Vigo County Head Start - Terre Haute IN Licensed Center

705 S 5th Street , Terre Haute IN 47807
(812) 232-3917

About the Provider

Description: Vigo County Head Start is a national preschool program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. Vigo County Head Start provides developmentally appropriate preschool activities with a special focus on helping children develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school. Vigo County Head Start is a licensed child care center that provides comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families. The preschool program enrolls children ages 3 – 5. The staff recognizes that the parents are the first and most important teachers of their children. We welcome parent involvement and work as partners with parents to develop a program that best meets the needs of their child. Household income eligibility is based upon 100% of the federal poverty guidelines and children must be 3 years old by August 1st.

Additional Information: Head Start Center; PTQ Level 3;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 125818
  • Capacity: 190
  • Age Range: Three-Five
  • PTQ Level: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2024-01-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2025-12-31
  • 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
2022-11-16
Bathrooms 2022-11-18
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-113
at time of inspection- Classroom 6- has a sink that is not sealed to the wall.Classroom 7- has a sink that is not sealed to the wall.
Licensing
2021-12-07
Poisons, chemicals, and hazardous items 2022-01-03
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-100
Room 1 and Room 2 have a purse accessible to children in a cabinet. Room 3 has ibupfofen accessible to children in a cabinet.
Licensing
2021-12-07
Prior to having direct contact with children or food, the following training or information shall be provided to all staff and volunteers according to the specific responsibilities assigned to that particular staff member or volunteer: Training in universal precautions. A person trained annually in universal precautions shall repeat this training annually for all child care staff and include the following topics: Blood borne diseases and their transmission, work practice controls, and the use of personal protective equipment as required by the OSHA and ISDH 2022-01-31
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a)
One staff has expired universal precautions training.
Licensing
2021-12-07
Childrens admission records 2022-01-31
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-36
One child is missing proof of a birth certificate.
Licensing
2021-01-04
Indoor furnishings 2021-01-15
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-111
The countertop panels in room 103 are coming apart from the counter. There is excess peeling paint in room 103 as well.
Licensing
2021-01-04
Building maintenance 2021-01-15
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-99
The sinks in rooms 104, 103 and 101 have wet, carpet around the sinks with excess residue and grime.
Licensing
2019-12-12
Building maintenance 2020-01-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-99
The soap by the handwashing sinks in room 1 and 2 are leaking on the carpet causing the carpet to be wet and there is soap residue building up. Many of the walls underneath the soap dispensors in most of the classrooms are building up soap residue and needs to be cleaned.
Licensing
2019-12-12
Educational equipment and materials 2020-01-06
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-63
There is a cracked storage bucket with jagged edges in room 3
Licensing
2018-12-18
Educational equipment and materials 2018-12-19
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-63
The chalkboard wooden boards on the playground have a screw plate that has come loose from the board. There are at least three screws exposed. There is a plastic white fence panel that is attached to the tall playground set. It is missing one screw which is causing the panel to be loose.
Licensing
2018-12-18
Building maintenance 2018-12-19
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-99
There are two rugs in the part time classroom that needs to have their tape replaced. In the classroom that is next to the part time classroom, one rug needs its tape replaced as well.
Licensing
2018-12-18
Electrical safety 2018-12-19
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-4.7-101
There is an outlet in room 101 that has a gap between the wall and the outlet plate. It needs to be secure to the wall and no space in between the outlet cover and the wall is allowed.

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