Blue Springs · Licensed family home
Stafford, Kirsten
A family home in Blue Springs, licensed for up to 10 children. The state cited something at 3 of 7 routine visits (Kansas City-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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
Not published
Shortlist can ask Stafford, Kirsten for what it has not published: how they teach, who is with the children and for how long, what it costs, hours and late pickup, a typical day and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 3 of 7 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
- April 1, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2023 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 2, 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.
Apr 2025 Compliance monitoring visit 3 findings
Compliance monitoring visit · April 2, 2025
5 CSR 25-400.085 (1) (J) · Physical Requirements of the Family Day Care Home · Correction due April 2, 2025
Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: toothpaste, Listerine mouthwash, perfume sprays, and other personal care items. The item(s) was/were located in the main bathroom. They were put away and fixed on site.
Required correction: Hazardous items shall be inaccessible to children.
5 CSR 25-400.095 · Furniture, Equipment and Materials (1) (B) 1 A · Correction due April 2, 2025
The requirements for sleeping materials were not met as evidenced by 3 child(ren) 12 months or older was/were sleeping/napping on the ground with a pillow and blanket.
Required correction: The facility shall provide sleeping equipment and bedding as required.
5 CSR 25-400.175 · Child Care Program (1) (A) 6 · Correction due April 2, 2025
Requirements for supervision of napping children were not met as evidenced by the door to the room in which children were napping was closed.
Required correction: A caregiver shall supervise napping children.
Sep 2024 Compliance verification visit 1 finding
Compliance verification visit · September 12, 2024
5 CSR 25-400.055 (2) (A) · Annual Requirements · Correction due September 12, 2024
The annual fire safety inspection was not approved.
Required correction: The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual fire safety requirements.
Sep 2024 Compliance monitoring visit 1 finding
Compliance monitoring visit · September 11, 2024
5 CSR 25-400.055 (2) (A) · Annual Requirements
The annual fire safety inspection was not approved.
Required correction: The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual fire safety requirements.
A day here
Not published
Details
- Phone
- (816) 229-0692
- Address
- 1124 SW Liggett Ct
- License
- 001953640, active
- Ownership
- For-profit
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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
- Ownership — Checked September 2026 · healthapps.dhss.mo.gov