First Baptist Preschool
A child care center in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72476
300 SW 2nd St, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72476. (870) 886-5122.
What Arkansas’s list coversSome counties so far
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- 1 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Jan 222026 the latest visit on record
- 65 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?
13 visits in the last three years, the latest on Jan 22, 2026.
8 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 1 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 1 complaint, received Dec 4, 2024; it lists the regulations its investigation cited.
Serious Deficiency: Infants and toddlers shall not be mixed with preschool children, except as listed in the following requirement., Mar 25, 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
8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 4, 2025: monitor Visit1 deficiency
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Fire and tornado drills shall be practiced as follows:
Apr 14, 2025: monitor Visit1 deficiency
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The Licensee shall maintain Child Care Liability Insurance (Act 778 of 2009), and comply with the following requirements, with the following exception: State institutions, political subdivisions, or other entities entitled to immunity from liability under § 21-9-301, are not required to have general liability insurance coverage in order to be licensed. (Act 23 of 2015).
Mar 25, 2025: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit4 deficiencies
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Infants and toddlers shall not be mixed with preschool children, except as listed in the following requirement.
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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.
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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.)
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The area shall be free of hazards or potentially hazardous objects.
Dec 9, 2024: 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.
Dec 9, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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There shall be meaningful, positive interaction between staff and children, to include but not limited to the following:
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| May 23, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | 4 deficiencies cited, 1 serious |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Monitor Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Church Operated.
- CACFP Facility (Child and Adult Care Food Program).
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 27, Preschool License Type 38.
- Capacity: 65 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: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
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?
- Not rated in Better Beginnings (Arkansas lists it at Level 0).
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 12 child care providers in Lawrence County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 0; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| BRAD Walnut Ridge Early Child Development Center | 0 |
| Walnut Ridge Public School Childcare | 0 |
| Kids Place Learning Center, Inc. DBA Kidspot | Not given |
| Kidspot Walnut Ridge Inc | Not given |
| First Baptist Preschool This child care provider | 8 |
| BRAD Walnut Ridge Child Development Center | 0 |
| Walnut Ridge Preschool | 0 |
| Melissa’s Day Care Family Home | 0 |
| Hoxie School District Mustang Camp | 2 |
| Hillcrest ABC Preschool | 0 |
| Sloan -Hendrix Schools | 0 |
| Eagle’s Nest Out of School | 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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