Harrisonville · Licensed center
K.I.D.Z., Inc.
A center in Harrisonville, licensed for 52 children. The state cited something at 4 of 6 routine visits (Kansas City-area centers: about 8 in 9).
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Kansas City-area’s 187 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 55 children. Medium is 56 to 134; large is 135 to 729.
How they teach
Not published
Who cares for your child
One adult for every four infants
Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
One adult for every four toddlers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
One adult for every eight to ten preschoolers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
Five staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
What it costs
$866 to $1,256 a month
Kansas City-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
Shortlist can ask K.I.D.Z., Inc. for what it has not published: how they teach. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 4 of 6 cited something
Across Kansas City-area centers, the state cites something at about 8 in 9 routine visits (2,101 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
- April 16, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since September 2025 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 17, 2025. 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.
Dec 2025 Compliance verification visit 3 findings
Compliance verification visit · December 17, 2025
5 CSR 25-500.082 (1) (C) · Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers · Correction due December 10, 2025
Children were not restricted to approved space as evidenced by four children were being cared for in an unapproved classroom.
Required correction: Caregivers shall restrict children to approved space.
5 CSR 25-500.102 · Personnel (1) (K) . · Correction due December 11, 2025
A facility orientation was not conducted for a caregiver(s) before being left alone with children. The following staff need a facility orientation: M.B.
Required correction: The facility shall ensure that a facility orientation occurs within 7 days of employment or volunteering and before caregivers are left alone with children.
5 CSR 25-500.122 (1) (A) · Medical Examination Reports · Correction due December 17, 2025
Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for K.B. and M.B. as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children.
Required correction: Medical reports shall be on file as required.
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
Dec 2025 Reinspection visit 4 findings
Reinspection visit · December 10, 2025
5 CSR 25-500.082 (1) (C) · Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
Children were not restricted to approved space as evidenced by four children were being cared for in an unapproved classroom.
Required correction: Caregivers shall restrict children to approved space.
5 CSR 25-500.092 · Furniture, Equipment and Materials (1) (B) 2. G · Correction due December 10, 2025
Soft objects, loose bedding or any object that can increase risk of entrapment, suffocation or strangulation was observed as evidenced by sleep sac was on side of crib with a sleeping infant.
Required correction: Infant napping equipment shall be free of soft objects, loose bedding or any object that can increase the risk of entrapment, suffocation or strangulation.
5 CSR 25-500.102 · Personnel (1) (K) .
A facility orientation was not conducted for a caregiver(s) before being left alone with children. The following staff need a facility orientation: M.B.
Required correction: The facility shall ensure that a facility orientation occurs within 7 days of employment or volunteering and before caregivers are left alone with children.
5 CSR 25-500.122 (1) (A) · Medical Examination Reports
Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for K.B. and M.B. as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children.
Required correction: Medical reports shall be on file as required.
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
Dec 2025 Post licensing visit 6 findings
Post licensing visit · December 9, 2025
5 CSR 25-500.082 (1) (C) · Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers · Correction due December 9, 2025
Children were not restricted to approved space as evidenced by 4 children in unapproved classroom.
Required correction: Caregivers shall restrict children to approved space.
5 CSR 25-500.082 (1) (I) · Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers · Correction due December 9, 2025
Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: diaper cream. The item(s) was/were located under changing table in infant/toddler room.
Required correction: Hazardous items shall be inaccessible to children.
5 CSR 25-500.082 (III) · Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (2) (B) 2. B. · Correction due December 9, 2025
The space for infants and toddlers is not separated by floor-to-ceiling walls.
Required correction: Infant/toddler space shall be separated from other child care space by floor-to-ceiling walls. (GF)
5 CSR 25-500.092 · Furniture, Equipment and Materials (1) (B) 2. G
Soft objects, loose bedding or any object that can increase risk of entrapment, suffocation or strangulation was observed as evidenced by sleep sac was on side of crib with a sleeping infant.
Required correction: Infant napping equipment shall be free of soft objects, loose bedding or any object that can increase the risk of entrapment, suffocation or strangulation.
5 CSR 25-500.102 · Personnel (1) (K) .
A facility orientation was not conducted for a caregiver(s) before being left alone with children. The following staff need a facility orientation: M.B.
Required correction: The facility shall ensure that a facility orientation occurs within 7 days of employment or volunteering and before caregivers are left alone with children.
5 CSR 25-500.122 (1) (A) · Medical Examination Reports
Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for K.B. and M.B. as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children.
Required correction: Medical reports shall be on file as required.
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
Sep 2025 Compliance verification visit 7 findings
Compliance verification visit · September 25, 2025
5 CSR 25-500.042 (5) · Licensing Process · Correction due September 25, 2025
The fire safety inspection was not approved.
Required correction: The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with fire safety requirements.
5 CSR 25-500.042 (4) (L) · Licensing Process · Correction due August 28, 2025
The facility had no evidence of compliance with local zoning requirements.
Required correction: The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with local building and zoning.
5 CSR 25-500.042 (4) (K) · Licensing Process · Correction due August 28, 2025
The sanitation inspection was not approved.
Required correction: The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with sanitation requirements.
5 CSR 25-500.082 (6) (A) 4. · Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers · Correction due August 27, 2025
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by mat under the log is coming apart causing a possible choking hazard.
Required correction: The outdoor play area shall be clean, safe and well-maintained as required.
5 CSR 25-500.082 (1) (B) · Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers · Correction due September 25, 2025
The facility has not met the requirements for fire and safety as evidenced by not approved.
Required correction: The facility shall comply with fire and safety/zoning/sanitation requirements.
5 CSR 25-500.102 (4) (A) 2. · Personnel · Correction due September 19, 2025
Kristyn Jacobson and Adrianna Harper did not complete safe sleep training prior to licensure.
Required correction: Prior to receiving a license, department-approved safe sleep training shall be completed.
5 CSR 25-500.102 (1) (T) · Personnel · Correction due September 19, 2025
The requirements for first aid/CPR were not met as evidenced by there was no documentation on file showing completion of age-appropriate first aid certification for the requested/licensed capacity.
Required correction: Required age-appropriate certification in first aid/CPR shall be on file, with at least one caregiver with certification on site.
A day here
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks served to children on table food (breakfast 8am for Infant/Toddler rooms, 8:30am for Preschool/Pre-K); children not on table food must supply their own food daily in its original container.
- Outdoors
- Children go outside daily when weather permits (temperature above 32°F and below 95°F; no rain, lightning, storm, or heat warning).
- Sleep
- Scheduled afternoon rest time for all children except infants; children must stay on cots 30 minutes but aren't required to sleep.
- Hours
- 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Details
- Phone
- (816) 398-2209
- Website
- kidzincmo.com
- Address
- 500 Polar Ln
- License
- 003122347, active
- Ages
- children 0-12 years of age
- Established
- 2008
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Who cares for your child
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 · kidzincmo.com
Who cares for your child
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 · kidzincmo.com
Who cares for your child
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 · kidzincmo.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff — kidzincmo.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff — kidzincmo.com
What it costs
- Monthly tuition — Checked July 2026 · kidzincmo.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.
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Hours — Checked July 2026 · kidzincmo.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · healthapps.dhss.mo.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 · kidzincmo.com
- Ages, Established — Checked July 2026 · kidzincmo.com