Summers Playland - Gary IN Licensed Home

, GARY IN 46408
(219) 484-8124

About the Provider

Description: Summers Playland is a Licensed Home in GARY IN, with a maximum capacity of 10 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Fourteen. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Program and Licensing Details

  • Capacity: 10
  • Age Range: Infant-Fourteen
  • 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
2023-11-29
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 2023-11-29
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(l)
There was not a smoke detector at the top of the basement stairwell.
Licensing
2023-11-29
Licensee shall provide a two and one-half (2) pound or greater ABC multiple purpose fire extinguisher which shall be located on each floor of the building in which child care services are provided, including an additional extinguisher located in the kitchen area of the child care home 2023-11-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(m)
The fire extinguishers need to be tagged and inspected.
Licensing
2023-11-29
The caregiver shall conduct and document quarterly fire drills 2023-11-30
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(s)
There was not a fire drill log on file.
Licensing
2022-10-26
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child has had immunizations which are up-to-date for the childs age. 2022-12-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(2)
Two kids did not have immunization records in the file.
Licensing
2022-10-26
Birth Certificate documentation 2022-12-06
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-2-1(8)
Four kids did not have proof of date of birth in the file.
Licensing
2022-10-26
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 2022-12-20
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3)
The licensee consent to release form was expired. A consent to release form is needed for one caregiver.
Licensing
2022-10-26
The licensee shall provide the parent or legal guardian with a written copy of the discipline policy of the child care home 2022-12-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-41(a)
Four kids did not have a signed discipline policy in the file.For kids did not have a suspension and expulsion policy in the file.
Licensing
2022-10-26
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 2022-12-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1)
The licensee and one caregivers TB test was over one year old.
Licensing
2022-10-26
The caregiver shall conduct and document quarterly fire drills 2022-12-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(s)
The fire drills were not documented.
Licensing
2022-10-26
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child can participate in the child care homes activities 2022-12-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1)
Four kids did not have physicals in the file.
Licensing
2021-12-02
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies 2021-12-02
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1)
Lotion and cleaning products labeled keep out of reach of children were accessible in the bathroom.
Licensing
2021-12-02
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 2021-12-02
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3)
A consent to release form needs to be submitted for one caregiver.
Licensing
2021-12-02
Licensee shall provide a two and one-half (2) pound or greater ABC multiple purpose fire extinguisher which shall be located on each floor of the building in which child care services are provided, including an additional extinguisher located in the kitchen area of the child care home 2021-12-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(m)
Two fire extinguishers need to be tagged and inspected.
Licensing
2021-12-02
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 2022-02-01
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1)
There was not a drug screen on file for one household member.
Licensing
2021-12-02
The licensee shall provide a protected outdoor play area that is safely enclosed by either a fence or natural boundaries for children in care 2021-12-02
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-45(d)
The gate on the fence was broken.

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