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Growing Minds Preschool

500 COUNTY ROAD 401, Linn MO 65051-2734 · License #002950089 · Child Care Center

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Capacity 60 childrenAges 1 mo – 11 yrLast inspected Feb 3, 2026
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Rhoads, Danielle Christine * Rhoads, Danielle Christine
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500 COUNTY ROAD 401, Linn MO 65051-2734 · Directions

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  • Licensed for 60 children
6
Violations, past 3 yrs
From inspections (not complaints)
0
High-risk violations
Serious / high-risk non-compliance
0
Substantiated complaints
Published by Missouri DESE
8
Inspections, past 3 yrs
Monitoring & assessments

How this facility compares

Violations per inspection, 3-yr
This facility
0.8
Missouri average
1.9

Inspection history & violations

Source: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood
Feb 3, 2026 — COMPLIANCE MONITORING
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Aug 6, 2025 — COMPLIANCE MONITORING
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Feb 21, 2025 — COMPLIANCE MONITORING
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Oct 8, 2024 — COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Aug 1, 2024 — COMPLIANCE MONITORING
2 violations cited · view state record
2 violations
  • Violation

    5 CSR 25-500.102 · 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (1) (K) . states: The child care provider shall ensure that within seven (7) days of employment or volunteering, and before being left alone with children, that caregivers employed on or after August 30, 2019, receive a facility orientation. The facility orientation shall include--

    A facility orientation was not conducted for a caregiver(s) before being left alone with children. The following staff need a facility orientation: Kathleen Barker

  • Violation

    5 CSR 25-500.122 · 5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (A) states: All persons working in a child care facility in any capacity during child care hours, including volunteers counted in staff/child ratios, shall be in good physical and emotional health with no physical or mental conditions which would interfere with child care responsibilities. These persons shall have a medical examination report, signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of a licensed physician, on file at the facility at the time of initial licensure or within thirty (30) days following employment.

    Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for Tiffany Kost as evidenced by the medical examination was not signed by the required medical source.

Feb 7, 2024 — COMPLIANCE MONITORING
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Sep 21, 2023 — COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION
4 violations cited · view state record
4 violations
  • Violation

    5 CSR 25-500.102 · 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (1) (K) . states: The child care provider shall ensure that within seven (7) days of employment or volunteering, and before being left alone with children, that caregivers employed on or after August 30, 2019, receive a facility orientation. The facility orientation shall include:

    A facility orientation was not conducted for a caregiver(s) before being left alone with children. The following staff need a facility orientation: Jaidyn Brown and Cheyanne Mebruer

  • Violation

    5 CSR 25-500.102 · 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) . states: Every three (3) years, the child care provider, group child care home provider, child care staff members, and volunteers in a group child care home or child care center licensed to provide care for infants less than one (1) year of age shall successfully complete department-approved training regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep recommendations contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on sleep-related infant deaths. The Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, July 2022, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and available at https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 or as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 150, Issue 1, July 2022. A copy can also be obtained from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and at https://dese.mo.gov/governmental-affairs/deseadministrativerules/incorporated-reference-materials. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.

    Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Tiffany Kost.

  • Violation

    5 CSR 25-500.122 · 5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (A) states: All persons working in a child care facility in any capacity during child care hours, including volunteers counted in staff/child ratios, shall be in good physical and emotional health with no physical or mental conditions which would interfere with child care responsibilities. These persons shall have a medical examination report, signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of a licensed physician, on file at the facility at the time of initial licensure or within thirty (30) days following employment.

    Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for Tiffany Kost and Daisy Willis as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children.

  • Violation

    5 CSR 25-500.122 · 5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (B) . states: Medical examination reports shall include either a Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment form, completed and signed by a health care professional, or a negative tuberculin skin test (TST) completed not more than twelve (12) months before beginning work in the facility. The Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment form, revised March 2014, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102 and available by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services at https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/tuberculosis/tbmanual/pdf/RiskAssessmentform.pdf. If the person has signs or symptoms of tuberculosis, or risk factors for tuberculosis, then testing for tuberculosis shall occur.

    A medical examination report included either a Risk Assessment for Tuberculosis form or a negative tuberculin skin test (TST) which was completed more than 12 months before beginning work in the facility for the following staff: Tiffany Kost and Daisy Willis.

Aug 1, 2023 — COMPLIANCE MONITORING
No violations cited · view state record
Clean

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Generated from this facility's specific inspection record

  1. 1The Aug 1, 2024 inspection noted: “A facility orientation was not conducted for a caregiver(s) before being left alone with children. The following staff need a facility orientation: Kathleen Bar…” — what has changed since then?
  2. 2The Sep 21, 2023 inspection noted: “A facility orientation was not conducted for a caregiver(s) before being left alone with children. The following staff need a facility orientation: Jaidyn Brown…” — what has changed since then?

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