Palestine Wheatley ABC
A child care center in Palestine, Arkansas 72372
105 E Wood Ave, Palestine, Arkansas 72372. (870) 558-1200.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- 0 at the state’s most serious level
- Aug 202026 the latest visit on record
- 80 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?
12 visits in the last three years, the latest on Aug 20, 2026.
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years, none of them serious.
No complaints listed by Arkansas.
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
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Non-Compliant. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 20, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit4 deficiencies
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Pillows (including nursing or “boppy” pillows), bumpers and bumper pads, and stuffed animals shall not be placed in cribs.
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All medications and poisonous substances shall be kept in separately locked areas.
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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.)
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All bags belonging to children shall be checked on arrival to eliminate possible hazards.
Apr 17, 2026: staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency
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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.)
Jan 21, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit1 deficiency
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When the Director and Assistant Director or Site Supervisor are both away from the center, there shall be a person in charge who shall have the ability and authority to carry out daily operations. The person in charge shall be twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
Nov 19, 2025: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency
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Pillows (including nursing or “boppy” pillows), bumpers and bumper pads, and stuffed animals shall not be placed in cribs.
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit | 4 deficiencies cited |
| May 15, 2026 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Staff Record Review Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Revisit Complaint | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Children’s Records; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Public School Based.
- ABC Facility (Arkansas Better Chance).
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 35, Preschool License Type 45, School Age License Type 0, Sick Care License Type 0.
- Capacity: 80 children.
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.
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: PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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.
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?
- Among 12 child care providers in St. Francis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 7.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Palestine Wheatley ABC This child care provider | 7 |
| Nanny’s Daycare LLC | 4 |
| Lil League Daycare | 0 |
| Noah’s Ark Early Learning Academy | 0 |
| Vhan’s Child Care Center | 3 |
| Children First Family Home Daycare | 6 |
| Kids for the Future of Forrest City | Not given |
| Lee’s Daycare | 5 |
| Save the Children Head Start Forrest City | 1 |
| Teach and Tend Day Care Center | 7 |
| ABC Preschool at Lincoln | 8 |
| B. B ‘S Day Care | 2 |
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 30, 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 30, 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 30, 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 30, 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 30, 2026.
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