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Charity Hartson

Waterloo, IA · home daycare: the provider shares the address with families

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About Charity Hartson

Charity Hartson is a home daycare in Waterloo, Iowa. It is registered with the state.

As a home daycare, the provider shares the address with families when you call.

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services made 3 visits in the last 3 years and cited 7 rules across 3 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.

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SettingFamily child care homeFrom the state license

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Charity Hartson has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a home daycare in Black Hawk County has a median price of $113 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).

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Black Hawk County medians, full time, per week

Infant

Center$168
Home daycare$113

Toddler

Center$145
Home daycare$111

Preschool

Center$145
Home daycare$111

School age

Center$116
Home daycare$107

County median full-time prices at centers and home daycares, U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (the latest year). Not this daycare's rates; prices have risen since.

State record

Inspection reports for Charity Hartson

License

Status
Registered with the state and operating
License type
Registered Child Development Home B
License number
#37224
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Summary

3 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Mar 5, 2026: 7 rules cited

Rules cited on 3 of 3 visits · 7 rules in all

  • Records and paperwork 3
  • Supervision and ratios 1
  • Health, medication and illness 1
  • Safety and hazards 1
  • Transportation 1

For comparison: 88% of Iowa daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 0.

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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  1. Mar 5, 2026Inspection7 rules cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      110.9(4)i

      “Documentation signed by the parent which names persons authorized to pick up the child, their telephone number, and relationship to the child.”
    • Health, medication and illness

      110.9(4)c

      “available in case of emergency. A signed medical consent from the parent authorizing emergency treatment.”
    • Records and paperwork

      110.9(4)

      “An individual file is maintained for each child and updated annually or when there are changes. Each file contains:”
    • Records and paperwork

      110.9(4)a

      “Identifying information including, at a minimum, the child’s name, birth date, parent’s name, address, telephone number, special needs of the child, and the parent’s work address and telephone number.”
    • Safety and hazards

      110.8(3)a

      “All medicines and poisonous, toxic, or otherwise unsafe materials are secured from access by a child.”
    • Records and paperwork

      110.9(4)b

      “Emergency information including where the parent can be reached, the name, street address, city, and telephone of the child’s regular doctor, and the name, telephone number, and relationship to the child of another adult”
    • Transportation

      110.9(4)j

      “Written permission from the parent(s) for their child to attend activities away from the child development home.”
  2. Mar 26, 2025Follow-up visitNo rules cited
  3. Apr 8, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
  4. Aug 11, 2023InspectionNo rules cited

Copied from Iowa Department of Health and Human Services 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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Is Charity Hartson licensed?

Yes. Charity Hartson is registered with the state and operating. This is how Iowa authorizes this type of child care.

When was Charity Hartson last inspected?

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services lists the most recent visit on March 5, 2026, with 7 rules cited. It lists 3 visits in the last 3 years.

Has Charity Hartson had rules cited by the state?

Yes. Inspectors cited 7 rules across 3 of 3 visits in the last 3 years. For comparison: 88% of Iowa daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 0. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

What are Charity Hartson's hours?

Its hours are not listed.

Where is Charity Hartson?

Waterloo, IA. It is a home daycare, so the provider shares the street address with families directly.

Sources: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (license and visits) · U.S. Department of Labor, 2022 (county prices).