AM-11:59 PM
- Thursday06:00 AM-11:59 PM
- Friday06:00 AM-11:59 PM
- Saturday 6:00AM - 11:59PM
- Sunday 6:00AM - 11:59PM
Inspection/Report History
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| Violation Date | Rule Number | Rule Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of complete enrollment information consisting of the full names of the child's parents was not observed for Child 4, Child 5 and Child 6. Documentation of a person to be notified when a parent cannot be reached was not observed for Child 4. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)1. - Child Record - Enrollment Information | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of complete health history was not observed for Child 6 who was identified as having a medical condition. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)6. - Child Record - Health History | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of complete personal information was not observed for Staff A and Staff D. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)1. - Staff Record - Personal Information | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of physical examination completed within 30 days of the person's date of hire was not observed for Staff A, Staff B, Staff D and Staff E. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)3.a. - Staff Record - Physical Examination | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation from the Wisconsin Registry documenting that a person has met the educational qualifications was not observed for Staff C. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)4.a. - Staff Record - Registry Certificate | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of high school diploma or its equivalent was not observed for Staff A and Staff B. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)5. - Staff Record - High School Diploma | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of training on preventing abusive head trauma was not observed for Staff A and Staff B. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(b) - Abusive Head Trauma Prevention Training | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of training in infant and child CPR with the use of AED was not observed for Staff B. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(c) - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of current biennial training on child abuse and neglect reporting requirements was not observed for Staff A and Staff D. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(cm) - Child Abuse & Neglect - Biennial Training | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation that supports an orientation was completed within a person's first week at the center was not observed for Staff E, whose start date was 6/8/2026. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(4)(a) - Staff Orientation - Develop, Implement, Document | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation that staff participated in at least 15 hours of continuing education, annually, was not observed for Staff C and Staff E. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(4)(c)1. - Continuing Education Requirement - Full Time Staff | ||
| 2026-08-05 | The center failed to adhere to a procedure to ensure the number and whereabouts of children in care when 7 children were in care but 5 children were signed in on the tracking in the infant classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(f) - Child Tracking Procedure | ||
| 2026-08-05 | There was bleach solution, on a shelf, and accessible to children in the school-age classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(d) - Access To Materials Potentially Harmful To Children | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Stairs leading downstairs to the school-age classroom were not maintained in a safe condition when there was trash on the steps. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(g) - Stairs, Walks, Ramps, Porches - Safety | ||
| 2026-08-05 | The school-age classroom's floor was littered with paper, Styrofoam cup particles and various items. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(gm) - Premises - Well Drained, Clean, In Good Repair | ||
| 2026-08-05 | A lit exit in the school age classroom was blocked by a shelving unit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(4)(d) - Exits & Passageways - Unobstructed, Minimum Width | ||
| 2026-08-05 | The refrigerator in the kitchen was not maintained in a clean and sanitary manner when there was a pool of orange liquid spilled at the bottom of the refrigerator. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(9)(a)2. - Kitchen Equipment & Utensils - Safe & Sanitary | ||
| 2026-08-05 | There was an open jug of apple juice, labeled "refrigerate after opening," on a shelf in the school age classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(9)(c)1. - Safe Food | ||
| 2026-08-05 | The freezer, in the kitchen, was not maintained at 0 degrees or lower and was observed at 10 degrees during the monitoring visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(9)(d)1.b. - Food Storage - Refrigeration Units | ||
| 2026-08-05 | The center failed to use a highchair in accordance with all manufacturer's instructions and recommendations when a child under the age of one years old was sitting, unbuckled, in a highchair, which may affect the safety of the child. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(3)(a)5. - Indoor Equipment - Intended Use | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Cots were not stored and maintained in a clean and sanitary manner when cots were uncovered and had tears, in the school-age classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(4)(e) - Naps Or Rest Periods - Bedding Maintenance, Storage, Cleanliness | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Documentation of changes in a child's development and routines every three months was not observed for a child in the infant classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(c) - Infant & Toddler - Documenting Changes In Development | ||
| 2025-10-01 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-10-01 | Staff failed to document days and hours worked, and in which classroom, when the person was included in the staff-to-child ratio when 3 staff were signed into one classroom, though 2 staff were present, and 1 staff was signed into another class but 2 staff were present while included in the staff-to-child ratio. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)6. - Staff Record - Days & Hours Worked | ||
| 2025-10-01 | The department was not provided unrestricted access to the child care center when during an attempt to investigate a complaint no one responded to multiple knocks on the front door and classroom windows, the doorbell, telephone calls to the center or when staff agreed to open the door but did not. | Violation |
| Description: 251.12(2)(a) - Department Access To Center | ||
| 2025-08-11 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2025-08-11 | Documentation of parent/guardian contact information was not observed for Child 5. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)1. - Child Record - Enrollment Information | ||
| 2025-08-11 | Documentation of written consent from the parent for emergency medical care or treatment was not observed for Child 5. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)2. - Child Record - Emergency Medical Consent | ||
| 2025-08-11 | Documentation of field trip/off site activity participation/transportation parental authorization was incomplete for Child 5. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)4. - Child Record - Field Trip Authorization | ||
| 2025-08-11 | Documentation of complete health history to include signs and symptoms and action steps was not observed for Child 2. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)6. - Child Record - Health History | ||
