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Radiance Child Development Center

A license type: III in West Monroe, Louisiana 71291

105 Blair Ave, West Monroe, Louisiana 71291. (318) 396-3500.

Louisiana’s own record, on louisianaschools.com

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The short answer

Record last released by Louisiana Department of Education on Oct 27, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 46. Last cited Mar 2026. Every month

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 8 inspection visits, the latest on May 14, 2026 (Follow Up To Incident).

Louisiana says deficiencies were cited at 5 of them.

The Department’s file lists 7 deficiencies cited at 3 visits from Jan 1, 2023 to Oct 19, 2026, each in its words below.

Source:

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 3 months of the last 46. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 4 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

7 deficiencies by month over the last 4 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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:

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.

Mar 24, 2026: incident Inspection5 deficiencies
  • Daily Attendance Records - Children

    The inspectors’ words, 118 words

    “1507.A.: Based on observation/record review/interview on 3/11/2026, at 11:00 a.m., S1 failed to ensure the children daily attendance records on 3/6/2026, accurately reflected the children on the premises. A parent, signed their child, C1, 2-years-old, out in Procare at 12:39 p.m., but C1 was left in an unoccupied classroom at the center by the parent. At 12:56 p.m., C1 was found alone, outside on the playground by S3. S3 brought C1 inside the center and signed her back in at 12:39 p.m., due to her not leaving the premises. The parent picked C1 up at 3:26 p.m., but did not sign her out. The Procare system automatically signed C1 out for 6:30 p.m. This could not be corrected.”

    Rule 1507.A.

  • Daily Attendance Records - Staff and Owners

    The inspectors’ words, 107 words

    “1507.B.: Based on observation/record review/interview on 3/11/2026, at 11:00 a.m., S1 failed to ensure the center’s staff and owner’s daily attendance record on 3/6/2026, accurately reflected persons on the child care premises. S1 was signed in on Procare but was not on the premises. S1 stated he was at another location. S7 was signed in on Procare, but was not on the premises. Based on S7’s interview, on 3/6/2026,at 12:37 p.m., she was signed in but she was not present at the center. S6 was signed in at another location but there was no documentation of S6 being signed in on premises. This could not be corrected.”

    Rule 1507.B.

  • Required Staffing - Director/ Director Designee

    The inspectors’ words, 103 words

    “1707.A.1.: Based on record review/interview on 3/11/2026, at 11:00 a.m., S1 failed to have a qualified Director who is an on-site, full time staff person at the center during the day time hours of operation (prior to 9:00 p.m.) and responsible for planning, managing, and controlling the center’s daily activities, as well as responding to parental concerns and ensuring that minimum licensing requirements are met. Based on interview with S1, he stated is present at the center, but he leaves a lot. He was signed in on Procare on 3/6/2026, but stated he was not on the premises. He was at another location.”

    Rule 1707.A.1.&2.

  • Child to Staff Ratio

    The inspectors’ words, 104 words

    “1711A.&D.: Based on record review on 3/11/2026, at 12:00 p.m., S4 failed to ensure the required child to staff ratio for children was met. On 3/6/2026, from 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., 2 staff were present with 33 children. S3’s classroom had 5 children ages: 6-months - 2-years-old. S4’s classroom had 28 children ages: 2 - 11-years-old. There needed to be an additional staff in S4’s classroom. This could not be corrected. On 3/24/2026, from 6:53 a.m. - 7:47 a.m., S4 was present with 9 children, alone. There needed to be an additional staff present. This was corrected when S7 arrived at 7:47 a.m.”

    Rule 1711.A.&B.&D.&E.

  • Supervision

    The inspectors’ words, 154 words

    “1713.A.&B.: Based on record review/interview on 3/11/2026, at 9:30 a.m., S6 failed to ensure the children were supervised at all times. On 3/6/2026, at 12:37 p.m., A parent, signed out her children C1, 2-year-old, and C2, 1-year-old. On the way out, C1 went into an unoccupied room (lights off and empty). The parent knowingly left C1 in the unoccupied classroom. The parent walked back to the classroom where S6 was, handed her C1’s backpack, and stated S6 could go get C1 from the other classroom once she left. S6 thought the parent left C1 with another teacher. Unknowingly to center staff, C1 left out the unoccupied classroom and walked out of the front door onto the playground at 12:48 p.m. At 12:56 p.m., S3 drove up to the center, returning from break, and observed C1 alone on the playground. S3 retrieved C1 and brought her back into the center. This could not be corrected.”

    Rule 1713.A.&B.&C.

Dec 12, 2024: follow Up To Annual1 deficiency
  • Child Neglect and Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training

    “1727.A.B.: Based on observations, record review, and interview at 1:00 p.m., S1 failed to ensure 1 of 8 staff completed the annual online child abuse and neglect Mandated Reporter Training provided by DCFS. S2 last completed the training in September of 2023. This was not corrected prior to the Specialist’s departure.”

    Rule 1727.A.-C.

Aug 15, 2024: annual Inspection1 deficiency
  • Requests for CCCBC-Based Determinations of Eligibility

    “1811.A.B.: Based on record review at 11:00 a.m., S1 failed to request and obtain from the department a new CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes not less than once during a five-year period for S3 (DOH: 01/08/2024, CCCBC Expiration: 04/12/2024). Per staff daily attendance records dated 08/15/2024, S3 worked on the premises from 04/12/2024, through 08/15/2024. S3 immediately vacated the premises. S1 stated she would not return until her CCCBC is renewed.”

    Rule 1811.A.&B.

All 8 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
May 14, 2026Follow Up To IncidentNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Mar 24, 2026Incident InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Dec 12, 2024Follow Up To AnnualDeficiencies were cited on this date
Aug 15, 2024Annual InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Sep 12, 2023Annual InspectionNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Aug 17, 2023ComplaintDeficiencies were cited on this date
Aug 15, 2022Annual SurveyNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Apr 6, 2022ComplianceDeficiencies were cited on this date

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed. License type: III. Licensed Center. Takes the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).
  • Ages served: Infant (Under 1)-PK (ages 3-4).
Source:

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: High Proficient, with a site score of 5.77.
Source:

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.
Source:

Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana School Finder, inspection visits. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

1 compared
Place
Radiance Child Development Center This child care providerNot 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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Louisiana Department of Education. Louisiana’s own record is on louisianaschools.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.

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Replies

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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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