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Village Montessori, Chiqui-School LLC

A licensed child care center in Des Moines, Iowa

Iowa’s own record, on secureapp.dhs.state.ia.us

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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 8 reports: 4 compliance reports and 4 regulation checklists, the latest dated Apr 20, 2026.

On its 3 regulation checklists from the last three years, Iowa marked 15 rules not met, 3 of them on the latest, on Apr 20, 2026.

What its other reports found is in each one, linked with it; this page doesn’t count it.

Source:

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports and Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Each deficiency, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 20, 2026: regulation checklist3 deficiencies
  • Record of monthly inspections of outdoor recreation area and equipment shall be kept.

    Rule 109.11(4)b.

  • 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.

    Rule 109.11(8)b.

  • Ratio maintained in center as required: •Brief absence of staff person permitted for 5 or less minutes when another staff person is present •At least one staff is present in every room where children are resting. •If ratio reduced to one staff per room during nap time, does not exceed one hour and ratio in center is still maintained. •Ratio in infant rooms is always maintained. •When more than eight children are present on the licensed premises, at least two staff members shall be present. •For a period of two hours or less at the beginning and end of the center’s hours of operation, one staff member may care for eight or fewer children, provided no more than four of the children are under two years of age and there are no more than eight children in the center. •Ratio exceeded for school-age children when school classes unexpectedly start late, are dismissed early, or cancelled. For no more than four hours, care is limited to children already in the program and licensed capacity is not exceeded.

    Rule 109.8(2).

Mar 4, 2025: regulation checklist7 deficiencies
  • 109.10(1)a

    Rule 109.10(1)a.

  • 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.

    Rule 109.11(7)b.

  • All centers: Annual inspection prior to heating season of all fuel-burning appliances to reduce risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and shall install one carbon monoxide detector on each floor that conforms to UL Standard 2034.

    Rule 109.11(7)c.

  • •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.

    Rule 109.12(4).

  • All staff(within first 3 months of employment) •Two hours of approved training FOR the mandatory reporting of child abuse. •At least one hour of training regarding universal precautions and infectious disease control. •Certification in American Red Cross, American Heart Association, American Safety and Health institute or MEDIC First Aid infant, child, and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) OR equivalent certification approved by the department. A valid certificate indicating the date of training and expiration date shall be maintained. •Certification in infant, child, and adult first aid that uses a nationally recognized curriculum or is received from a nationally recognized training organization including the American Red Cross,American Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute or MEDIC First Aid or an equivalent certification approved by the department.A valid certificate indicating the date of training and expiration date shall be maintained. •Minimum health and safety trainings, approved by the Department. If significant changes occur to content, the Department may require the training be renewed.

    Rule 109.7(1).

  • All files contain: 1.A signed copy of DHS criminal history record check or any other permission form approved by the Department of public Safety for conducting an Iowa or national criminal history check. 2.A copy of Request for Child Abuse Information. 3.Copies of the results of Iowa records checks conducted. 4.Copies of national criminal history check results. 5.Any Department-issued documents sent to the center related to records check.

    Rule 109.9(1)b.

  • All files contain a pre-employment physical exam report completed within six months prior to hire and at least every three years. Physical exams shall be documented on form 470- 5152, Child Care Provider Physical Examination Report.

    Rule 109.9(1)d.

Apr 23, 2024: regulation checklist5 deficiencies
  • 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.

    Rule 109.11(7)b.

  • All staff(within first 3 months of employment) •Two hours of approved training FOR the mandatory reporting of child abuse. •At least one hour of training regarding universal precautions and infectious disease control. •Certification in American Red Cross, American Heart Association, American Safety and Health institute or MEDIC First Aid infant, child, and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) OR equivalent certification approved by the department. A valid certificate indicating the date of training and expiration date shall be maintained. •Certification in infant, child, and adult first aid that uses a nationally recognized curriculum or is received from a nationally recognized training organization including the American Red Cross,American Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute or MEDIC First Aid or an equivalent certification approved by the department.A valid certificate indicating the date of training and expiration date shall be maintained. •Minimum health and safety trainings, approved by the Department. If significant changes occur to content, the Department may require the training be renewed.

    Rule 109.7(1).

  • Ratio maintained in center as required by age.

    Rule 109.8(2).

  • All files contain: 1.A signed copy of DHS criminal history record check or any other permission form approved by the Department of public Safety for conducting an Iowa or national criminal history check. 2.A copy of Request for Child Abuse Information. 3.Copies of the results of Iowa records checks conducted. 4.Copies of national criminal history check results. 5.Any Department-issued documents sent to the center related to records check.

    Rule 109.9(1)b.

  • All files contain a pre-employment physical exam report completed within six months prior to hire and at least every three years. Physical exams shall be documented on form 470- 5152, Child Care Provider Physical Examination Report.

    Rule 109.9(1)d.

All 8 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 20, 2026Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for LicenseFindings are in Iowa’s report
Apr 20, 2026Regulation checklist3 rules marked not met
Mar 4, 2025Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for LicenseFindings are in Iowa’s report
Mar 4, 2025Regulation checklist7 rules marked not met
Apr 23, 2024Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for LicenseFindings are in Iowa’s report
Apr 23, 2024Regulation checklist5 rules marked not met
Sep 27, 2023Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for LicenseFindings are in Iowa’s report
Sep 27, 2023Regulation checklistFindings are in Iowa’s report

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, Iowa provider number 52133.
Source:

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 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.
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Place
Village Montessori, Chiqui-School LLC This child care providerNot 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

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.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 19, 2026.

From the provider

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Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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