| 2025-08-11 | The center failed to maintain accurate daily attendance when 2 children were signed in to the infant classroom, though 3 children were present during the monitoring visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) - Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
| 2025-08-11 | Documentation of compliance with continuing education requirements was not observed for Staff A and Staff C. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)7. - Staff Record - Continuing Education | ||
| 2025-08-11 | Each child was not supervised by a child care worker who was within sight and sound of the children when there were no staff in the infant classroom when licensing specialist arrived. The center failed to provide supervision of a child when the child was observed walking between classrooms independently. A child care worker did not ensure the safety of the child when a child was observed eating plastic. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(a) - Supervision Of Children | ||
| 2025-08-11 | Per staff interview, at least one child care teacher did not supervise each group of children when one staff was supervising both the infant and preschool classrooms, while a teacher left the building on an errand. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(b) - Supervision - Teacher Per Group Of Children | ||
| 2025-08-11 | The center failed too implement and adhere to a procedure to ensure the whereabouts of a child in care are known to an assigned child care worker at all times, when staff did not know the whereabouts of a child in care and asked Licensing Specialist of the location of the child. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(f) - Child Tracking Procedure | ||
| 2025-08-11 | A child care worker was not within sight or sound of each group of sleeping children when preschool room staff left the classroom to attend to a crying infant in the in the infant classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(g)1. - Naptime - Staff-To-Child Ratio Supervision | ||
| 2025-08-11 | Staff-to-child ratios were not maintained in the center during naptime when one teacher was supervising both the infant and preschool classrooms during naptime. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(2)(g)2. - Naptime - Staff-To-Child Ratio Persons In The Center | ||
| 2025-08-11 | There was peroxide and fingernail polish remover on a shelf and accessible to children in the school-age classroom. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(d) - Access To Materials Potentially Harmful To Children | ||
| 2025-08-11 | Radon gas levels testing was not completed prior to September 1, 2023. Per staff interview, radon testing results were not yet available at the time of the monitoring visit. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(2)(p)1.b. - Radon - Testing, Current Providers | ||
| 2025-08-11 | The exit in the toddler classroom was obstructed by a child sleeping on a cot. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(4)(d) - Exits & Passageways - Unobstructed, Minimum Width | ||
| 2025-08-11 | An infant swing was not used in accordance to the manufacturer's instructions of placing on the floor and never on an elevated surface, when the swing was placed inside of a pack n' play with a child inside the swing. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(3)(a)5. - Indoor Equipment - Intended Use | ||
| 2025-08-11 | A child over one years old was observed sleeping, in a pack n' play, with a bottle in their mouth. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(3)(a)11. - Infant & Toddler - Care During Feeding | ||
| 2024-09-19 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2024-09-19 | The noncompliance form was not posted in a visible area. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(2)(L)1.a. - Monitoring Results Posted | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The health history form for child #1 was not signed by the parent. The health history form for child #2 was missing page 2. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)6. — Child Record - Health History | ||
| 2024-09-19 | There were 3 children in the infant room and only two children signed in on the attendance records. There were 5 children in the two year old room and only 4 children were signed in attendance sheet. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(b) - Current, Accurate Daily Attendance Record | ||
| 2024-09-19 | Staff A did not have documentation of a completed health report on file. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)3.a. - Staff Record - Physical Examination | ||
| 2024-09-19 | Staff A did not have documentation of high school diploma on file. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(2)(a)5. - Staff Record - High School Diploma | ||
| 2024-09-19 | Staff A did not have documentation of CPR training in staff file. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(c) - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training | ||
| 2024-09-19 | Staff A and staff B C did not have documentation of Child Abuse and Neglect training in staff file. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(3)(cm) - Child Abuse & Neglect - Biennial Training | ||
| 2024-09-19 | Staff C did not have documentation of a completed orientation form on file. | Violation |
| Description: 251.05(4)(a) - Staff Orientation - Develop, Implement, Document | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The tracking forms were not kept in the classrooms with the children. | Violation |
| Description: 251.055(1)(f) - Child Tracking Procedure | ||
| 2024-09-19 | Violation | |
| Description: 251.06(2)(gm) - Premises - Well Drained, Clean, In Good Repair | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The smoke detector was chirping and not in proper working order. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(4)(j)2. - Fire Alarms & Smoke Detectors - Maintenance | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The microwave was dirty/unsanitary and not in proper working order. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(9)(a)2. - Kitchen Equipment & Utensils - Safe & Sanitary | ||
| 2024-09-19 | There were open hotdogs and cheese in the refrigerator without an open date. | Violation |
| Description: 251.06(9)(c)1. - Safe Food | ||
| 2024-09-19 | There was no menu posted in the kitchen. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(5)(a)5.a. - Menus - Post | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The medical log book was not reviewed every six months. Last log was dated 2-14-2024. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)4. — Medical Log - Reviewing Injury Records | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The intake under two forms were not updated every three months as needed. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(c) - Infant & Toddler - Documenting Changes In Development | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The intake under two forms were not kept in the classroom with the children. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(d) - Infant & Toddler - Assignment To Room & Caregiver | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The changing pad had rips/tears and was not an easily cleanable surfaces. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(4)(a)3. - Infant & Toddler - Diaper Changing Surface Disinfection | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The health history form for child #1 was not signed by the parent. The health history form for child #2 was missing page 2. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)6. - Child Record - Health History | ||
| 2024-09-19 | The medical log book was not reviewed every six months. Last log was dated 2-14-2024. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(6)(dm)4. - Medical Log - Reviewing Injury Records | ||
| 2024-06-03 | No Violations found *** | Licensing |
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