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Y's Kids at Highland

Waterloo, IA

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About Y's Kids at Highland

Y's Kids at Highland is a licensed child care center in Waterloo, Iowa. It is licensed by the state.

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services made 4 visits in the last 3 years and cited 4 rules across 2 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.

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Y's Kids at Highland has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a child care center in Black Hawk County has a median price of $168 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 Y's Kids at Highland

License

Status
Licensed and operating
License type
Licensed Center
License number
#46510
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Summary

4 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Oct 14, 2025: 3 rules cited

Rules cited on 2 of 4 visits · 4 rules in all

  • Food and nutrition 2
  • Staff training and qualifications 1
  • Safety and hazards 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. Oct 14, 2025Inspection3 rules cited
    • Food and nutrition

      109.11(6)

    • Food and nutrition

      109.13(1and2)

      “• Center shall serve each child a full, nutritionally balanced meal as defined by CACFP guidelines. • Staff shall provide supervision at table during snacks and meals. • Children at center two hours or longer shall be offered food of not less than two hours and no more than three hours apart unless child is asleep. • Menus shall be made available to parents and kept on file with substitutions noted. • Avoid foods with high incident rate of causing choking.”
    • Staff training and qualifications

      109.7(2)

      “Center directors and all staff have the required contact hours of training.”
  2. Sep 9, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
  3. Nov 20, 2024Inspection1 rule cited
    • Safety and hazards

      109.10(15)b

      “Emergency instructions, phone numbers, and diagrams for fire, tornado, and flood shall be visibly posted and documented at least once a month for fire and tornado. Records shall be maintained for current and previous year.”
  4. Nov 15, 2023InspectionNo rules cited
  5. Nov 16, 2022InspectionNo 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 Y's Kids at Highland licensed?

Yes. Iowa Department of Health and Human Services lists it as licensed and operating.

When was Y's Kids at Highland last inspected?

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services lists the most recent visit on October 14, 2025, with 3 rules cited. It lists 4 visits in the last 3 years.

Has Y's Kids at Highland had rules cited by the state?

Yes. Inspectors cited 4 rules across 2 of 4 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 Y's Kids at Highland's hours?

Its hours are not listed.

Where is Y's Kids at Highland?

Waterloo, IA.

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