Maliki Banyika
A registered child development home A in Cedar Rapids, 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 5 reports: 3 compliance reports and 2 regulation checklists, the latest dated Sep 16, 2026.
On its 2 regulation checklists from the last three years, Iowa marked 19 rules not met, 16 of them on the latest, on Sep 15, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 15, 2026: regulation checklist16 deficiencies
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If absence is planned, care is provided by a DHS-approved substitute.
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Is present at all times, except if emergencies occur or an absence is planned.
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The provider maintains a written record of the number of hours substitute care is provided, including the date and the name of the substitute.
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All travel vehicles must have a paper copy of emergency parent contact information.
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Number for each child’s parent, a person who can be reached when the parent cannot and child’s physician is written on paper and readily accessible by the working telephone.
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Each smoke detector has been installed according to manufacturer’s recommendations.
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Each smoke detector is tested monthly, and a record is kept for inspection purposes.
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Has a minimum of one single-station, battery-operated, UL-approved smoke detector in each child-occupied room and at the top of every stairway.
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All medicines and poisonous, toxic, or otherwise unsafe materials are secured from access by a child.
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First-aid supplies are available and easily accessible in the home, outdoor play area, in any vehicle used to transport children, and on field trips.
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The first-aid kit shall, at a minimum, include adhesive bandages, bottled water, disposable tweezers, and disposable plastic gloves.
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Fire and tornado drills are practiced monthly and documentation kept on file for the current year and previous year.
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Within six months of becoming registered, children 18 years of age or younger residing in the household must have: •Admission physical exam report. •Immunization certificate. For school age: Documentation of physical exam completed at time of school enrollment or since that time.
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For infants and preschoolers: An admission physical examination, on the first day of attendance, including past health history, status of present health, allergies and restrictive conditions, and recommendations for continued care when necessary. The date of the exam is not more than 12 months before the child’s first day of attendance.
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For school-aged children: On the first day of attendance, a statement of health status signed by the parent or legal guardian or admission physical examination that is not more than 12 months from the child’s first day.
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A signed and dated immunization certificate provided by the state Department of Public Health.
Sep 29, 2025: regulation checklist3 deficiencies
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All accessible electrical outlets are safely capped or are tamper-resistant electrical outlets.
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Has a minimum of one single-station, battery-operated, UL-approved smoke detector in each child-occupied room and at the top of every stairway.
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All medicines and poisonous, toxic, or otherwise unsafe materials are secured from access by a child.
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Homes Evaluation and Recommendation | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 16 rules marked not met |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Homes Evaluation and Recommendation | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Regulation checklist | 3 rules marked not met |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Full Compliance Letter | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
Is it licensed?
- Registered Child Development Home A, Iowa provider number 52538.
- Category A.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 24, 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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| Maliki Banyika 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.
- Iowa’s lists show checklists for child development homes only from July 2025; earlier visits to homes have letters, linked but not counted.
Sources
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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports.
Checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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