Kids Kingdom Child Care
A child care center in Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401
1507 East Matthews, Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401. (870) 932-2543.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- 4 at the state’s most serious level (needs attention)
- Jul 142026 the latest visit on record
- 93 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 Jul 14, 2026.
8 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 4 of them serious.
Arkansas lists 3 complaints, the latest received Sep 3, 2025; 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 14, 2026
Serious Deficiency: The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:, Sep 4, 2025
Serious Deficiency: The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:, Aug 26, 2025
1 more at that level; all are listed below.
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
8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 14, 2026: child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit1 deficiency
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The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children
Sep 4, 2025: complaint Visit2 deficiencies
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The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:
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All equipment shall be sturdy, clean, and safe.
Aug 26, 2025: complaint Visit1 deficiency
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The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:
Feb 20, 2024: complaint Visit4 deficiencies
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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.
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Medicine shall be kept out of the reach of the children when dispensing and shall be stored in a locked area at all other times.
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The staff person who administers the medication shall initial the permission slip and record the date, time, and dosage administered.
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Medication shall be given to children only with signed parental permission which includes date, type, drug name, time and dosage, length of time to give medication, and what the medication is being given for. It shall be in the original container with a child resistant cap, not have an expired date, and be labeled with the child’s name. (Aspirin substitutes, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen, may be provided by the facility if parental permission has been granted. These medications shall be in the original container.) Staff shall not dispense medications in dosages that exceed the recommendations stated on the medication bottle.
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| May 26, 2026 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Complaint Visit | 1 deficiency cited, 1 serious |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Monitor Visit | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Complaint Visit | 4 deficiencies cited, 1 serious |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Complaint Visit | No deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Provider type: Church Operated.
- Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
- Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 18, Preschool License Type 75.
- Capacity: 93 children.
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?
- No corrective action agreements listed by Arkansas.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 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?
- Arkansas’s record lists no owner for this provider.
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.
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 66 child care providers in Craighead County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 8.
Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Kids Kingdom Child Care This child care provider | 8 |
| The Goddard School | 5 |
| A child care center | 3 |
| Camp Raider Program UHE | 0 |
| Hands-On Pediatric Learning Center | 3 |
| STEAM Elementary School Pre-K | 0 |
| Mrs. Jackie’s Tiny Little Blessings Daycare | 0 |
| Blessed Beyond Measures Learning Center | 1 |
| Early Childhood Learning Center | 3 |
| Arkansas Early Learning-Falls St | 0 |
| St. Marks Day School | 5 |
| Camp Raider Program CE | 4 |
| Walnut Street Baptist Church Daycare | 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 Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 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 Nov 5, 2026.
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