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Kenya Pounds

A license type: R (family home) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70805

3371 Beechwood Dr, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70805. (225) 802-1960.

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 1 month of the last 46. Last cited Sep 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 3 inspection visits, the latest on Oct 28, 2026 (Annual Inspection).

Louisiana says deficiencies were cited at 1 of them.

The Department’s file lists 7 deficiencies cited at 1 visit 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 1 month of the last 46. Last cited Sep 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.

Sep 17, 2026: annual Inspection7 deficiencies
  • Health Related Policies

    “309.A.18.: Based on Record Review at 9:30 a.m., S1 failed to have a written copy of all health-related policies including policies regarding accidents, allergic reactions, fever, illness, immunizations, and infection and injuries, and shall provide a copy to the parent or guardian of each child in care.”

    Rule 309.A.18.

  • Cumulative File

    “309.A.21.: Based on Record Review at 9:30 a.m., S1 failed to have a cumulative file for the 4 children in her care.”

    Rule 309.A.21.

  • State Fire Marshal

    “309.A.5.: Based on Record Review at 9:15 a.m., S1 failed to maintain a State Fire Marshal approval for the residence where care is being provided. The Specialist observed an expired State Fire Marshal approval for S1’s residence where care is being provided. The last approval date was 7/16/2025.”

    Rule 309.A.5.

  • Child Daily Attendance

    “309.A.8.: 1507.B.: Based on Record Review at 9:15 a.m., S1 failed to maintain a daily attendance record for children. The Specialist did not observe any daily attendance records for children cared for in S1’s home.”

    Rule 309.A.8.

  • Behavior Management

    “325.B.&C.: Behavior Management- Based on Record Review at 9:30 a.m., S1 failed to have a behavior management policy that states the methods of behavior guidance and management that shall be used in the school and all methods of discipline that are prohibited.”

    Rule 325.B.&C.

  • Behavior Management Policy - Time Out

    “325.D.: Based on Record Review at 9:30 a.m., S1 failed to have a Time Out policy as part of their Behavior Management Policy that clearly states ALL Time Out procedures that are used and all that are prohibited.”

    Rule 325.D.

  • Behavior management policy - Steps for Addressing Behaviors

    “325.E.: Based on Record Review at 9:30 a.m., S1 failed to establish steps for addressing behaviors identified by the provider as dangerous and/or out of control behaviors.”

    Rule 325.E.

All 3 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 28, 2026Annual InspectionNo deficiencies were cited on this date
Sep 17, 2026Annual InspectionDeficiencies were cited on this date
Feb 4, 2026Initial InspectionNo deficiencies were cited on this date

Is it licensed?

  • License Exempt. License type: R (Family Home). 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 School Finder shows no Early Childhood Performance Rating for this provider.
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.

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Kenya Pounds 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.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.

Paid listing

None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.

How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

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 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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