Stinson Chapel Day Care Center
A child care center in Sherwood, Arkansas 72120
606 S Claremont Ave, Sherwood, Arkansas 72120. (501) 835-2845.
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The short answer
- 15 deficiencies in the last three years
- 6 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Aug 62026 the latest visit on record
- 104 children, its licensed capacity
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?
15 visits in the last three years, the latest on Aug 6, 2026.
15 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 6 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 2 complaints, the latest received Apr 8, 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, Jun 22, 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., Jun 22, 2026
Serious Deficiency: The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:, Jun 22, 2026
3 more at that level; all are listed below.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
15 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 6, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit; Transportation3 deficiencies
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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.
“Corrective action completed: Staff has updated child maltreatments and criminal checks.”
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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.
“Corrective action completed: Staff has updated child maltreatment and criminal checks”
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Slides shall have a transition platform of at least fourteen inches (14”) deep for preschool and school age children, and nineteen inches (19”) deep for toddlers.
“Corrective action completed: Provider lowered the slide to ensure there is a transition platform.”
Jun 22, 2026: revisit Complaint4 deficiencies
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The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children
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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.
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The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:
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The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:
Jan 28, 2025: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency
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Staff records may be maintained off site, unless otherwise noted, and shall contain the following:
Nov 12, 2024: monitor Visit1 deficiency
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Safety straps shall be used at all times in high chairs or any other seats designed to be used with straps.
Nov 12, 2024: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
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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.
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The child care facility shall maintain a record for each child in care which shall be on site. Records for children no longer enrolled may be maintained off site. Children’s records shall contain the following information:
Jul 22, 2024: monitor Visit2 deficiencies
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Infants and toddlers shall be placed in age appropriate cribs, cots, or mats meeting Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) standards, for when they fall asleep. (Note: Also, any items used in the crib must be used according to manufacturer guidelines, regardless if the child is sleeping or not, in accordance with 1001.1.)
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The use of cell phones by staff while supervising children shall be prohibited except in emergency situations.
Apr 29, 2024: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit2 deficiencies
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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.
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Bottles shall not be propped. Infants under six (6) months of age shall be held while being bottle-fed.
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit; Transportation | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Revisit Complaint | 4 deficiencies cited, 4 serious |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Complaint Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit; Transportation | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 3, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 2 deficiencies cited, 1 serious |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Monitor Visit | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | 2 deficiencies cited, 1 serious |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Church Operated.
- Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 35, Preschool License Type 69.
- Capacity: 104 children.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Arkansas acted against it?
- No corrective action agreements listed by Arkansas.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 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: Stinson Chapel General Baptist Church.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How is it rated?
- Better Beginnings: Level 2.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Comparisons appear once all of Pulaski County’s providers are read.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 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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Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing.
Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Arkansas.gov’s acceptable-use terms: linking is allowed; no framing, no presenting the content as one’s own, no implied endorsement.
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Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing.
Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Arkansas.gov’s acceptable-use terms: linking is allowed; no framing, no presenting the content as one’s own, no implied endorsement.
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Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing.
Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Arkansas.gov’s acceptable-use terms: linking is allowed; no framing, no presenting the content as one’s own, no implied endorsement.
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Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing.
Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Arkansas.gov’s acceptable-use terms: linking is allowed; no framing, no presenting the content as one’s own, no implied endorsement.
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.
This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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