where a kid can be a kid - Gary IN Licensed Home

, GARY IN 46404
(219) 805-5558

About the Provider

Description: where a kid can be a kid is a Licensed Home in GARY IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Twelve. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Program and Licensing Details

  • Capacity: 12
  • Age Range: Infant-Twelve
  • PTQ Level: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: 2023-10-01
  • 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
2024-04-24
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
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1)
Two kids physical forms did not have a signature.
Licensing
2024-04-24
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
Type of correction needed: IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(a)(1)
One caregiver did not have a drug screen in the file.
Licensing
2024-04-24
The licensee shall maintain the following documentation in the child care home for review by the COFC: Documentation of certification of a current first aid course, training in Universal Precautions, and annual CPR certification by direct child care providers
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5)
Verification of current Universal Precautions is needed for the licensee.
Licensing
2024-04-24
Direct child care providers who work in the home more than three (3) times a month and all members of the household having direct contact with children receiving care shall have an initial physical examination by a physician or certified nurse practitioner indicating that they are free from communicable disease, have no physical or other condition which would endanger the health or welfare of children in care, and have an annual Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a)
One caregiver did have a physical or a TB test in the file.
Licensing
2023-09-21
The caregiver shall have stairways guarded by a gate or closed door. 2023-09-21
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.2-4(a)
There was not a gate in front of the basement stairwell.
Licensing
2023-03-16
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 2023-03-16
Type of correction needed: 470 IAC 3-1.1-46(l)
A smoke detector is needed at the top of the basement stairwell.

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