Hearth Record

Global Academy

A child care center in West Memphis, Arkansas 72301

301 North 7th Street, West Memphis, Arkansas 72301. (870) 702-7530.

  • Corrective action agreement in the last three years
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The short answer

The last 24 months 14 deficiencies in 5 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?

42 visits in the last three years, the latest on Apr 9, 2026.

14 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 5 of them serious.

No complaints listed by Arkansas.

Serious Deficiency: Staff transporting children shall meet the following requirements:, Apr 9, 2026

Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Oct 24, 2024

Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Oct 16, 2024

2 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

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

14 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.

Apr 9, 2026: transportation1 deficiency

  • Staff transporting children shall meet the following requirements:

    “Corrective action completed: I viewed all transportation staff at the time listed having current CPR.”

    Rule 1300.1301.3.d. Serious Deficiency. Correction date, as Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood recorded it: Sep 3, 2026.

Jan 8, 2025: monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency

  • 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.

Oct 24, 2024: corrective Action Visit; Monitor 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.

Oct 16, 2024: monitor Visit3 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Oct 8, 2024: monitor Visit2 deficiencies

  • 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.

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

    Rule 1200.1201.18. Non-Compliant.

May 1, 2024: monitor Visit5 deficiencies

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

    Rule 300.301.2.c. Serious Deficiency.

  • If a complaint of child maltreatment is filed against any owner, operator, staff or other person in a child care center, the Child Care Licensing Specialist shall evaluate the risk to children and determine the suitability of the person(s) to supervise, be left alone with children, have disciplinary control over children, or remain in the center during hours of care until the allegations have been determined true or unsubstantiated. (Pending the evaluation of risk to children by the Child Care Licensing Unit, the person(s) alleged shall not be left alone with children.)

    Rule 100.109.2. Non-Compliant.

  • Safety straps shall be used at all times in high chairs or any other seats designed to be used with straps.

    Rule 1000.1001.5. Non-Compliant.

  • Purses and bags belonging to staff shall be stored out of reach of children.

    Rule 1200.1201.19. 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.

Dec 5, 2023: monitor Visit1 deficiency

  • Safety straps shall be used at all times in high chairs or any other seats designed to be used with straps.

    Rule 1000.1001.5. Non-Compliant.

All 42 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Apr 9, 2026Transportation1 deficiency cited, 1 serious
Feb 9, 2026Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 22, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 20, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 9, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Apr 30, 2025Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Apr 22, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Apr 15, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Apr 11, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 31, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 27, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 18, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 13, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Mar 6, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Feb 27, 2025Monitor Visit; Self Report VisitNo deficiencies cited
Feb 18, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Feb 13, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Feb 7, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 28, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 23, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 14, 2025Children’s Records; Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jan 8, 2025Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency cited
Jan 2, 2025Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 27, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 20, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 9, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 5, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 25, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 21, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 14, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 7, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 31, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 24, 2024Corrective Action Visit; Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited, 1 serious
Oct 16, 2024Monitor Visit3 deficiencies cited, 2 serious
Oct 8, 2024Monitor Visit2 deficiencies cited
Jun 28, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jun 11, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 23, 2024Monitor Visit; Special VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 3, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 1, 2024Monitor Visit5 deficiencies cited, 1 serious
Feb 14, 2024Children’s Records; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 5, 2023Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center.
  • Provider type: Center Based.
  • Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
  • CACFP Facility (Child and Adult Care Food Program).
  • Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 26, Preschool License Type 49, School Age License Type 49.
  • Capacity: 124 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?

  • Arkansas lists 1 corrective action agreement, the latest starting Oct 24, 2024.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Oct 24, 2024Corrective Action AgreementArkansas lists 5 regulations in this agreement; 0 have a comply date.

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?

  • Better Beginnings: Level 2.
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 31 child care providers in Crittenden County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 14.
Source:

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

12 of the 31 in Crittenden County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Global Academy This child care provider14
Tosin’s Global Academy2
Little Zion Learning Center4
Kids-R-Us Daycare LLC1
Lasting Impressions Child Care & Enrichment Center - West0
Little Learner’s Daycare0
Ctc0
West Memphis Christian13
Sarahs Quality Care0
Kids Care and Development Center Inc.2
Straightway Preschool Academy1
Grandmom La Debra0
Kids Child Care II12

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 Nov 5, 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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