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Licensed daycares in 46403Gary, IN

There are 12 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 46403 — 2 licensed centers and 10 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 95 violations across 129 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.74 violations per inspection.

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

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (16 citations), followed by background checks (8). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 12 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

5 providers.

Charter School Of The Dunes Early Learning Center

Center · 7200 Melton Road · Last inspected Oct 31, 2025

0 violationsActive
Early Learning Adventures Christian Academy Llc

Center · 301 South Lake Street · Last inspected Feb 6, 2026

0 violationsActive
Honey Bees Excel

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 4 yr · Last inspected Oct 29, 2025

0 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Kid's Place Childcare Inc.

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 4 yr · Last inspected Jul 11, 2025

29 violationsActive
Kid's Place Childcare

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 4 yr · Last inspected Apr 16, 2026

20 violationsActive
Magic/Ashanti Childcare 3

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 5 yr – 5 yr · Last inspected Jul 18, 2025

16 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 46403

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by background checks. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

Can you show me how you document background and reference checks for new staff?

3

When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?

A note on Indiana records

Indiana does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error