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Kindergate of Evansville

Child care center · 623 Gum Street, Evansville, IN 47713 · License 170071

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Poor

Capacity 162. InfantThree Paths to QUALITY: Level 3

Violation history (152)

SeverityDateStandard / narrativeCorrected
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-129(a)(2) — The center shall equip each infant room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable rocking chair/glider for each care worker with no more than two (2) rocking chairs/gliders required per room
Room 5's rocking chair has cracks in the seat making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66 — Playground and Outdoor Safety
Woodchips are worn to dirt under the green spinning rider on the preschool playground.		 Yes
4— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(a)(3) — Any person, while on child care center premises, shall not engage in or direct any of the following actions toward children: Cruel, harsh,unusual, humiliating, or frightening methods of discipline, including threatening the use of physical punishment
At time of incident on May 5, 2026, caregivers engaged in behavior that was threatening to child.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(3) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: At least one (1) sanitizable rocking chair/glider. This is not required if all the children in the room are at least twenty-four (24) months of age
Rocking chair surface is not sanitizable in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 — Infant/Toddler Sleeping
One 6 month old girl is a sleep in crib with a bib. One 7 month girl is sleeping in crib while wearing a bib.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 — Infant/Toddler Sleeping
At time of inspection, infant A have one baby asleep on the floor, 2 babies asleep in bouncers, and 1 baby asleep in a baby swing.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66(6) — The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: The center shall install a shock absorbing surface with required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment
Wood chips missing under green spinner on playground.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
Thermometer missing in refrigerator in kitchen and referigerator in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99(c) — The administrator or director is responsible for maintaining all interior and exterior surfaces, including walls, floors, ceilings, equipment, toys, furnishings, and cribs, in a safe condition, free of sharp points or jagged edges, splinters, protruding nails or wires, loose parts, rusty parts, or materials containing poisonous substances
Cabinet doors hanging in Room 9 and 10. Water damage on windowsill in Room 2 and 3. Water damage around smoke alarm and 6 ceiling tiles in hallway. Holes in Drywall behind rocker in Room 9.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-63 — Educational equipment and materials
Room 7 has rips in the front of the blue child's chair making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
The fridge in room 5 is reading 43 degrees F. Tempreatures should be 41 degrees or below.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(4) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable changing table
Room 6 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 7 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 9 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-68 — Playground design
There is standing water under the disk swing. The woodchips under the green saucer are at zero inches. There are cracks in the top of the purple caterpiller that are sharp to the touch. There is a steering wheel with open spokes on the climber on the playground second from the left.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a) — 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
2 staff are missing documentation of annual universal precations training.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n) — All items in the restroom must be sanitizable
Room 1's girls and boys bathrooms are being used as storage. Items including an easel, chairs, puzzles, rolls of newspaper paper.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(3) — 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: The centers child discipline policy
On 8-9-24 one staff member did not follow Center discipline policy by moving a one year old child swiftly by the arm.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-53(f) — After thirty (30) minutes, caregivers shall provide supervised alternate activities for nonsleeping children
On August 8th, 2024 3 one year old children were awake one hour into nap who were not offered an alternative activity.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(b) — Staff shall not associate disciplinary action or rewards with rest
On August 8th at 1:19 pm (Nap time) a one year old child was taken by the arm and moved quickly across the classroom and put on their cot in reaction to child's behaivor.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-100(e) — The center must store cleaning equipment, cleaning agents, aerosol cans, and any other item that states keep out of the reach of children in a place that is inaccessible to children
Room 8 has soft scrub labeled keep out of reach of children in unlocked cabinet.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130 — Toddler Room Furnishings
Room 6 has a cloth cover on teh changing table pad making the pad unsanitizable between children. Room 7 has a cracked changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 10 has a small rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-113 — Bathrooms
Room 6 has all classroom chairs stacked in the bathroom. Bathroom should only have items used for toileting in bathroom.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99 — Building maintenance
On the right side of the bathroom between rooms 2 and 3. There is a crack in the transition beween the floor and wall behind the toilets making the area unsanitizable. Room 11's left most cabinet has a loose hinge making it a pinching hazard. Room 12's cabinet doors closest to the classroom door has broken hinges making it a piching hazard.		 Yes
4— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(a)(3) — Any person, while on child care center premises, shall not engage in or direct any of the following actions toward children: Cruel, harsh,unusual, humiliating, or frightening methods of discipline, including threatening the use of physical punishment
At time of incident on May 5, 2026, caregivers engaged in behavior that was threatening to child.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(3) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: At least one (1) sanitizable rocking chair/glider. This is not required if all the children in the room are at least twenty-four (24) months of age
