Creek Nation Child Development
A child care center in Okemah, Oklahoma 74859
309 North 14th Street, Okemah, Oklahoma 74859. (918) 623-0994.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- 0 at the state’s most serious level
- Oct 52026 the latest visit on record
- 80 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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?
16 monitoring visits on record, the latest on Oct 5, 2026; 1 more was attempted.
8 non-compliances found in the last three years, 5 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
8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | 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 | 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.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Jan 15, 2026: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“One personnel does not have current CPR/First Aid training.”
Nov 12, 2025: substantiated complaint1 deficiency
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demonstrate prudent and responsible behavior reasonably ensuring children’s health and safety;
“Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Personnel did not demonstrate prudent and responsible behavior reasonably ensuring children’s health and safety.”
Oct 13, 2025: substantiated complaint4 deficiencies
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accountable for the day-to-day operation of the program;
“Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Director: position specific responsibilities- accountable for day to day operations. The Director failed to meet these responsibilities by not ensuring the safety of children and by not holding staff accountable for inappropriate behavior toward children.”
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work with children without physical, psychological, or emotional punishment, mistreatment, or abuse.
“General qualification, responsibilities and professional development: Responsibilities; Caring for and educating children, personnel do not work with children without physical, psychological or emotional punishment, mistreatment or abuse.”
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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.
“Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Teaching personnel were not maintaining supervision at all times with children.”
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Meet needs. Personnel attend promptly to children’s personal hygiene needs.
“Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Personnel did not promptly attend to children’s personal hygiene needs.”
Sep 27, 2024: periodic visit2 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed and confirmed two staff have not completed infection control training in the last 12 months.”
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“Licensing observed one staff HW employed since 4-13-22 with expired PDL.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 6 of 6 areas in compliance |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 areas in compliance |
| May 6, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 34 of 35 areas in compliance |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 5 of 5 areas in compliance |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Complaint visit (Attempted) | 0 of 0 areas in compliance |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 3 of 3 areas in compliance |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 3 of 3 areas in compliance |
| Oct 13, 2025 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 6 of 6 areas in compliance |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 areas in compliance |
| May 7, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 40 areas in compliance |
| May 29, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 36 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: 80 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.
- 2 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 Oct 13, 2025. 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: 3 Star Level Program.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 2 child care providers in Okemah, the middle value for non-compliances cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 8.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Non-compliances cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Creek Nation Child Development This child care provider | 8 |
| Okemah Muscogee Creek Nation Head Start | 2 |
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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