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Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3
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About Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3
Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3 is a child care center in Gary, Indiana. It is registered with the state.
It is open Monday to Saturday, 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM.
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning made 14 visits in the last 3 years and cited 12 rules across 5 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.
Accepts child care subsidyWeekend hoursOpen until 11:59 PM
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- Type
- Child care center
- Ages
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- Hours today
- 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM
- Capacity
- Not listed
Hours
Hours
| MondayToday | 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM |
| Wednesday | 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM |
| Thursday | 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM |
| Friday | 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM |
| Saturday | 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM |
| Sunday | Not listed |
Programs
Programs and care
| Child care subsidy | Accepts state child care subsidiesFrom the state license |
|---|
Cost
Tuition and costs
Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3 has not listed its tuition.
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State record
Inspection reports for Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3
License
- Status
- Registered with the state and operating
- License type
- Registered child care ministry (unlicensed)
- License number
- #RM-100571-C
Summary
14 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit May 18, 2026: 1 rule cited
Rules cited on 6 of 14 visits · 12 rules in all · 12 corrected
- Background checks 6
- Safety and hazards 4
- Health, medication and illness 2
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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May 18, 2026Inspection1 rule cited
IC 12-17.2-3.5-10(b)(1) and (2) Each provider shall have monthly documented fire drills including date/time/weather condition/name of person conducting drill/full evacuation time and maintained for previous 12 months. Date of last drill________________
“Each provider shall have monthly documented fire drills including date/time/weather condition/name of person conducting drill/full evacuation time and maintained for previous 12 months.”
Correction date in the state record: May 27, 2026
May 18, 2026Inspection1 rule cited
IC 12-17.2-3.5-10(b)(1) and (2) Each provider shall have monthly documented fire drills including date/time/weather condition/name of person conducting drill/full evacuation time and maintained for previous 12 months. Date of last drill________________
“Each provider shall have monthly documented fire drills including date/time/weather condition/name of person conducting drill/full evacuation time and maintained for previous 12 months.”
Correction date in the state record: May 27, 2026
- Nov 26, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
- Nov 26, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
Nov 13, 2025Inspection2 rules cited
IC 12-17.2-6-14(1) The child care ministry must do the following: Conduct a criminal history check of the child care ministrys employees and volunteers
“One caregiver present with children had expired fingerprints on file.”
Correction date in the state record: Nov 13, 2025
IC 12-17.2-3.5-12 Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.
“Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.”
Correction date in the state record: Nov 13, 2025
Nov 13, 2025Inspection2 rules cited
IC 12-17.2-6-14(1) The child care ministry must do the following: Conduct a criminal history check of the child care ministrys employees and volunteers
“One caregiver present with children had expired fingerprints on file.”
Correction date in the state record: Nov 13, 2025
IC 12-17.2-3.5-12 Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.
“Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.”
Correction date in the state record: Nov 13, 2025
- Jun 17, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
- Jun 17, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
- Nov 25, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
- Nov 25, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
Show 6 earlier visits
- Jul 22, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
- Jul 22, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
Jun 27, 2024Inspection9 rules cited
470 IAC 3-4.5-4(2) All restrooms shall be equipped with flush toilets and handwashing sinks and shall be ventilated to the outside. An adequate supply of water, under pressure, shall be provided at all handwashing sinks, as well as soap and disposable paper towels in dispensers. Toilet paper in dispensers shall be located at each toilet
“In the girls bathroom there were items not related to toileting that were being stored: a shovel, wooden boards, and carpet squares.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
470 IAC 3-4.5-4(2) All restrooms shall be equipped with flush toilets and handwashing sinks and shall be ventilated to the outside. An adequate supply of water, under pressure, shall be provided at all handwashing sinks, as well as soap and disposable paper towels in dispensers. Toilet paper in dispensers shall be located at each toilet
“There were no paper towels in the dispenser in the boys and girls bathrooms.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
IC 12-17.2-6-14(1) The child care ministry must do the following: Conduct a criminal history check of the child care ministrys employees and volunteers
“One staff member did not have fingerprints on file, (RF).”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 9, 2024
IC 12-17.2-6-14(2)(c) The child care ministry must do the following: is a person against whom an allegation of child abuse or neglect has been substantiated under IC 31-33
“One staff member did not have a consent form on file, (RF).”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 9, 2024
470 IAC 3-4.5-4(1) All interior surfaces, equipment, materials, furnishings, and objects with which children will come in contact shall be well maintained, in a clean and sanitary condition, and of nontoxic durable construction
“There were multiple items labeled keep out of reach of children in an unlocked cabinet in the girls bathroom: Bleach, Windex, and toilet bowl cleaner.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
IC 12-17.2-3.5-11(a) A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Fire arms, ammunition and other weapons Location __________ Poisons, chemicals, bleach cleaning materials and Medications Location __________.
