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Kindergate of Evansville
623 Gum Street, Evansville IN 47713 · License #170071 · Licensed Center
Contact
- Director
- Dena Ashenbremer
- Phone
- (812) 422-6307
- Website
- Add via profile claim
- Address
- 623 Gum Street, Evansville IN 47713 · Directions
Hours
Not published by the state. Owners can add hours via profile claim.
Care & schedule
When they operate
Ages served
- 3-Star quality rating
- Accepts CCDF child care assistance
- Licensed for 162 children
How this facility compares
Violations per inspection, 3-yrInspection history & violations
Source: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning- Critical Health and Safety
470 IAC 3-4.7-55(a)(3) · Any person, while on child care center premises, shall not engage in or direct any of the following actions toward children: Cruel, harsh,unusual, humiliating, or frightening methods of discipline, including threatening the use of physical punishment
At time of incident on May 5, 2026, caregivers engaged in behavior that was threatening to child.
- Violation
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
Cabinet doors hanging in Room 9 and 10. Water damage on windowsill in Room 2 and 3. Water damage around smoke alarm and 6 ceiling tiles in hallway. Holes in Drywall behind rocker in Room 9.
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) · The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
Thermometer missing in refrigerator in kitchen and referigerator in Room 5.
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(3) · The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: At least one (1) sanitizable rocking chair/glider. This is not required if all the children in the room are at least twenty-four (24) months of age
Rocking chair surface is not sanitizable in Room 5.
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-66(6) · The specific guidelines of the most current, Handbook for Public Playground Safety, as published by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207, shall be used to determine compliance with the following safety rules: The center shall install a shock absorbing surface with required depth for the critical height of the equipment and covering the appropriate fall zone area under and around all playground equipment
Wood chips missing under green spinner on playground.
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(7)(a) · 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: Blood borne diseases and their transmission, work practice controls, and the use of personal protective equipment as required by the OSHA and ISDH
2 staff are missing documentation of annual universal precations training.
Corrected by Apr 1, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-113(n) · All items in the restroom must be sanitizable
Room 1's girls and boys bathrooms are being used as storage. Items including an easel, chairs, puzzles, rolls of newspaper paper.
Corrected by Apr 1, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-130(a)(4) · The center shall equip each toddler room with the following furnishings: A sanitizable changing table
Room 6 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 7 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable. Room 9 has a rip in the changing table pad making it unsanitizable.
Corrected by Apr 1, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-68 · Playground design
There is standing water under the disk swing. The woodchips under the green saucer are at zero inches. There are cracks in the top of the purple caterpiller that are sharp to the touch. There is a steering wheel with open spokes on the climber on the playground second from the left.
Corrected by Apr 30, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-63 · Educational equipment and materials
Room 7 has rips in the front of the blue child's chair making it unsanitizable.
Corrected by Apr 1, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-116(s) · The center shall place an accurate, easily readable thermometer in each compartment of the refrigerator and freezer in position for daily monitoring
The fridge in room 5 is reading 43 degrees F. Tempreatures should be 41 degrees or below.
Corrected by Apr 1, 2025
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-32(a)(3) · 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: The centers child discipline policy
On 8-9-24 one staff member did not follow Center discipline policy by moving a one year old child swiftly by the arm.
Corrected by Aug 23, 2024
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-55(b) · Staff shall not associate disciplinary action or rewards with rest
On August 8th at 1:19 pm (Nap time) a one year old child was taken by the arm and moved quickly across the classroom and put on their cot in reaction to child's behaivor.
Corrected by Aug 23, 2024
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-53(f) · After thirty (30) minutes, caregivers shall provide supervised alternate activities for nonsleeping children
On August 8th, 2024 3 one year old children were awake one hour into nap who were not offered an alternative activity.
Corrected by Aug 23, 2024
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-66 · Playground and Outdoor Safety
Woodchips are worn to dirt under the green spinning rider on the preschool playground.
Corrected by May 23, 2024
- Violation
470 IAC 3-4.7-99 · Building maintenance
On the right side of the bathroom between rooms 2 and 3. There is a crack in the transition beween the floor and wall behind the toilets making the area unsanitizable. Room 11's left most cabinet has a loose hinge making it a pinching hazard. Room 12's cabinet doors closest to the classroom door has broken hinges making it a piching hazard.
Corrected by May 23, 2024
Questions to ask on your tour
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
- 1The May 14, 2026 inspection noted: “At time of incident on May 5, 2026, caregivers engaged in behavior that was threatening to child.” — what has changed since then?
- 2The Apr 15, 2026 inspection noted: “Cabinet doors hanging in Room 9 and 10. Water damage on windowsill in Room 2 and 3. Water damage around smoke alarm and 6 ceiling tiles in hallway. Holes in…” — what has changed since then?
- 3The Apr 15, 2026 inspection noted: “Thermometer missing in refrigerator in kitchen and referigerator in Room 5.” — what has changed since then?
Data synced from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning · Source records · Report an error