Rocking chair surface is not sanitizable in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66(6) — The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: The center shall install a shock absorbing surface with required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment
Wood chips missing under green spinner on playground.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
Thermometer missing in refrigerator in kitchen and referigerator in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99(c) — The administrator or director is responsible for maintaining all interior and exterior surfaces, including walls, floors, ceilings, equipment, toys, furnishings, and cribs, in a safe condition, free of sharp points or jagged edges, splinters, protruding nails or wires, loose parts, rusty parts, or materials containing poisonous substances
Cabinet doors hanging in Room 9 and 10. Water damage on windowsill in Room 2 and 3. Water damage around smoke alarm and 6 ceiling tiles in hallway. Holes in Drywall behind rocker in Room 9.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a) — 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
2 staff are missing documentation of annual universal precations training.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
The fridge in room 5 is reading 43 degrees F. Tempreatures should be 41 degrees or below.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(4) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable changing table
Room 6 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 7 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 9 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-68 — Playground design
There is standing water under the disk swing. The woodchips under the green saucer are at zero inches. There are cracks in the top of the purple caterpiller that are sharp to the touch. There is a steering wheel with open spokes on the climber on the playground second from the left.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-63 — Educational equipment and materials
Room 7 has rips in the front of the blue child's chair making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(3) — 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: The centers child discipline policy
On 8-9-24 one staff member did not follow Center discipline policy by moving a one year old child swiftly by the arm.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-53(f) — After thirty (30) minutes, caregivers shall provide supervised alternate activities for nonsleeping children
On August 8th, 2024 3 one year old children were awake one hour into nap who were not offered an alternative activity.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(b) — Staff shall not associate disciplinary action or rewards with rest
On August 8th at 1:19 pm (Nap time) a one year old child was taken by the arm and moved quickly across the classroom and put on their cot in reaction to child's behaivor.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66 — Playground and Outdoor Safety
Woodchips are worn to dirt under the green spinning rider on the preschool playground.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-100(e) — The center must store cleaning equipment, cleaning agents, aerosol cans, and any other item that states keep out of the reach of children in a place that is inaccessible to children
Room 8 has soft scrub labeled keep out of reach of children in unlocked cabinet.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-113 — Bathrooms
Room 6 has all classroom chairs stacked in the bathroom. Bathroom should only have items used for toileting in bathroom.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130 — Toddler Room Furnishings
Room 6 has a cloth cover on teh changing table pad making the pad unsanitizable between children. Room 7 has a cracked changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 10 has a small rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-129(a)(2) — The center shall equip each infant room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable rocking chair/glider for each care worker with no more than two (2) rocking chairs/gliders required per room
Room 5's rocking chair has cracks in the seat making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99 — Building maintenance
On the right side of the bathroom between rooms 2 and 3. There is a crack in the transition beween the floor and wall behind the toilets making the area unsanitizable. Room 11's left most cabinet has a loose hinge making it a pinching hazard. Room 12's cabinet doors closest to the classroom door has broken hinges making it a piching hazard.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 — Infant/Toddler Sleeping
One 6 month old girl is a sleep in crib with a bib. One 7 month girl is sleeping in crib while wearing a bib.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 — Infant/Toddler Sleeping
At time of inspection, infant A have one baby asleep on the floor, 2 babies asleep in bouncers, and 1 baby asleep in a baby swing.		 Yes
4— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(a)(3) — Any person, while on child care center premises, shall not engage in or direct any of the following actions toward children: Cruel, harsh,unusual, humiliating, or frightening methods of discipline, including threatening the use of physical punishment
At time of incident on May 5, 2026, caregivers engaged in behavior that was threatening to child.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(3) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: At least one (1) sanitizable rocking chair/glider. This is not required if all the children in the room are at least twenty-four (24) months of age
Rocking chair surface is not sanitizable in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66(6) — The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: The center shall install a shock absorbing surface with required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment
Wood chips missing under green spinner on playground.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
Thermometer missing in refrigerator in kitchen and referigerator in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99(c) — The administrator or director is responsible for maintaining all interior and exterior surfaces, including walls, floors, ceilings, equipment, toys, furnishings, and cribs, in a safe condition, free of sharp points or jagged edges, splinters, protruding nails or wires, loose parts, rusty parts, or materials containing poisonous substances
Cabinet doors hanging in Room 9 and 10. Water damage on windowsill in Room 2 and 3. Water damage around smoke alarm and 6 ceiling tiles in hallway. Holes in Drywall behind rocker in Room 9.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a) — 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
2 staff are missing documentation of annual universal precations training.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n) — All items in the restroom must be sanitizable
