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Safe Haven Academy, II
Griffith, IN
· Lake County
1234 Broad Street,
Griffith, IN 46319
Quick Facts
Capacity
86 children
Age Range
Infant-Twelve
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
PTQ Level
4
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Licensed Licensed Center
Active License
License Issued
Jul 1, 2025
Active Through
Jun 30, 2028
Issued By
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Accreditation
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
District Office
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration - Bureau of Child Care
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About the Provider
Safe Haven Academy, II is a Licensed Center in Griffith IN, with a maximum capacity of 86 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of Infant-Twelve. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM-10:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:00 AM-10:00 PM
- Tuesday6:00 AM-10:00 PM
- Wednesday6:00 AM-10:00 PM
- Thursday6:00 AM-10:00 PM
- Friday6:00 AM-10:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2025-05-21 |
3 staff have expired child abuse and neglect prevention training. Two staff missing universal precautions; one staff missing drug screen; and two staff missing first aid. | 2025-05-22 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-41 Staff, substitutes, and volunteer records |
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| Licensing 2025-05-21 |
Infant bottles were not labeled with child's name, date, and time prepped. | 2025-05-22 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-135 Infant Food Preparation and Storage |
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| Licensing 2023-04-18 |
Within thirty (30) days of employment, newly employed staff, volunteers, substitutes, student aides, and any other personnel having direct contact with the children or providing food service shall have the following: Mantoux tuberculin skin test, with results recorded in millimeters, and repeated annually | 2023-04-28 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-85(2) Two staff have expired TB tests (BB and KJ) |
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| Licensing 2023-04-18 |
If a childs physician determines that a child should not have immunizations for medical reasons, the physician shall indicate and update annually these exceptions on the childs health record form | 2023-04-28 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-86(i) Child LH is missing documentation letter from child's doctor regarding immunizations. |
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| Licensing 2023-04-18 |
Birth Certificate documentation | 2023-04-28 |
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Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-2-1(8) Child MS does not have a birth certificate on file. |
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| Licensing 2023-04-18 |
Infant/Toddler Sleeping | 2023-05-23 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 When consultants entered the infant classroom, a caregiver was placing infant girl M (dob 8/16/22, age 7 months, 2 days) on her stomach in her crib. |
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| Licensing 2022-12-05 |
Child/staff ratios and supervision | |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-48 At time of visit, present with children, 1 staff member (MS) did not have a consent or fingerprints on file with the division, making them unqualified and not supervised by a qualified caregiver. |
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| Licensing 2022-12-05 |
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. | |
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Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3(d) At time of visit, present with children, 1 staff member (TW) did not have fingerprints on file with the division, making them unqualified. |
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| Licensing 2022-12-05 |
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. | |
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Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1) At time of visit, present with children, 1 staff member (MS) did not have a consent on file with the division, making them unqualified. |
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| Licensing 2022-11-16 |
Child/staff ratios and supervision | 2022-11-25 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-48 At time of visit, present with children, one staff member did not have consent on file with division, making them unqualified and putting the 3's classroom out of ratio. (M.S) |
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| Licensing 2022-11-16 |
An applicant must submit the necessary information, forms, or consents for the division to: obtain a national criminal history background check on the applicant through the state police department under IC 10-13-3-39 | 2022-11-25 |
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Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-5-3(d)(2)&(e) At time of visit, present with children, one staff member did not have consent on file with division, making them unqualified. (M.S) |
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| Licensing 2022-10-17 |
A licensee that cares for children who are less than twelve (12) months of age shall: complete the training course provided or approved by the division under IC 12-17.2-2-1(10) concerning safe sleeping practices. | 2022-10-17 |
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Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-4.1(a)(1) At time of visit, in the infant classroom there was a infant asleep in a bouncer, upon entering classroom the director introduced the consultant and the teacher did not removed the child and place them in a bed (B.D) |
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| Licensing 2021-03-11 |
Staff orientation | 2021-03-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-32 Three staff are missing consent forms allowing the division to run a criminal history check. The building maintenance person was in the building during operating hours and has not submitted a consent form allowing the division to run a criminal history check. |
