Sieda Child Development Center - Head Start
A licensed child care center in Ottumwa, 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 6 reports: 3 compliance reports and 3 regulation checklists, the latest dated Aug 18, 2026.
On its 3 regulation checklists from the last three years, Iowa marked 10 rules not met, 3 of them on the latest, on Aug 18, 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 19, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 18, 2026: regulation checklist3 deficiencies
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The center shall have written emergency plans and diagrams for responding to fire, tornado, flood, and plans responding to intoxicated parents and lost or abducted children. Emergency plans shall include written procedures including plans for: •Evacuation to safely leave the facility. •Relocation to a common, safe location after evacuation. •Shelter in place to take immediate shelter when the current location is unsafe to leave due to the emergency issue. •Lock down to protect children and providers from an external situation. •Communication and reunification with parents or other adults responsible for the children, which includes emergency telephone numbers. •Continuity of operations. •To address the individual children, including those with functional or access needs.
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Center must have safe outdoor program area adjacent to the center, with sufficient square footage to accommodate at least 30 percent of the enrollment capacity at any one time at 75 spear feet per child. Outdoor space must: •Be free from litter and unsafe materials and free from contamination by the drainage or ponding of sewage or storm water. •Include safe play equipment and an area of shade. •Include fencing to protect from bodies of water or vehicular traffic.
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•Program structure that uses developmentally appropriate practices and written program of activities planned to the developmental needs of children served. •Program complements but does not duplicate school curriculum. •Schedule of program is posted in a place visible to parents.
Jul 30, 2025: regulation checklist2 deficiencies
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109.11(3)a
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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.
Sep 4, 2024: regulation checklist5 deficiencies
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109.10(15)a
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Emergency instructions, phone numbers, and diagrams for fire, tornado, and flood shall be visibly posted and documented at least once a month for fire and tornado. Records shall be maintained for current and previous year.
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Center shall develop procedures for annual staff and volunteer training on emergency plans.
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Record of monthly inspections of outdoor recreation area and equipment shall be kept.
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The provider shall follow safe sleep practices recommended by AAP for infants under one year of age: •Infants shall always be placed on their back for sleep. •Infants shall be placed on a firm mattress with a tight fitted sheet that meets Consumer Product Safety Commission federal standards. •Infants shall not be allowed to sleep on a bed, sofa, air mattress or other soft surface. No child will be allowed to sleep in any items not designed for sleeping but not limited to, an infant seat, car seat, swing, bouncy seat. •No toys, soft objects, stuffed animals, pillows, bumper pads, blankets, or loose bedding shall be allowed in the sleeping area with the infant. •No co-sleeping shall be allowed. •Sleeping infants shall be actively observed by sight and sound. •If an alternate sleeping position is needed, a signed physician or physician assistant authorization with statement of medical reason is required.
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Aug 18, 2026 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 3 rules marked not met |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Regulation checklist | 2 rules marked not met |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Regulation checklist | 5 rules marked not met |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, Iowa provider number 52632.
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.
| Place | |
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| Sieda Child Development Center - 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 Oct 19, 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 19, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 19, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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