SCICAP-Corydon Head Start
A licensed child care center in Corydon, Iowa
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The short answer
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
Iowa lists 12 reports: 5 compliance reports, 1 complaint report and 6 regulation checklists, the latest dated May 8, 2026.
On its 6 regulation checklists from the last three years, Iowa marked 11 rules not met, 1 of them on the latest, on May 8, 2026.
What its other reports found is in each one, linked with it; this page doesn’t count it.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports and Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
May 8, 2026: regulation checklist2 deficiencies
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Director or on-site supervisor on-site during the hours of operation or a minimum of six hours of center’s hours of operation. Information on on-site supervisor’s qualifications is submitted to the consultant prior to employment and is sufficient to make a determination. On-site supervisor meets qualifications or is “qualifiable” with a plan established to meet qualifications. Another responsible adult is clearly designated as the interim on-site supervisor if the on- site supervisor is temporarily absent from the center.
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Director or on-site supervisor on-site during the hours of operation or a minimum of six hours of center’s hours of operation. Information on on-site supervisor’s qualifications is submitted to the consultant prior to employment and is sufficient to make a determination. On-site supervisor meets qualifications or is “qualifiable” with a plan established to meet qualifications. Another responsible adult is clearly designated as the interim on-site supervisor if the on- site supervisor is temporarily absent from the center.
May 7, 2026: regulation checklist3 deficiencies
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First aid kit: The center shall ensure that a clearly labeled first aid kit that is sufficient to address minor injury or trauma is available and accessible to staff at all times when children are: •In the center. •In the outdoor play area. •On field trips (away from the center).
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Centers at ground level that use basement area as program space, or have a basement beneath program space: Testing and plan for remedy of radon is conducted.
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Preschool (for children five years and younger not enrolled in school): Physical exam report submitted within 30 days of admission, was obtained no more than 12 months prior to admission, is signed by a licensed MD, DO, Chiropractor, PA, or ARNP, and contains health history; present health status including allergies, medications, and acute/chronic conditions; and recommendations for continued care if necessary.
Jul 17, 2025: regulation checklist1 deficiency
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Center shall develop procedures for annual staff and volunteer training on emergency plans.
Nov 8, 2024: regulation checklist3 deficiencies
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Center shall develop procedures for annual staff and volunteer training on emergency plans.
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First aid kit: The center shall ensure that a clearly labeled first aid kit that is sufficient to address minor injury or trauma is available and accessible to staff at all times when children are: •In the center. •In the outdoor play area. •On field trips.
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•Sufficient toilet articles are provided for handwashing. •Sufficient and safe indoor play equipment, materials, and furniture that conforms with CPSC or ASTM. •Play equipment, materials, and furniture meet the developmental, activity, and special needs of the children. •Room’s arrangement does not obstruct the direct observation of children. •Individual covered mats, beds, or cots, and appropriate bedding is provided for all children who nap. •Procedures are developed and implemented to maintain equipment and materials in a sanitary manner. •Sufficient spacing is maintained between equipment to reduce transmission of disease and allow ease of movement by children and staff to respond to activities and care needs. •Sanitary procedures are followed for use and storage of personal hygiene articles.
Dec 4, 2023: regulation checklist2 deficiencies
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Record of monthly inspections of outdoor recreation area and equipment shall be kept.
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Centers at ground level that use basement area as program space, or have a basement beneath program space: Testing and plan for remedy of radon is conducted.
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| May 8, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 1 rule marked not met |
| May 8, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 1 rule marked not met |
| May 7, 2026 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| May 7, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 3 rules marked not met |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Regulation checklist | 1 rule marked not met |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Regulation checklist | 3 rules marked not met |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Child Care Center Complaint | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Regulation checklist | 2 rules marked not met |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, Iowa provider number 28264.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Iowa acted against it?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show enforcement actions; any are written in the reports themselves.
Who does the caring?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show staffing. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t name owners.
How is it rated?
- Iowa’s quality rating (IQ4K) isn’t in its report list, so it isn’t shown here.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared: Iowa’s checklists don’t cover every visit, and complaint findings aren’t on them.
| Place | |
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| SCICAP-Corydon Head Start This child care provider | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Findings here are the rules Iowa’s regulation checklists from the last three years mark as not met, in the checklists’ own words. What evaluations, letters and complaint investigations found is in those reports, linked with each one, and isn’t counted here.
- Iowa lists a report once it is written up: most within two weeks of the visit, some six weeks or more after it, so a recent visit may not be listed yet.
- Each report is dated the day Iowa created it, which can be weeks after the visit; a checklist is dated the day of the inspection it records.
- Iowa’s report list gives only a provider’s city and county, not its street address, ZIP code or phone number.
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show quality ratings (IQ4K), capacity, ages served, hours, owners or enforcement actions.
Sources
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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Iowa’s own record is on secureapp.dhs.state.ia.us. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
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Paid listing
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