Smart Start Learning Academy
A child care center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815
180 W Clayton Ave, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815. (208) 966-4256.
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The short answer
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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?
4 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Nov 25, 2025.
No findings in the last three years.
Idaho checks each provider against one checklist of health and safety items; a finding here is an item it marked failed at an inspection it marked failed, or a A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency. incident.
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Idaho Child Care Check), Idaho Child Care Check: health and safety inspections and substantiated incidents. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those findings happened
4 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | Health & Safety Inspection (Annual) | Passed |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Health & Safety Inspection (Investigation) | Passed |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Health & Safety Inspection (Annual) | Passed |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Health & Safety Inspection (Annual) | Passed |
Is it licensed?
- Idaho lists this provider as: Child Care Center.
- Idaho’s provider number: 13986.
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Idaho Child Care Check), Idaho Child Care Check: health and safety inspections and substantiated incidents. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Idaho acted against it?
- Idaho Child Care Check lists no enforcement actions.
Who does the caring?
- Idaho doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers on Idaho Child Care Check.
Who owns it?
- Idaho Child Care Check doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Idaho Child Care Check shows no quality rating; IdahoSTARS publishes its own.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 35 child care providers in Coeur d’Alene, the middle value for failed checklist items and substantiated incidents in the last three years was 0; this one had 0.
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Idaho Child Care Check), Idaho Child Care Check: health and safety inspections and substantiated incidents. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Failed checklist items and substantiated incidents in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Tiffanys Child Care | 0 |
| Lil Peoples Daycare | 0 |
| School Plus - Ramsey | 0 |
| School Plus - Skyway | 0 |
| Smart Start Learning Academy This child care provider | 0 |
| School Plus - Northwest Expedition Academy | 0 |
| North Idaho College Head Start Community Early Learning Center | 0 |
| Circle of Friends | 0 |
| Family Daycare | 0 |
| North Idaho Kids Academy LLC | Not given |
| Busy Bees Childcare | 0 |
| Shannon Jacobs Childcare | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Idaho Child Care Check shows a provider’s five latest health and safety inspections and its substantiated incidents; inspectors’ comments and incident narratives aren’t shown here.
- Idaho Child Care Check gives no county, licence type, capacity, ages, hours or quality rating for a provider.
Sources
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Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Idaho Child Care Check), Idaho Child Care Check: health and safety inspections and substantiated incidents.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence or terms stated on Idaho Child Care Check. Facts are extracted; inspectors’ comments are not republished. Never used as a mailing or telephone list (Idaho Code 74-120).
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Idaho Child Care Check). Idaho’s own record is on idahochildcarecheck.org. 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 Oct 24, 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
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.