Room 1's girls and boys bathrooms are being used as storage. Items including an easel, chairs, puzzles, rolls of newspaper paper.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-63 — Educational equipment and materials
Room 7 has rips in the front of the blue child's chair making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
The fridge in room 5 is reading 43 degrees F. Tempreatures should be 41 degrees or below.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(4) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable changing table
Room 6 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 7 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 9 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-68 — Playground design
There is standing water under the disk swing. The woodchips under the green saucer are at zero inches. There are cracks in the top of the purple caterpiller that are sharp to the touch. There is a steering wheel with open spokes on the climber on the playground second from the left.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(3) — 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: The centers child discipline policy
On 8-9-24 one staff member did not follow Center discipline policy by moving a one year old child swiftly by the arm.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-53(f) — After thirty (30) minutes, caregivers shall provide supervised alternate activities for nonsleeping children
On August 8th, 2024 3 one year old children were awake one hour into nap who were not offered an alternative activity.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(b) — Staff shall not associate disciplinary action or rewards with rest
On August 8th at 1:19 pm (Nap time) a one year old child was taken by the arm and moved quickly across the classroom and put on their cot in reaction to child's behaivor.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66 — Playground and Outdoor Safety
Woodchips are worn to dirt under the green spinning rider on the preschool playground.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-100(e) — The center must store cleaning equipment, cleaning agents, aerosol cans, and any other item that states keep out of the reach of children in a place that is inaccessible to children
Room 8 has soft scrub labeled keep out of reach of children in unlocked cabinet.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130 — Toddler Room Furnishings
Room 6 has a cloth cover on teh changing table pad making the pad unsanitizable between children. Room 7 has a cracked changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 10 has a small rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-113 — Bathrooms
Room 6 has all classroom chairs stacked in the bathroom. Bathroom should only have items used for toileting in bathroom.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99 — Building maintenance
On the right side of the bathroom between rooms 2 and 3. There is a crack in the transition beween the floor and wall behind the toilets making the area unsanitizable. Room 11's left most cabinet has a loose hinge making it a pinching hazard. Room 12's cabinet doors closest to the classroom door has broken hinges making it a piching hazard.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-129(a)(2) — The center shall equip each infant room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable rocking chair/glider for each care worker with no more than two (2) rocking chairs/gliders required per room
Room 5's rocking chair has cracks in the seat making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 — Infant/Toddler Sleeping
One 6 month old girl is a sleep in crib with a bib. One 7 month girl is sleeping in crib while wearing a bib.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 — Infant/Toddler Sleeping
At time of inspection, infant A have one baby asleep on the floor, 2 babies asleep in bouncers, and 1 baby asleep in a baby swing.		 Yes
4— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(a)(3) — Any person, while on child care center premises, shall not engage in or direct any of the following actions toward children: Cruel, harsh,unusual, humiliating, or frightening methods of discipline, including threatening the use of physical punishment
At time of incident on May 5, 2026, caregivers engaged in behavior that was threatening to child.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
Thermometer missing in refrigerator in kitchen and referigerator in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(3) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: At least one (1) sanitizable rocking chair/glider. This is not required if all the children in the room are at least twenty-four (24) months of age
Rocking chair surface is not sanitizable in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66(6) — The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: The center shall install a shock absorbing surface with required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment
Wood chips missing under green spinner on playground.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99(c) — The administrator or director is responsible for maintaining all interior and exterior surfaces, including walls, floors, ceilings, equipment, toys, furnishings, and cribs, in a safe condition, free of sharp points or jagged edges, splinters, protruding nails or wires, loose parts, rusty parts, or materials containing poisonous substances
Cabinet doors hanging in Room 9 and 10. Water damage on windowsill in Room 2 and 3. Water damage around smoke alarm and 6 ceiling tiles in hallway. Holes in Drywall behind rocker in Room 9.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-63 — Educational equipment and materials
Room 7 has rips in the front of the blue child's chair making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(4) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable changing table
Room 6 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 7 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 9 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
The fridge in room 5 is reading 43 degrees F. Tempreatures should be 41 degrees or below.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-68 — Playground design
There is standing water under the disk swing. The woodchips under the green saucer are at zero inches. There are cracks in the top of the purple caterpiller that are sharp to the touch. There is a steering wheel with open spokes on the climber on the playground second from the left.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a) — 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
2 staff are missing documentation of annual universal precations training.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n) — All items in the restroom must be sanitizable
