Blue Springs · Licensed family home
Home Away from Home Daycare
A family home in Blue Springs, licensed for up to 10 children. Care for an infant is $650 a month, less than 9 of 11 Kansas City-area full-time prices. The state cited something at 6 of 9 routine visits (Kansas City-area family homes: about 4 in 5).
Mid-size home. Mid-size means licensed for 10 children, the size at least half of Kansas City-area’s 86 licensed family homes hold. Small is 8 to 9; larger is 11 to 20.
How they teach
Not published
Who cares for your child
Not published
What it costs
$650 a month for an infant
Lower than 9 of 11 Kansas City-area providers that publish a full-time infant price.
Kansas City-area comparison hidden: too few providers here publish a full-time price for this age.
Home Away from Home DaycareMost Kansas City-area prices (middle 80%)
Scale $0 to $4,000 a month. Kansas City-area prices as of September 26, 2026. Part-time $498 to $520 a month. Application fee $85. Prices from their website, July 2026.
Shortlist can ask Home Away from Home Daycare for what it has not published: how they teach, who is with the children and for how long, hours and late pickup and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 6 of 9 cited something
Across Kansas City-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (809 visits).
From Missouri DESE Office of Childhood’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Missouri DESE Office of Childhood
- Last visit
- June 4, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since September 2023 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 4, 2026. Missouri DESE Office of Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Missouri DESE Office of Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Missouri DESE marks every rule section of an inspection Compliance, Violation or Not Observed, and for each violation publishes the inspector’s observation, the rule quoted in full, the correction required and a deadline. A complaint investigation is published where the state substantiated a rule violation, with its disposition.
Jun 2026 Compliance verification visit 2 findings
Compliance verification visit · June 4, 2026
5 CSR 25-400.105 · The Child Care Provider and Other Child Care Personnel (5) (A) . · Correction due June 3, 2026
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the assistant(s), Kathy Pugh-Habiger.
Required correction: The child care provider and assistant(s) shall complete department-approved safe sleep training as required.
5 CSR 25-600.020 (1) · General Requirements · Correction due June 4, 2026
Criminal background check results were not on file for assistant K.P.
Required correction: Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
Mar 2026 Compliance monitoring visit 2 findings
Compliance monitoring visit · March 6, 2026
5 CSR 25-400.105 · The Child Care Provider and Other Child Care Personnel (5) (A) .
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the assistant(s), Kathy Pugh-Habiger.
Required correction: The child care provider and assistant(s) shall complete department-approved safe sleep training as required.
5 CSR 25-600.020 (1) · General Requirements
Criminal background check results were not on file for assistant K.P.
Required correction: Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
Sep 2025 Reinspection visit 2 findings
Reinspection visit · September 18, 2025
5 CSR 25-400.085 (3) (A) 3. · Physical Requirements of the Family Day Care Home · Correction due September 18, 2025
When children were outdoors, there was inadequate adult supervision as evidenced by 2 children under three years of age were observed without a caregiver.
Required correction: Adult supervision shall be provided at all times.
5 CSR 25-400.175 · Child Care Program (1) (A) 5 · Correction due September 18, 2025
Requirements for supervision of napping children were not met as evidenced by the caregiver was too far away to hear all children.
Required correction: A caregiver shall supervise napping children.
Sep 2025 Compliance monitoring visit 2 findings
Compliance monitoring visit · September 3, 2025
5 CSR 25-400.085 (3) (A) 3. · Physical Requirements of the Family Day Care Home
When children were outdoors, there was inadequate adult supervision as evidenced by 2 children under three years of age were observed without a caregiver.
Required correction: Adult supervision shall be provided at all times.
5 CSR 25-400.175 · Child Care Program (1) (A) 5
Requirements for supervision of napping children were not met as evidenced by the caregiver was too far away to hear all children.
Required correction: A caregiver shall supervise napping children.
Apr 2025 Compliance verification visit 1 finding
Compliance verification visit · April 16, 2025
5 CSR 25-600.020 (5) · General Requirements · Correction due April 16, 2025
Criminal background check results were older than five (5) years for Christine Kary.
Required correction: Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.
Mar 2025 Compliance monitoring visit 1 finding
Compliance monitoring visit · March 6, 2025
5 CSR 25-600.020 (5) · General Requirements
Criminal background check results were older than five (5) years for Christine Kary.
Required correction: Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.
A day here
Not published
Details
- Phone
- (816) 988-7943
- Address
- 5615 SW Us Highway 40
- License
- 002696891, active
- Ownership
- For-profit
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Sources and dates
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What it costs
- Infant, Toddler — Checked July 2026 · homeawayfromhomedaycareblue.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · healthapps.dhss.mo.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 · homeawayfromhomedaycareblue.com
- Ownership — Checked September 2026 · healthapps.dhss.mo.gov