Windsor Village West Head Start and Early Head Start - Indianapolis IN Licensed Center

5950 East 23rd Street , Indianapolis IN 46218
(317) 803-4654

About the Provider

Description: Family Development Services is the sole provider of Head Start for Marion and Hamilton counties, and we served more than 2,500 children, and infants last year alone.

Our services are designed to nourish early childhood development and foster long-term learning and social skills through:
Education
Comprehensive health services
Active family involvement
Family support services such as employment counseling, literacy education, and crisis intervention

Additional Information: Number Of Infants Licensed: 8; Number Of Toddler Licensed: 16; Head Start Center; PTQ Level 3;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 14464
  • Capacity: 145
  • Age Range: Infant-Two; Three-Five
  • Achievement and/or Accreditations National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
  • PTQ Level: 4
  • 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
2023-10-20
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. 2023-10-27
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1)
One staff member present with children has expired fingerprints on file.
Licensing
2022-04-06
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 2022-04-04
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-39(b)(1)
During visit it was found that a minor injury report had not been completed or kept in a child's file from a previous minor injury that occurred at the center.
Complaints
2022-03-28
2022-05-17
Type of correction needed: Provider did not inform parents of minor injuries when child was picked up based on 470-IAC 3-4.7-39 regulation.
Licensing
2021-11-03
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. 2021-11-03
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-4-3(d)
In HS 3 - One staff member missing consent to release for this location.
Licensing
2021-11-03
The center shall provide tables and chairs in each child care area as follows: Child-sized chairs made so that when a child sits in a chair their feet touch the ground and their back touches the chair back 2021-11-03
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-111(b)(1)
In EHS 1 an 8 month old was placed in a toddler size chair and was not strapped in and their feet did not touch the ground.
Licensing
2021-11-03
Discarding or reconditioning of unsafe, misbranded, adulterated or contaminated food 2021-11-03
Type of correction needed: 410 IAC 7-24-141
In EHS 2's classroom fridge there were several expired bananas that was blackened
Licensing
2021-11-03
Kitchen and food preparation areas 2021-11-03
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-116
The refrigerators storing milk in the storage room across from the kitchen and the back storage room in kitchen were missing thermometers inside the fridge
Licensing
2021-11-03
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items 2021-11-03
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100
In Gym in unlocked room behind stage were several items labeled "Keep out of Reach of Children" including hand sanitizer and lysol wipesIn EHS 3 under the diaper table behind a child deterrent there were deoderizing cleaning materials labeled "Keep out of Reach of Children"
Licensing
2020-10-22
Building maintenance 2020-10-29
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-99
Rooms 3 & 4: brooms and dustpans stored in bathroom.
Licensing
2020-10-22
Diapering 2020-10-29
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-94
EHS Rooms 1 & 2: diapers not stored in sealed container prior to use.
Licensing
2020-10-22
The center shall use a changing table as follows: The table must be sturdy and sanitizable 2020-10-29
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-94(i)(1)
EHS Room 1: changing pad torn and not santizable.
Licensing
2019-12-06
Kitchen and food preparation areas 2019-12-20
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-116
1 can of mandarin oranges, 1 can of Arrezio spaghetti sauce dented.
Licensing
2019-12-06
The center shall provide hot and cold running water at all hand washing sinks 2019-12-10
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-114(c)
water temperatures at handwashing sinks measured below 100 degrees Fahrenheit: Room 3: 97 degrees F, Hallway bathrooms: 71 degrees F, EHS Room 1: 68 degrees F, EHS Room 2: 69 degrees F. Required temperature range is 100-120 degrees Fahrenheit, for effective hand washing with non-scalding water.
Licensing
2019-12-06
Parents may supply filled bottles as follows: Staff shall return all unused bottles daily 2019-12-20
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-135(k)(5)
EHS room 1: 1 infant bottle dated 12/5/19 found in refrigerator.
Licensing
2018-12-04
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items 2019-01-03
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100
Rm 5 Shaving cream accessible to children on top of play kitchen. In the storage room at the end of the EHS hallway door was unlocked and hand sanitizer was accesible.

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