Hearth Record

Childcare Network #188

A child care center in Benton, Arkansas 72015

2523 Military Road, Benton, Arkansas 72015. (501) 315-0631.

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The short answer

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean6
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
The state’s most serious level
Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
Quality rating
Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

38 visits in the last three years, the latest on Apr 20, 2026.

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 3 of them serious.

Arkansas lists 3 complaints, the latest received Mar 26, 2026; it lists regulations cited for 2 of them.

Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Mar 18, 2025

Serious Deficiency: At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc., Oct 8, 2024

Serious Deficiency: Physical punishment shall not be administered to children., Feb 6, 2024

Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

13 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

13 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Apr 2, 2026: complaint Visit1 deficiency

  • The facility shall be free of insects, rodents, and pests.

    Rule 1100.1101.18. Non-Compliant. From a complaint.

Mar 10, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit; Transportation1 deficiency

  • The following persons shall apply to the Identification Bureau of the Arkansas State Police for a nationwide criminal record check, to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which shall include a fingerprint check: (The individual is responsible for the cost of a nationwide check. Each request must be accompanied by a check or money order made out to the Arkansas State Police.) Fingerprints submitted will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI. Individuals with results showing a prohibited offense shall be advised to contact the Licensing Unit for procedures to obtain the results and for procedures to update or make corrections to the record of their individual history.

    Rule 100.110.1.b. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Mar 12, 2026.

May 29, 2025: monitor Visit1 deficiency

  • All bags belonging to children shall be checked on arrival to eliminate possible hazards.

    Rule 1200.1201.18. Non-Compliant.

Mar 18, 2025: complaint Visit1 deficiency

  • The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children

    Rule 300.301.2.a. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint.

Oct 8, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency

  • At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc.

    Rule 300.301.8. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Oct 8, 2024.

Feb 26, 2024: monitor Visit1 deficiency

  • The area shall be free of hazards or potentially hazardous objects.

    Rule 900.902.1. Non-Compliant.

Feb 6, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency

  • Physical punishment shall not be administered to children.

    Rule 500.501.2. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint.

Jan 31, 2024: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit2 deficiencies

  • All new staff, including volunteers who are counted in the ratios, shall receive the following orientation within three (3) months of employment (and every three (3) years thereafter) and shall not be left alone with children until this is completed.

    Rule 300.306.4.01. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Feb 6, 2024.

  • Staff records may be maintained off site, unless otherwise noted, and shall contain the following:

    Rule 600.603.1.b. Non-Compliant.

Nov 20, 2023: complaint Visit1 deficiency

  • Staff shall not engage in behavior that could be viewed as sexual, dangerous, exploitative, or physically harmful to children. A caregiver shall not use profanity or speak in an abusive manner when children are present.

    Rule 300.303.6. Non-Compliant. From a complaint.

Nov 7, 2023: monitor Visit3 deficiencies

  • All detergents and cleaning supplies shall be kept out of the reach of children. (This does not include hand soap in children’s or staff bathrooms.)

    Rule 1200.1201.16. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Nov 17, 2023.

  • All space used by a center shall be kept clean and free of hazardous or potentially hazardous objects. (These objects include, but are not limited to, poisonous substances, firearms, explosives, broken toys or equipment, or other objects that could be harmful or dangerous, if they are determined to be accessible to children.)

    Rule 800.801.4. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Nov 17, 2023.

  • Use zone protective surfacing depths shall be as follows: Minimum compressed loose-fill protective surfacing depths

    Rule 900.909.3.c. Non-Compliant.

All 38 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 20, 2026Revisit ComplaintNo deficiencies cited
Apr 2, 2026Complaint Visit1 deficiency cited
Mar 23, 2026Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 10, 2026Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit; Transportation1 deficiency cited
Feb 26, 2026Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 12, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Aug 14, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Aug 12, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jun 19, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 29, 2025Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited
Apr 3, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 26, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 25, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 18, 2025Complaint Visit1 deficiency cited, 1 serious
Mar 6, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 16, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 14, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 3, 2025Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 3, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 21, 2024Complaint Visit; Special VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 21, 2024New StudyNo deficiencies cited
Oct 16, 2024Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 8, 2024Complaint Visit1 deficiency cited, 1 serious
Oct 2, 2024Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Sep 30, 2024Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Sep 30, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jul 24, 2024Monitor Visit; Technical Assistance Request VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 6, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 28, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 14, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Feb 26, 2024Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited
Feb 6, 2024Complaint Visit1 deficiency cited, 1 serious
Jan 31, 2024Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit2 deficiencies cited
Jan 31, 2024Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 4, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 12, 2023Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 20, 2023Complaint Visit1 deficiency cited
Nov 7, 2023Monitor Visit3 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center.
  • Provider type: Center Based.
  • Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
  • Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 50, Preschool License Type 66, School Age License Type 51.
  • Capacity: 167 children.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Arkansas acted against it?

  • No corrective action agreements listed by Arkansas.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Arkansas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Owner, as Arkansas lists it: Child Development Schools Arkansas.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How is it rated?

  • Better Beginnings: Level 3.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Comparisons appear once all of Saline County’s providers are read.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Arkansas’s visit records cover the last three years only.
  • Arkansas lists the regulation each deficiency cited, not what the licensing staff saw.
  • Arkansas lists complaints and the regulations their investigations cited, not what was alleged.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood. Arkansas’s own record is on ardhslicensing.my.site.com. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.

From the provider

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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