NAPC/Flippin Preschool
A child care center in Flippin, Arkansas 72634
145 School Ln, Flippin, Arkansas 72634. (870) 453-7445.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- 1 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Mar 102026 the latest visit on record
- 146 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?
14 visits in the last three years, the latest on Mar 10, 2026.
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 1 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 1 complaint, received Aug 20, 2025; it lists the regulations its investigation cited.
Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Nov 10, 2025
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Nov 10, 2025: monitor Visit1 deficiency
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The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children
Dec 4, 2023: monitor Visit1 deficiency
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Any child who is injured shall have immediate attention. Parents shall be notified of all injuries. Injuries that require the attention of medical personnel shall be reported to the parent immediately and to the Licensing Unit within one (1) business day.
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 23, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 20, 2024 | Monitor Visit; Technical Assistance Request Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Agency Review; Children’s Records; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Complaint Visit; Monitor Visit; Self Report Visit | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Public School Based.
- Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
- ABC Facility (Arkansas Better Chance).
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 10, Preschool License Type 84, School Age License Type 52.
- Capacity: 146 children.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 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 24, 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: Flippin School.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How is it rated?
- Better Beginnings: Level 4.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 3 child care providers in Marion County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 0; this one had 2.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| NAPC/Flippin Preschool This child care provider | 2 |
| Laugh & Learn Lounge Childcare Center | Not given |
| O.U.R Kids At Yellville | 0 |
| Kidspiration of Marion County | Not given |
| Yellville Summit Early Head Start | 0 |
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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2026.
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