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| Licensing 2021-03-11 |
Caregivers shall inform the parent of any important information regarding their child on the day of occurrence | 2021-03-11 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-18(c) The facility did not inform a parent of an incident that occured with a child on the date of occurance. |
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| Licensing 2021-03-11 |
The curriculum and adults interaction shall be responsive to individual differences in ability and interests. Caregivers shall design interactions and activities to develop childrens positive feelings toward learning | 2021-03-26 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-57(c) A caregiver did not immediately intervene during a behavioral incident between two children; he instead choose to record the incident on his phone which did not support a positive learning environment. |
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| Complaints 2021-02-25 |
On the day of occurrence, caregiversshall inform parents of minor injuries when they pick up their child. Minor injury reports shall be kept in the childs individual file or in a separate minor injury reporting file and shall be recorded showing the following: The date and time of the injury | 2022-02-07 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-39(b)(1) Caregivers did not report incident to parents |
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| Complaints 2021-02-25 |
The provider shall maintain the following records and documents at the facility, which shall be made available to the verifying agency upon request: Statewide criminal history checks | 2022-02-07 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-18-19(6) Caregivers missing consent forms |
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| Licensing 2020-10-15 |
Kitchen and food preparation areas | 2020-11-16 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-116 Thermometer not present in the infant room refrigerator |
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| Licensing 2020-10-15 |
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items | 2020-10-15 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100 Hand Sanitizer accessible in School Age room by exit door. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2020-04-06 |
Cots and Cribs | 2020-04-07 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-6(a) No air drying rack present |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2020-04-06 |
Buildings, Grounds, Equipment, Furnishings, Materials and Supplies | 2020-04-07 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-4 No rocking chair present in toddler room. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2020-04-06 |
Food Safety | 2020-04-07 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-5(b) Toddler Room Bathroom:Hole around pipe leading into floor from toilet.Handwashing sink cabinet bottom not sealed/sanitizable. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Food Service | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-5(a) Children's bathroom on main floor last stall toilet paper dispenser is broke and toilet paper is resting on back of toilet. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Food Safety | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-5(b) Upstairs bathroom paper towels resting on counter not dispensed in sanitary manner. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Hygiene | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-5(g) Refrigerator not working at time of consultants visit. No thermometer present inside refrigerator. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Buildings, Grounds, Equipment, Furnishings, Materials and Supplies | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-4 Kitchen lighting does not meet the 70 foot-candle minimum. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Sanitizing Procedures | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 3-4.2-8(c)(2) Classroom work areas do not meet minimum requirement of 50 foot candles. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Plumbing and Sewage Disposal | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-3(b) Bridge tether broken and protruding.Double yellow slide has gap. Red platform next to double yellow slide cracked.Baby swing attached to gymnast bar does not meet cpsc requirements and must be removed.Gaps in protective barrier creates tripping hazard.Large yellow slide cracked at the bottom.Yellow fireman pole loose and wobbles.Swings S hooks gaps are too large.Steering wheel does not meet CPSC guidelines.Rust on playground equipment must be repaired or removed.Gap between ground and red fence.Red garage has pipe sticking out of it with exposed wires. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Cots and Cribs | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-6(a) 3 staff missing completed applications for site. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Diapers | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-6(d) Rodent/bug traps stored on floor in reach of children. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Playground | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 3-4.1-14(a)(2) Written health policy not on site at time of consultant's visit. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Maintenance and Housekeeping | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 3-4.1-13(j)2E Gym:Water spots on 3 ceiling tiles.Vents have dust build up.Several lights out.Kitchen: wall behind handwashing sink not sanitizable.Lower level:Tile by back door cracked.Children bathroom by gym: Door arm broken and hanging down. |
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| Health/Food/Safety/Sanitation 2019-12-17 |
Storage | 2019-12-18 |
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Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.5-5(f) 3 staff missing signed orientation to site. |
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