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Licensed daycares in 51501Council Bluffs, IA

There are 33 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 51501 — 18 licensed centers and 15 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 113 violations across 101 inspections in the past three years, an average of 1.12 violations per inspection, which is below the Council Bluffs average of 1.42.

10 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

Every record below comes from Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and links back to the state's own document.

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Clean record — no violations in 3 years

10 providers.

Heartland Child Development Center

Center · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 710 1st Ave · Last inspected Apr 7, 2026

0 violationsActive
Helena Owens

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1010 20th Ave · Last inspected Feb 4, 2026

0 violationsActive
Hilary Beckner

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 5 yr · 2119 2nd Ave · Last inspected Nov 24, 2025

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

15 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Heartland Christian School

Center · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 400 Wright Rd · Last inspected Jun 29, 2026

1 violationActive
Kids & Company Early Learning Center

Center · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 620 N 8th St · Last inspected Sep 29, 2025

1 violationActive
Kids & Company-Edison

Center · Ages 3 yr – 12 yr · 2218 3rd Ave · Last inspected Jan 12, 2026

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

8 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Melisa Jones

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 505 S 21st St · Last inspected May 12, 2026

23 violationsActive
Heather Neighbors

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 1626 Ave I · Last inspected Nov 7, 2025

20 violationsActive
Patricia Newberry

Family day home · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2516 Ave G · Last inspected Dec 2, 2025

12 violationsActive

A note on Iowa records

Iowa does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Iowa does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Iowa Department of Health and Human Services on Jul 14, 2026. Source records · Report an error