Teach and Tend Day Care Center
A child care center in Forrest City, Arkansas 72335
625 E Arkansas Ave, Forrest City, Arkansas 72335. (870) 633-1232.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- 2 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Mar 132026 the latest visit on record
- 35 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?
9 visits in the last three years, the latest on Mar 13, 2026.
7 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 2 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 3 complaints, the latest received Dec 26, 2024; it lists regulations cited for 3 of them.
Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Jul 9, 2024
Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Jul 9, 2024
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 Dec 2024. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. 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.
Dec 27, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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Floor furnaces, gas heaters, electric heaters, hot radiators, water heaters, air conditioners, and electric fans shall have guards and shall not present a safety hazard. Portable fuel fired heaters shall not be used.
Jul 9, 2024: monitor Visit2 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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The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children
May 29, 2024: complaint Visit3 deficiencies
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Floors, ceilings, and walls shall be in good repair and kept clean. Paints used at the facility shall be lead free.
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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.)
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The play area or outdoor learning area shall be fenced or otherwise enclosed and provide at least seventy-five (75) square feet per child present on the playground at any time.
Apr 22, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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Staff shall not engage in behavior that could be viewed as sexual, dangerous, exploitative, or physically harmful to children. A caregiver shall not use profanity or speak in an abusive manner when children are present.
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 7, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Monitor Visit | 2 deficiencies cited, 2 serious |
| May 29, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Children’s Records; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies 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 15, Preschool License Type 20.
- Capacity: 35 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: Carla Busby.
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 2.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Save the Children Head Start Forrest City | 1 |
| Teach and Tend Day Care Center This child care provider | 7 |
| ABC Preschool at Lincoln | 8 |
| B. B ‘S Day Care | 2 |
| Calvary Christian School Day Care | 1 |
| Palestine Wheatley ABC | 7 |
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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