Carla LaFurge / Carla’s Kid Castle
A family home child care in Billings, Montana 59101
1448 West Ln, Billings, Montana 59101. (406) 697-1573.
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The short answer
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- 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.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- 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.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 17, 2025 (Renewal Inspection).
Montana publishes what each inspection found only in a report file on its own page, so no findings are counted here.
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Child Care Licensing), Child Care Licensing provider search. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2025 | Renewal Inspection | Completed; the report is on Montana’s page |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Renewal Inspection | Completed; the report is on Montana’s page |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Pre-Inspection | Completed; the report is on Montana’s page |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Pre-Inspection | Completed; the report is on Montana’s page |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Renewal Inspection | Completed; the report is on Montana’s page |
Is it licensed?
- Montana’s provider type: Family Home Child Care.
- Licence status: Active, for Oct 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027.
- Licensed for 8 children, ages 0 to 6.
- Montana’s provider number: PV76137.
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Child Care Licensing), Child Care Licensing provider search. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Montana acted against it?
- No complaint inspections on record.
- Montana’s provider pages list no enforcement actions.
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Child Care Licensing), Child Care Licensing provider search. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Montana doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Montana’s provider pages don’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Montana’s Treasures Quality Recognition: Stage 1, since Oct 1, 2026.
- Montana’s words for this stage: The Program has successfully achieved timely licensure renewal by meeting the Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM) 37.96.112 requirement. The Quality Recognition System, Montana’s Treasures, Quality Recognition Stage 1 supports health, safety, and quality standards.
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Child Care Licensing), Child Care Licensing provider search. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Montana publishes what its inspections found only in report files, so providers aren’t compared here.
| Place | |
|---|---|
| Carla LaFurge / Carla’s Kid Castle This child care provider | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Montana publishes what its inspections found only as report files on each provider’s own page, so findings and deficiency counts aren’t shown here.
- Montana lists complaint inspections, but what they found is only in their report files, and its provider pages list no enforcement actions.
- Montana doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Child Care Licensing), Child Care Licensing provider search.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No terms on the site; MT.gov’s standard disclaimer. Facts are extracted; inspection reports are not republished.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Child Care Licensing). Montana’s own record is on mtdphhs.my.site.com. 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
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Replies
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Paid listing
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