Room 1's girls and boys bathrooms are being used as storage. Items including an easel, chairs, puzzles, rolls of newspaper paper.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(3) — 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: The centers child discipline policy
On 8-9-24 one staff member did not follow Center discipline policy by moving a one year old child swiftly by the arm.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-53(f) — After thirty (30) minutes, caregivers shall provide supervised alternate activities for nonsleeping children
On August 8th, 2024 3 one year old children were awake one hour into nap who were not offered an alternative activity.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(b) — Staff shall not associate disciplinary action or rewards with rest
On August 8th at 1:19 pm (Nap time) a one year old child was taken by the arm and moved quickly across the classroom and put on their cot in reaction to child's behaivor.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-100(e) — The center must store cleaning equipment, cleaning agents, aerosol cans, and any other item that states keep out of the reach of children in a place that is inaccessible to children
Room 8 has soft scrub labeled keep out of reach of children in unlocked cabinet.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130 — Toddler Room Furnishings
Room 6 has a cloth cover on teh changing table pad making the pad unsanitizable between children. Room 7 has a cracked changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 10 has a small rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-113 — Bathrooms
Room 6 has all classroom chairs stacked in the bathroom. Bathroom should only have items used for toileting in bathroom.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99 — Building maintenance
On the right side of the bathroom between rooms 2 and 3. There is a crack in the transition beween the floor and wall behind the toilets making the area unsanitizable. Room 11's left most cabinet has a loose hinge making it a pinching hazard. Room 12's cabinet doors closest to the classroom door has broken hinges making it a piching hazard.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-129(a)(2) — The center shall equip each infant room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable rocking chair/glider for each care worker with no more than two (2) rocking chairs/gliders required per room
Room 5's rocking chair has cracks in the seat making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66 — Playground and Outdoor Safety
Woodchips are worn to dirt under the green spinning rider on the preschool playground.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 — Infant/Toddler Sleeping
One 6 month old girl is a sleep in crib with a bib. One 7 month girl is sleeping in crib while wearing a bib.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-141 — Infant/Toddler Sleeping
At time of inspection, infant A have one baby asleep on the floor, 2 babies asleep in bouncers, and 1 baby asleep in a baby swing.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
Thermometer missing in refrigerator in kitchen and referigerator in Room 5.		 —
4— 470 IAC 3-4.7-55(a)(3) — Any person, while on child care center premises, shall not engage in or direct any of the following actions toward children: Cruel, harsh,unusual, humiliating, or frightening methods of discipline, including threatening the use of physical punishment
At time of incident on May 5, 2026, caregivers engaged in behavior that was threatening to child.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(3) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: At least one (1) sanitizable rocking chair/glider. This is not required if all the children in the room are at least twenty-four (24) months of age
Rocking chair surface is not sanitizable in Room 5.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-66(6) — The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: The center shall install a shock absorbing surface with required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment
Wood chips missing under green spinner on playground.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-99(c) — The administrator or director is responsible for maintaining all interior and exterior surfaces, including walls, floors, ceilings, equipment, toys, furnishings, and cribs, in a safe condition, free of sharp points or jagged edges, splinters, protruding nails or wires, loose parts, rusty parts, or materials containing poisonous substances
Cabinet doors hanging in Room 9 and 10. Water damage on windowsill in Room 2 and 3. Water damage around smoke alarm and 6 ceiling tiles in hallway. Holes in Drywall behind rocker in Room 9.		 —
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a) — 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
2 staff are missing documentation of annual universal precations training.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n) — All items in the restroom must be sanitizable
Room 1's girls and boys bathrooms are being used as storage. Items including an easel, chairs, puzzles, rolls of newspaper paper.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-63 — Educational equipment and materials
Room 7 has rips in the front of the blue child's chair making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(4) — The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable changing table
Room 6 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 7 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 9 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) — The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
The fridge in room 5 is reading 43 degrees F. Tempreatures should be 41 degrees or below.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-68 — Playground design
There is standing water under the disk swing. The woodchips under the green saucer are at zero inches. There are cracks in the top of the purple caterpiller that are sharp to the touch. There is a steering wheel with open spokes on the climber on the playground second from the left.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(3) — 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: The centers child discipline policy
On 8-9-24 one staff member did not follow Center discipline policy by moving a one year old child swiftly by the arm.		 Yes
?— 470 IAC 3-4.7-53(f) — After thirty (30) minutes, caregivers shall provide supervised alternate activities for nonsleeping children
On August 8th, 2024 3 one year old children were awake one hour into nap who were not offered an alternative activity.		 Yes

Severity 5 = most serious. Source: official state record.

Inspections (187)

187 inspection record(s) on file from IN-FSSA.

Ownership

Dena Ashenbremer

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Beautiful Creations 100 0.8 km
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Beautiful Creations II 58 0.8 km
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