Ringgold County Child Care/Family Resource Center
A licensed child care center in Mount Ayr, 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 9 reports: 4 compliance reports, 1 complaint report and 4 regulation checklists, the latest dated May 19, 2026.
On its 3 regulation checklists from the last three years, Iowa marked 7 rules not met, 2 of them on the latest, on May 19, 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.
May 19, 2026: regulation checklist2 deficiencies
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•Sanitary and safe methods in food preparation, serving, and storage sufficient to prevent transmission of disease, infestation, and spoilage are followed. •Staff preparing food that have injuries on hands wear protective gloves. •Staff serving food use clean serving utensils and have clean hands/wear protective gloves.
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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.
Feb 13, 2025: regulation checklist2 deficiencies
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Children’s hand washing: Center shall ensure staff assist children in personal hygiene. For each infant or child with a disability, a separate cloth for washing and one for rinsing may be used in place of running water. Children’s hands shall be washed: 1.Immediately before eating or participating in food service activity. 2.After using the restroom or being diapered. 3.After handling animals.
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•Infants diapered in a sanitary manner as needed in central diapering area. •One changing table for every 15 infants/toddlers needing diaper changes. •Diapering, sanitation, and handwashing procedures posted and implemented in central diapering area.
Jul 10, 2024: regulation checklist3 deficiencies
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Children’s hand washing: Center shall ensure staff assist children in personal hygiene. For each infant or child with a disability, a separate cloth for washing and one for rinsing may be used in place of running water. Children’s hands shall be washed: 1.Immediately before eating or participating in food service activity. 2.After using the restroom or being diapered. 3.After handling animals.
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Center shall ensure that: 1.Facility and premises are sanitary, safe, and hazard free. 2.Adequate indoor and outdoor space is provided. The outdoor area shall include safe play equipment and area of shade. 3.Sufficient space provided for dining. 4.Sufficient lighting shall be provided. 5.Sufficient ventilation. 6.Sufficient heating. 7.sufficient cooling. 8.Sufficient bathroom and diapering facilities. 9.Equipment, including kitchen appliances, are maintained so as not to result in burns, shock, or injury to children. 10.Sanitation and safety procedures for the center are developed and implemented to reduce risk or injury or harm to children and reduce transmission of disease.
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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.
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| May 19, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 2 rules marked not met |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Regulation checklist | 2 rules marked not met |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Regulation checklist | 3 rules marked not met |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Child Care Center Complaint | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Apr 12, 2023 | Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for License | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Apr 12, 2023 | Regulation checklist | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, Iowa provider number 65.
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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| Ringgold County Child Care/Family Resource Center 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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