UWA Lafayette Early Learning Center
A license type: III in Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
1515 Jefferson St, Lafayette, Louisiana 70501. (337) 534-0683.
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The short answer
Record last released by Louisiana Department of Education on Oct 27, 2026.
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- 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.
- 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.
What did inspectors find?
Louisiana lists 15 inspection visits, the latest on Aug 24, 2026 (Follow Up To Annual).
Louisiana says deficiencies were cited at 4 of them.
The Department’s file lists 7 deficiencies cited at 2 visits from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, each in its words below.
Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026. Released Oct 27, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 46. Last cited May 2026. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2023 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026. Released Oct 27, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request.
May 6, 2026: annual Inspection1 deficiency
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Tornado Drills
“1921.E.: Based on record review at 11:45 a.m., S1 failed to have documentation of tornado drills that were conducted at least once per month during the months of March and April 2026. Date of the last tornado drills were 03/25/2025, 4/15/2025, 5/30/2025, and 6/04/2025.”
Apr 24, 2023: annual Inspection6 deficiencies
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Student Trainees - Records
“1717.B.: Based on record review at 3:30 p.m., O1 and O2’s student trainee record failed to have an information form that included the name of the educational center, course instructor, and a job description that includes duties to be performed while in the early learning center. O1 failed to have documentation of a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes from the Department while present in the center from 1/26/2023 to 4/20/2023.”
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Orientation Training
“1719.B.-C.: Based on record review at 10:45 a.m., there failed to be documentation that S15 and S16 completed the LDE Key Training Modules 1-3 and the DCFS Mandated Reporter Training within the required seven and thirty days of first day present in the center on 8/22/2022.”
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CPR and First Aid Certifications
“1723.A.&B.: Based on observation/record review at 10:45 a.m., all staff on the premises and accessible to children failed to have a current certification in infant, child, and adult CPR through training approved by the Department.”
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Pediatric First Aid
“1723.C.: Based on observation/record review at 10:45 a.m., all staff on the premises and accessible to children failed to have a current certification in Pediatric First Aid through training approved by the Department.”
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CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility for Child Care Purposes Required for Volunteers and Staff
The inspectors’ words, 99 words
“1807.B.: Based on observation/record review at 12 p.m., S1 failed to obtain a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes from the Department for S15, S16, and O1. S15 and S16 were present in the childcare center and did not have a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility. S15 and S16’s first day in the childcare center was 8/22/2022. S15 and S16 immediately departed the center premises at 12:15 p.m. O1’s first day present was 1/10/2023 and she worked in the childcare center until 4/20/2023 without a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility. O1 obtained a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility on 4/21/2023.”
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Health Services - Parental Notification
“1915.B.&C.: Based on record review at 11:30 a.m., there failed to be documentation of incidents that required immediate notification to the parent. On 3/29/2023 at 10:30 a.m., C1, one-year-old, bit another child and scratched the child on the cheek, leaving three marks. On 3/30/2023 at 9:30 a.m., C2, one-year-old, scratched a child on the face. There is no documentation with immediate notification to the parent for the injured children.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Follow Up To Annual | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| May 6, 2026 | Annual Inspection | Deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Annual Inspection | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| May 3, 2024 | Annual Inspection | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| May 22, 2023 | Follow Up To Annual | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 24, 2023 | Annual Inspection | Deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 13, 2022 | Annual Survey | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Oct 19, 2021 | Compliance | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 27, 2021 | Annual Survey | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Compliance | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Sep 24, 2019 | Compliance | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 10, 2019 | Annual Survey | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Jun 27, 2017 | Follow-Up to Annual Survey | No deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 24, 2017 | Complaint | Deficiencies were cited on this date |
| Apr 4, 2017 | Annual Survey | Deficiencies were cited on this date |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed. License type: III. Licensed Center.
- Ages served: Infant (Under 1)-PK (ages 3-4).
Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Louisiana acted against it?
- Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t show enforcement actions, such as fines or licence revocations, for individual providers.
Who does the caring?
- Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Louisiana’s Early Childhood Performance Rating for 2024-2025: Excellent, with a site score of 6.06.
Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared with each other here: the Department’s file doesn’t grade its deficiencies by how serious they are.
Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | |
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| UWA Lafayette Early Learning Center This child care provider | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Each deficiency here is from the file of deficiencies the Department of Education sent in answer to a public records request, covering Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, as it wrote them. The file lists only deficiencies, so a visit that found none isn’t in it; the School Finder’s visits are listed below.
- The Department’s file doesn’t grade deficiencies by how serious they are. Its statements of deficiencies, the reports themselves, open from Louisiana’s own page for this provider.
- Louisiana lists only recent visits. In its words: “Inspection displayed on this page are the last 15 visits or last visits done within 3 years period of time.”
- Louisiana also says: “Inspections conducted before July 2024 that do not have deficiencies may not have an available Inspection Report.”
- Louisiana’s School Finder doesn’t show owners, staffing levels or enforcement actions for individual providers.
Sources
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Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, early childhood profiles.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated: the School Finder shows no terms of use, licence or disclaimer (checked 2026-10-17).
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Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated: the School Finder shows no terms of use, licence or disclaimer (checked 2026-10-17).
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Louisiana Department of Education, Public records response of Oct 27, 2026: deficiencies cited at early learning centers and family child care homes, Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026.
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 29, 2026. Not updated on a schedule: the Department sent this file once, in answer to a public records request. No licence stated: the Department sent this file in answer to a public records request. Shown free, never sold.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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