DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

MESSIAH LIGHTHOUSE CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER

002170609

(417) 881-4119

925 E SEMINOLE ST
SPRINGFIELD
MO  65807-3037

MESSIAH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF SPRINGFIELD, MO.



 

PHILLIPS, JESSICA

messiahlighthousedirector@gmail.com

Incorporated

ELAINE S COX

6 WEEKS - 6 YEARS

56

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

24 CHILDREN IN THE INFANT/TODDLER UNIT
 
Inspection Information

04/15/2026

11:40 AM

1:03 PM

UNANNOUNCED

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

2511580473


DocumentDocument-Date
LOCAL ZONING APPROVAL 09/09/2009
LOCAL BUILDING APPROVAL 09/09/2009
LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY 09/09/2009
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 09/09/2009
POLICIES 09/09/2009
SAMPLE FORMS 08/01/2009
SAFE SLEEP POLICY 05/22/2020
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 11/02/2021
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 03/12/2025
DISCIPLINE POLICIES 03/12/2025
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 03/12/2025
DIAGRAM/INDOOR 10/29/2024
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 02/28/2024
DAILY SCHEDULE 03/18/2025
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 03/18/2025
SANITATION INSPECTION 07/28/2025
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 07/23/2025
REGISTERING FICTITIOUS NAMES 03/17/2025
LISTING OF CHILD CARE STAFF/HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 09/01/2025
EQUIPMENT LIST 09/03/2025
ANNUAL DECLARATION 09/01/2025
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING 10/14/2025




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: 2
NOTE
The licensee is responsible for compliance with all licensing rules, including but not limited to the rules listed on this compliance report form.
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 14
Total Children 41
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 8 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Hannah Evers and Stella Struttmann with 8 children ages 3 months to 12 months.
2 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Nina Tsilinska and Snizhana Mykhailiuk with 7 children ages 14 months to 20 months. (Bethany Meyer was on break, when she came back Snizhana Mykhailiuk went to another room.
2 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Kailey Kanarr and Veronica Willoughby with 6 children ages 21 months to 2-years-old.
1 5 MIXED Jessica VanDyck with 5 children ages 2-years-old to 3-years-old. This included 1-2-year-old child.
3 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Jessica Phillips, Melody Farabee and Polina Tsilinska not counting in staff/child ratio.
2 7 PRESCHOOL Tetiana Berezovska with 7 children ages 3-years-old to 4-years-old. Andrea Singletary assigned to this class as she arrived while CI Cox was counting children.
2 8 PRESCHOOL Baylee Burger and Marixia Maldanado with 8 children ages 4-years-old to 5-years-old.

Compliance List
5 CSR 25-500.032 Organization and Administration
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.042 Licensing Process
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The observed surface area under caterpillar , from which a child might fall consists of bare soil.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 8. states: Concrete, asphalt, carpet, grass or bare soil is not an acceptable surface under outdoor equipment from which children might fall and be injured.
Correction Required
The facility shall not use concrete, asphalt, carpet, grass or bare soil under equipment from which a child might fall.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
4/15/2026
5 CSR 25-500.087 Fire Safety
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2025, the staff listed need the following information: Polina Tsilinska needs 1 more hour and Nina Tsilinska needs 6 hours and 30 minutes.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (3) (A) states: The center director, group child care home provider, all other caregivers, and those volunteers who are counted in staff/child ratios shall obtain at least twelve (12) clock hours of child-care related training during each calendar year. Clock hour training shall be approved by the department.
Correction Required
Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Marizia Maldonado.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) . states: Every three (3) years, the child care provider, group child care home provider, child care staff members, and volunteers in a group child care home or child care center licensed to provide care for infants less than one (1) year of age shall successfully complete department-approved training regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep recommendations contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on sleep-related infant deaths. The Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, July 2022, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and available at https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 or as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 150, Issue 1, July 2022. A copy can also be obtained from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and at https://dese.mo.gov/governmental-affairs/deseadministrativerules/incorporated-reference-materials. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Correction Required
The director, group home provider, other caregivers, and those volunteers counted in staff/child ratio, shall complete department-approved safe sleep training as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.132 Admission Policies and Procedures
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.142 Nighttime Care
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.162 Overlap Care of Children
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.172 Emergency School Closings
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.182 Child Care Program
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.192 Health Care
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.202 Nutrition and Food Service
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.212 Transportation and Field Trips
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.222 Records and Reports
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
Not Observed
RSMo 210.115. Reports of abuse, neglect, and under age eighteen deaths — persons required to report — supervisors and administrators not to impede reporting — deaths required to be reported to the division or child fatality review panel, when — report made to another state, when. —
Not Observed
RSMo 210.211.  License required - exceptions - written notice of licensure status, when.
Not Observed