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Kidz Light Academy Daycare

A child care center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601

1801 South Olive Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601. (870) 718-4560.

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The short answer

The last 24 months 38 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. Every month

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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?

13 visits in the last three years, the latest on Aug 6, 2026.

38 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 4 of them serious.

No complaints listed by Arkansas.

Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Jun 30, 2026

Serious Deficiency: Infants and toddlers shall not be mixed with preschool children, except as listed in the following requirement., Apr 14, 2026

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., Dec 16, 2025

1 more at that level; all are listed below.

Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

38 deficiencies in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

38 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 6, 2026: monitor Visit2 deficiencies
  • There shall be at least one (1) sink in each infant and toddler room for ages under eighteen (18) months for diapering.

    Rule 1100.1103.2. Non-Compliant.

  • Facility Records shall be maintained on site and include:

    Rule 600.602.1.g. Non-Compliant.

Jun 30, 2026: monitor Visit2 deficiencies
  • The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children

    Rule 300.301.2.a. Serious Deficiency.

  • The facility shall maintain daily attendance records on all children as follows:

    Rule 600.601.3.a. Non-Compliant.

May 29, 2026: monitor Visit2 deficiencies
  • The child care center shall provide a bathroom that opens directly into the room where toddlers are located.

    Rule 1100.1106.2. Non-Compliant.

  • The Director, Assistant Director or Site Supervisor, and fifty percent (50%) of the facility staff that are on site at any given time shall have a certificate of successful completion of first aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) from an approved organization. If the facility serves infants and toddlers, this training shall include infant and child CPR. (Infant and child CPR may be included in the basic course or in a separate course.)

    Rule 300.306.5.b. Non-Compliant.

Apr 14, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit5 deficiencies
  • Infants and toddlers shall not be mixed with preschool children, except as listed in the following requirement.

    Rule 300.301.4. Serious Deficiency.

  • The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through an Arkansas Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a child maltreatment background check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.

    Rule 100.109.1.a. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Apr 14, 2026.

  • Arkansas State Police Criminal Background Check The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through a fingerprint criminal records check (which includes the Arkansas Sexual Offender Registry) conducted by the Arkansas State Police. A prospective staff member may not begin work until the Arkansas State Police criminal record check result has been returned as satisfactory. Following receipt of the satisfactory result, this individual must be supervised at all times, pending completion of all of the required background check components, by a staff member who has successfully completed all required background checks. A National Sexual Offender Registry check will also be conducted on prospective employees. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a criminal background check and sexual offender registry check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.

    Rule 100.110.2.a. Non-Compliant.

  • A Director, Assistant Director or Site Supervisor who meets director qualifications, must be present at each licensed site a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the center’s primary operational day, on a routine basis.

    Rule 300.302.3. Non-Compliant.

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

    Rule 900.902.1. Non-Compliant.

Mar 6, 2026: monitor Visit3 deficiencies
  • A Director, Assistant Director or Site Supervisor who meets director qualifications, must be present at each licensed site a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the center’s primary operational day, on a routine basis.

    Rule 300.302.3. Non-Compliant.

  • 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: Apr 14, 2026.

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

    Rule 900.902.1. Non-Compliant.

Jan 23, 2026: informal Conference Visit; Monitor Visit4 deficiencies
  • The Licensee shall notify the Licensing Unit of any change in the person named as Director or Assistant Director or Site Supervisor within five (5) calendar days.

    Rule 300.302.8. Non-Compliant.

  • 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.

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

    Rule 600.603.1.b. Non-Compliant.

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

    Rule 600.603.1.i. Non-Compliant.

Jan 9, 2026: monitor Visit1 deficiency
  • All bags belonging to children shall be checked on arrival to eliminate possible hazards.

    Rule 1200.1201.18. Non-Compliant.

Dec 19, 2025: monitor Visit4 deficiencies
  • The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through an Arkansas Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a child maltreatment background check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.

    Rule 100.109.1.b. Non-Compliant.

