Child Development Center, Inc.
A child care center in Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601
1615 N. 7th St, Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601. (580) 765-7532.
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The short answer
- 17 deficiencies in the last three years
- 0 at the state’s most serious level
- Sep 42026 the latest visit on record
- 110 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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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?
21 monitoring visits on record, the latest on Sep 4, 2026.
17 non-compliances found in the last three years, 17 of them in A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency. complaints.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
17 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 2, 2026: substantiated complaint2 deficiencies
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known minor injuries;
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Supervision
“1. Supervision: Child has unexplained injury.”
Aug 20, 2026: substantiated complaint1 deficiency
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not fed foods that may cause choking, such as candies, gum, marshmallows, raw carrots, raw peas, celery, whole grapes, nuts, seeds, popcorn, rice cakes, and chips; and
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Jul 7, 2026: substantiated complaint2 deficiencies
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Teaching personnel performing minimal cleaning and food service. Teaching personnel may count in ratios while performing minimal cleaning and food service duties, provided supervision is maintained.
“1. Supervision/judgement: Staff member ran over child’s finger with vacuum causing harm.”
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actions that could cause pain, such as shaking, hitting, striking with an object, spanking, swatting, thumping, pinching, popping, shoving, spatting, hair pulling, yanking, and slamming;
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Jul 1, 2026: substantiated complaint8 deficiencies
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General. Discipline and behavior guidance is developmentally appropriate, responsive to the circumstances, constructive, and provides learning opportunities. Personnel do not seek or accept parental permission not complying with requirements, per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:110-3-293(a).
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General. Discipline and behavior guidance is developmentally appropriate, responsive to the circumstances, constructive, and provides learning opportunities. Personnel do not seek or accept parental permission not complying with requirements, per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:110-3-293(a).
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Inappropriate discipline. Personnel are prohibited from using or threatening to use inappropriate discipline.
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Inappropriate discipline. Personnel are prohibited from using or threatening to use inappropriate discipline.
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actions that could cause pain, such as shaking, hitting, striking with an object, spanking, swatting, thumping, pinching, popping, shoving, spatting, hair pulling, yanking, and slamming;
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putting anything in or on a child’s mouth;
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Prohibited. Personnel do not seek or accept parental permission that does not comply with requirements.
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Parent reporting. Parents and personnel communicate daily and when additionally required, per OAC 340:110-3-280(d).
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Dec 9, 2024: substantiated complaint2 deficiencies
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an incident exposing children to an imminent risk of harm, such as a child leaving the facility without personnel’s knowledge or being left alone on- or off-site or in a vehicle;
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Supervision. Supervision is the function of observing, overseeing, and guiding a child or group of children, including an awareness of, and responsibility for, the ongoing activity of each child, and being near enough to intervene when needed. The program is required to maintain supervision at all times.
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Aug 14, 2024: substantiated complaint2 deficiencies
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Orientation. Within one week of employment and prior to having sole responsibility for a group of children, personnel obtain orientation, as documented, per OAC 340:110-3-281.3(b), including, at least a review of:
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Non-job related. do not participate in personal activities that may interfere with supervision, such as visitors, phone calls, or electronic device use.
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All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Sep 4, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 35 of 35 areas in compliance |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 23 of 23 areas in compliance |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 35 of 35 areas in compliance |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 25 of 25 areas in compliance |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 10 of 10 areas in compliance |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 10 of 10 areas in compliance |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 3 of 3 areas in compliance |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 37 areas in compliance |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 35 of 35 areas in compliance |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Other visit (Partial) | 5 of 5 areas in compliance |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Other visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 35 of 35 areas in compliance |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 3 of 3 areas in compliance |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 35 of 35 areas in compliance |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 2 of 2 areas in compliance |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 4 of 4 areas in compliance |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 7 of 7 areas in compliance |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 35 of 35 areas in compliance |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 35 of 35 areas in compliance |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Accepts child care subsidy.
- Ages accepted: Infants (0-11 months), Toddlers (12-23 months; 1yr.), Preschool (24-48 months; 2-4 yrs.), School-age (5 years-older).
- Capacity: 110 children.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Oklahoma acted against it?
- Oklahoma’s page shows no revocation notice, denial notice or emergency order.
- 6 A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency. complaints on Oklahoma’s page, the first received on Aug 14, 2024. Oklahoma shows only substantiated complaints online.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Stars, Oklahoma’s quality rating: 4 Star Level Program.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 22 child care providers in Ponca City, the middle value for non-compliances cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 17.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Non-compliances cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| A home child care provider | 0 |
| A home child care provider | 1 |
| Countryside Kids | 0 |
| The Happy Hive | 5 |
| Pioneer Tech Center Children’s Lab | 3 |
| Child Development Center, Inc. This child care provider | 17 |
| First Lutheran School | 3 |
| Ponca City Head Start | 2 |
| St. Mary’s School Ccc | 2 |
| Ponca Tribal Early Childhood Center | 24 |
| Building Blocks Learning Center | 43 |
| A home child care provider | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Oklahoma’s statements of what a monitoring visit found don’t cite the rule that wasn’t met.
- Oklahoma shows monitoring visits from the past three years only.
- Oklahoma shows only substantiated complaints online. Its page also shows the plan to correct each one, which isn’t repeated here.
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t say whether a provider holds a licence or a permit, or since when.
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t name the county a provider is in.
- Oklahoma’s locator doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain, by OKDHS’s Copyright and Ownership statement (oklahoma.gov/okdhs/notices/copyright.html): “all information on the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) Web site is in the public domain, and may be reproduced, published or otherwise used without the permission of OKDHS”.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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