“A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Poisons, chemicals, and cleaning materials”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
IC 12-17.2-3.5-12 Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.
“Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 9, 2024
IC 12-17.2-3.5-10(b)(1) and (2) Each provider shall have monthly documented fire drills including date/time/weather condition/name of person conducting drill/full evacuation time and maintained for previous 12 months. Date of last drill________________
“Each provider shall have monthly documented fire drills including date/time/weather condition/name of person conducting drill/full evacuation time and maintained for previous 12 months.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
IC 12-17.2-3.5-4.1 Each childcare provider has provided evidence that they have not been named in the State Central Registry IC31-33-18.
“Each childcare provider has provided evidence that they have not been named in the State Central Registry IC31-33-18.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 9, 2024
Jun 27, 2024Inspection9 rules cited
470 IAC 3-4.5-4(2) All restrooms shall be equipped with flush toilets and handwashing sinks and shall be ventilated to the outside. An adequate supply of water, under pressure, shall be provided at all handwashing sinks, as well as soap and disposable paper towels in dispensers. Toilet paper in dispensers shall be located at each toilet
“In the girls bathroom there were items not related to toileting that were being stored: a shovel, wooden boards, and carpet squares.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
470 IAC 3-4.5-4(2) All restrooms shall be equipped with flush toilets and handwashing sinks and shall be ventilated to the outside. An adequate supply of water, under pressure, shall be provided at all handwashing sinks, as well as soap and disposable paper towels in dispensers. Toilet paper in dispensers shall be located at each toilet
“There were no paper towels in the dispenser in the boys and girls bathrooms.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
IC 12-17.2-6-14(1) The child care ministry must do the following: Conduct a criminal history check of the child care ministrys employees and volunteers
“One staff member did not have fingerprints on file, (RF).”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 9, 2024
IC 12-17.2-6-14(2)(c) The child care ministry must do the following: is a person against whom an allegation of child abuse or neglect has been substantiated under IC 31-33
“One staff member did not have a consent form on file, (RF).”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 9, 2024
470 IAC 3-4.5-4(1) All interior surfaces, equipment, materials, furnishings, and objects with which children will come in contact shall be well maintained, in a clean and sanitary condition, and of nontoxic durable construction
“There were multiple items labeled keep out of reach of children in an unlocked cabinet in the girls bathroom: Bleach, Windex, and toilet bowl cleaner.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
IC 12-17.2-3.5-11(a) A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Fire arms, ammunition and other weapons Location __________ Poisons, chemicals, bleach cleaning materials and Medications Location __________.
“A provider shall provide for a safe environment by ensuring that no conditions exist in or on the grounds of the facility where a provider operates a child care program that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children, including ensuring that the following items are placed in areas that are inaccessible to children in the providers care: Poisons, chemicals, and cleaning materials”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
IC 12-17.2-3.5-12 Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.
“Each childcare provider, household member, employee, volunteer caregiver shall submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI or each childcare provider has local criminal check with documentation that national check is applied for.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 9, 2024
IC 12-17.2-3.5-10(b)(1) and (2) Each provider shall have monthly documented fire drills including date/time/weather condition/name of person conducting drill/full evacuation time and maintained for previous 12 months. Date of last drill________________
“Each provider shall have monthly documented fire drills including date/time/weather condition/name of person conducting drill/full evacuation time and maintained for previous 12 months.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 28, 2024
IC 12-17.2-3.5-4.1 Each childcare provider has provided evidence that they have not been named in the State Central Registry IC31-33-18.
“Each childcare provider has provided evidence that they have not been named in the State Central Registry IC31-33-18.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 9, 2024
- Oct 26, 2023InspectionNo rules cited
- Oct 26, 2023InspectionNo rules cited
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FAQ
Questions about Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3
Is Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3 licensed?
Yes. Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3 is registered with the state and operating. This is how Indiana authorizes this type of child care.
When was Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3 last inspected?
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning lists the most recent visit on May 18, 2026, with 1 rule cited. It lists 14 visits in the last 3 years.
Has Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3 had rules cited by the state?
Yes. Inspectors cited 12 rules across 6 of 14 visits in the last 3 years; 12 show a correction in the state record. 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.
Does Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3 accept child care subsidies?
Yes. The state record says it accepts child care subsidies.
What are Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3's hours?
Monday to Saturday, 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM. These are the hours on the state record. Holiday hours can differ.
How much does Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3 cost?
It has not listed its tuition. Call (219) 427-1482 to ask.
What is Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3's phone number?
(219) 427-1482.
Where is Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #3?
5050 Suite C Vermont Street, Gary, IN 46409. The nearest other daycare we list is Life Changers Early Learning & Aftercare STEAM Academy #2, under 0.1 miles away.