  • 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.

  • Arkansas State Police Criminal Background Check The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through a fingerprint criminal records check (which includes the Arkansas Sexual Offender Registry) conducted by the Arkansas State Police. A prospective staff member may not begin work until the Arkansas State Police criminal record check result has been returned as satisfactory. Following receipt of the satisfactory result, this individual must be supervised at all times, pending completion of all of the required background check components, by a staff member who has successfully completed all required background checks. A National Sexual Offender Registry check will also be conducted on prospective employees. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a criminal background check and sexual offender registry check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.

    Rule 100.110.2.b. Non-Compliant.

  • 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.

Dec 16, 2025: monitor Visit13 deficiencies
  • 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.

  • Infants (children twelve (12) months of age and below) shall be placed flat on their backs to sleep, in accordance with American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines, to lessen the risk of suffocation and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). (If a child rolls over on his or her own, the facility is not required to reposition the child.) If there is a medical reason a child cannot sleep on his or her back, then a signed statement from the child’s physician must be in the file stating the reason, the sleep position indicated, and the time frame this is required.

    Rule 1000.1003.3. Non-Compliant.

  • Bibs, necklaces, and garments with ties or hoods shall be removed from infants prior to rest and naptime to reduce the risk of entanglement and strangulation while the child is sleeping.

    Rule 1000.1003.7. Non-Compliant.

  • An individually labeled crib or safe playpen with a waterproof mattress shall be provided for each child less than twelve (12) months of age. A bassinet shall not be used. (Please note that the CPSC does not recommend the use of playpens in licensed child care.)

    Rule 1000.1003.9. Non-Compliant.

  • 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.

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

    Rule 1200.1201.18. Non-Compliant.

  • Fire and tornado drills shall be practiced as follows:

    Rule 1200.1201.7.a. Non-Compliant.

  • The use of cell phones by staff while supervising children shall be prohibited except in emergency situations.

    Rule 300.301.9. Non-Compliant.

  • The use of television, Digital Versatile Disc (DVDs), video cassettes, computer or video games, and other screen time activities shall meet the following requirements:

    Rule 400.401.16.a. Non-Compliant.

  • Bottles and “sippy cups” shall be labeled with the child’s name and shall be refrigerated.

    Rule 700.702.10. Non-Compliant.

  • Bottles shall not be propped. Infants under six (6) months of age shall be held while being bottle-fed.

    Rule 700.702.9. Non-Compliant.

  • 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.

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

    Rule 900.902.1. Non-Compliant. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Jan 9, 2026.

Sep 4, 2025: monitor Visit2 deficiencies
  • 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.

  • The use of cell phones by staff while supervising children shall be prohibited except in emergency situations.

    Rule 300.301.9. Non-Compliant.

All 13 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 6, 2026Monitor Visit2 deficiencies cited
Jul 17, 2026Monitor Visit; Special VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jun 30, 2026Monitor Visit2 deficiencies cited, 1 serious
May 29, 2026Monitor Visit2 deficiencies cited
Apr 14, 2026Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit5 deficiencies cited, 1 serious
Mar 6, 2026Monitor Visit3 deficiencies cited
Jan 23, 2026Informal Conference Visit; Monitor Visit4 deficiencies cited
Jan 9, 2026Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited
Dec 19, 2025Monitor Visit4 deficiencies cited
Dec 16, 2025Monitor Visit13 deficiencies cited, 1 serious
Sep 30, 2025Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
Sep 4, 2025Monitor Visit2 deficiencies cited, 1 serious
Jul 18, 2025New StudyNo deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center.
  • Provider type: Center Based.
  • Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 11, Preschool License Type 15.
  • Capacity: 26 children.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 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?

  • Arkansas’s record lists no owner for this provider.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How is it rated?

  • Not rated in Better Beginnings (Arkansas lists it at Level 0).
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 40 child care providers in Jefferson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2.5; this one had 38.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 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

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Source:

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11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

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

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