DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information






 




 








 
Inspection Information








DocumentDocument-Date
SANITATION INSPECTION 04/22/2026
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 05/04/2026
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/07/2026




Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations:
NOTE
The licensee is responsible for compliance with all licensing rules, including but not limited to the rules listed on this compliance report form.
StaffChildClass AgeNote
1 3 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Staff Sarah Wells was in ratio with 3 children, 1 year of age.
2 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Staff Kim Capps and Abigail Stewart were present in the building with no children in attendance.
1 4 PRESCHOOL Staff Bekah Velasquez was in ratio with 4 children, 3 to 4 years of age.
1 8 PRESCHOOL Staff Miranda Lance was in ratio with 8 children, 4 to 5 years of age.
1 5 TWO YEAR OLDS Staff Mia Herring was in ratio with 5 children, 2 years of age.

Compliance List
5 CSR 25-300.020 Application for Annual Fire Safety and Health and Sanitation Inspections and Inspection Procedures
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.040 Staffing Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.060 Responsibilities of Caregivers
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.080 Sanitation Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Requirements for the outdoor play area were not met as evidenced by the outdoor space did not adjoin the child care property - the space was located across the church parking lot, past a street/alleyway and through another parking lot.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (A) states: An outdoor play area available on or adjoining the child care property. Facilities with a capacity of more than ten (10) children shall have a fenced play area. Play areas in facilities with a capacity of ten (10) or fewer children shall be fenced when necessary for the protection of children from traffic, water or other hazards. Fences shall be at least forty-two inches (42") high. Openings in fences shall be no greater than three and one-half inches (3 1/2").
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be on or adjoining the property and fenced as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

Violation
The equipment, a slide, that is over 24 inches high, does not have sufficient impact absorbing material present as evidenced by the ground around the slide needs additional wooden chips.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (D) states: The fall-zone area under and around outdoor equipment over twenty-four inches (24") high covered with impact-absorbing materials that will effectively cushion the fall of a child. Materials may include sand, pea gravel, tanbark, shredded tires, wood chips, rubber matting or other approved resilient material.
Correction Required
Impact absorbent materials shall be in the fall zone for any equipment over 24 inches high.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by the presence of tall grass and weeds that need to be removed.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (C) states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities. It shall be well-maintained and free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, barbed wire, open wells, rocks and other debris, and shall have good drainage.
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be clean, safe and well-maintained as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

Violation
Requirements for the outdoor play area were not met as evidenced by the fence was less than 42 inches high; the measured height was 40.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (A) states: An outdoor play area available on or adjoining the child care property. Facilities with a capacity of more than ten (10) children shall have a fenced play area. Play areas in facilities with a capacity of ten (10) or fewer children shall be fenced when necessary for the protection of children from traffic, water or other hazards. Fences shall be at least forty-two inches (42") high. Openings in fences shall be no greater than three and one-half inches (3 1/2").
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be on or adjoining the property and fenced as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
Compliance
RSMo 210.003 Immunizations of children required, when, exceptions--duties of administrator, report--notification of parents, when.
Compliance
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.
Compliance
RSMo 210.201. Definitions. — As used in sections 210.201 to 210.257, the following terms mean:
Compliance
RSMo 210.254 Religious organization operating facilities exempt under licensing laws required to file parental notice of responsibility and fire, safety inspections annually.
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
An approved Notice of Parental Responsibility was not on file for each child in care.
Licensing Rule Reference
RSMo 210.254 Religious organization operating facilities exempt under licensing laws required to file parental notice of responsibility and fire, safety inspections annually. 1. states: Child-care facilities operated by religious organizations pursuant to the exempt status recognized in subdivision (17) of subsection 1 of section 210.211 shall upon enrollment of any child provide the parent or guardian enrolling the child two copies of a notice of parental responsibility, one copy of which shall be retained in the files of the facility after the enrolling parent acknowledges, by signature, having read and accepted the information contained therein.
Correction Required
The Notice of Parental Responsibility shall be on file as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

RSMo 210.255 Religious organizations operating facility in violation, procedure - noncompliance after notice, prosecutor may act or attorney general.
Compliance
RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized.
Compliance
Subsidy Requirements
Compliance