Child care center

Caldwell Head Start

626 Cross Street, Evansville, IN 47713

licensed capacity: 23
open each week: 5 days

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About Caldwell Head Start

Caldwell Head Start is a licensed child care center in Evansville, Indiana. It is licensed by the state, for up to 23 children, serving preschoolers and school-age children.

It is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM.

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning made 2 visits in the last 3 years and cited 3 rules across 2 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.

School-ageAccepts child care subsidy

Ages served: preschoolers and school-age children

6 wk

6 mo

12 yr

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Type: Child care center
Ages: Preschoolers and school-age children
Hours today: Closed today
Licensed capacity: 23 children

Hours

Monday	8:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Tuesday	8:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Wednesday	8:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Thursday	8:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Friday	8:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Saturday	Not listed
SundayToday	Not listed

From the state license

Programs

Programs and care

Ages	Preschoolers and school-age childrenFrom the state license
Child care subsidy	Accepts state child care subsidiesFrom the state license
Licensed capacity	23 childrenFrom the state license

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State record

Inspection reports for Caldwell Head Start

License

Status: Licensed and operating
License type: Licensed Child Care Center
Capacity: 23 children
Ages: Preschoolers and school-age children
License number: #1100653

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Summary

2 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Oct 23, 2025: 1 rule cited

Rules cited on 2 of 2 visits · 3 rules in all · 3 corrected

Safety and hazards 1
Staff training and qualifications 1
Food and nutrition 1

For comparison: 70% of Indiana daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 3.

A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

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Oct 23, 2025Inspection1 rule cited
- Safety and hazards
  470 IAC 3-4.7-99(c) The administrator or director is responsible for maintaining all interior and exterior surfaces, including walls, floors, ceilings, equipment, toys, furnishings, and cribs, in a safe condition, free of sharp points or jagged edges, splinters, protruding nails or wires, loose parts, rusty parts, or materials containing poisonous substances
  “There is a 36 inch diameter trampoline on the playground.”
  Correction date in the state record: Oct 23, 2025
Oct 1, 2024Inspection2 rules cited
- Staff training and qualifications
  470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(b) Prior to having direct contact with children or food, the following training or information shall be provided to all staff and volunteers according to the specific responsibilities assigned to that particular staff member or volunteer: Training in universal precautions. A person trained annually in universal precautions shall repeat this training annually for all child care staff and include the following topics: Procedures for documenting and handling incidents in which staff are directly exposed to contact with blood
  “One staff member is missing documentation of negative annual TB screening.”
  Correction date in the state record: Oct 4, 2024
- Food and nutrition
  470 IAC 3-4.7-85(2) Within thirty (30) days of employment, newly employed staff, volunteers, substitutes, student aides, and any other personnel having direct contact with the children or providing food service shall have the following: Mantoux tuberculin skin test, with results recorded in millimeters, and repeated annually
  “2 staff members are missing documentation of annual Universal Precautions Training.”
  Correction date in the state record: Oct 4, 2024
Oct 30, 2023Inspection2 rules cited
- Background checks
  IC 12-17.2-4-3(e)(1) Subject to section 3.3 of this chapter, the applicant must, at no expense to the state, do the following: Require an employee or volunteer of the applicant who may be present on the premises of the child care center during operating hours of the child care center to submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  “One staff memeber has expired fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on file with the division making them disqulified. (C.V.)”
  Correction date in the state record: Nov 9, 2023
- Background checks
  IC 12-17.2-4-3(d) An applicant shall, at no expense to the state, submit: (1) the necessary information, forms, or consents; and (2) the applicant fingerprints; for a national criminal history background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  “One staff member currently working with children has an expired consent for a national criminal history background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on file with the division making them unqulified. (C.V.)”
  Correction date in the state record: Nov 9, 2023

Copied from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning on October 2, 2026; the state's records start around Nov 2021. Rule wording, severity and dates are the state's.

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