Hickory Creek Child Center Inc.
A child care center in Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
1408 4th St NW, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401. (580) 223-7111.
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The short answer
- 19 deficiencies in the last three years
- 0 at the state’s most serious level
- Sep 22026 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?
13 monitoring visits on record, the latest on Sep 2, 2026.
19 non-compliances found in the last three years, 1 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
19 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.
May 20, 2026: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“Licensing could hear birds chirping and moving around in the ceiling in the classroom, personnel confirmed that there are birds in the ceiling.”
May 18, 2026: substantiated complaint1 deficiency
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General. Drills and reviews are documented, per OAC 340:110-3-281.2(c), and drills are conducted:
“Emergency Preparedness - Drills are documented but not being conducted.”
Feb 10, 2026: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“Licensing observed two children with compliance file notification forms that have not been completed in the past 12 months.”
Jun 11, 2025: periodic visit2 deficiencies
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“Equipment inventory was last completed 03/04/2024.”
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Feb 6, 2025: periodic visit2 deficiencies
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“Last fire inspection was completed 01/09/2023.”
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Jun 5, 2024: periodic visit4 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed director with 8 hours annual training.”
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“Licensing observed director with OPDL that expired 07/20/2023.”
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“Licensing observed director with credential that expired 12/02/2023.”
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“Licensing observed one qualified master teacher and no other qualified master teachers or probationary master teachers when two is required.”
Apr 16, 2024: periodic visit3 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed director with 13 annual training hours.”
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“Licensing observed director with ODC that expired 12/02/2023.”
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“Licensing observed director with OPDL that expired 07/20/2023.”
Feb 27, 2024: periodic visit5 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed director with 9 hours of annual training. This is the second written for not enough annual hours.”
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“Licensing observed director with ODC that expired 12/02/2023.”
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“Licensing observed equipment inventory last completed 06/22/2022. This is the second written for this.”
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“Licensing observed two staff with expired OPDL. This is the second written for directors OPDL.”
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“Licensing observed use zone of 3feet or less in playground area. This is the third non-compliance for this.”
Oct 24, 2023: periodic visit5 deficiencies
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“Butterfly classroom does not have weekly plan posted this week.”
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“Director has completed 6hrs in the last 12months.”
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“Equipment inventory last completed on 6/22/2022”
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“Outdoor climbing play use zone extends 3ft or less is some areas surrounding the equipment.”
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All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| May 20, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Other visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 38 areas in compliance |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Other visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 32 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Periodic visit (Partial) | 12 of 15 areas in compliance |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 31 of 36 areas in compliance |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Periodic visit (Full) | 31 of 36 areas in compliance |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center.
- Accepts child care subsidy.
- Ages accepted: Preschool (24-48 months; 2-4 yrs.), School-age (5 years-older).
- Capacity: 80 children.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Oklahoma acted against it?
- Oklahoma’s page shows no revocation notice, denial notice or emergency order.
- 1 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. complaint on Oklahoma’s page, the first received on May 18, 2026. Oklahoma shows only substantiated complaints online.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 20 child care providers in Ardmore, the middle value for non-compliances cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 19.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Non-compliances cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Hickory Creek Child Center Inc. This child care provider | 19 |
| Cohee, Tracy | 3 |
| Godwin, Cynthia | 17 |
| Johnson, Melissa | 1 |
| A home child care provider | 4 |
| A home child care provider | 7 |
| A home child care provider | 0 |
| A home child care provider | 5 |
| A home child care provider | 2 |
| Gloria Ainsworth Child Care and Learning Center, Inc. | 19 |
| Ardmore Day Nursery Inc. | 15 |
| First Methodist Church Preschool | 10 |
| Kid Zone Day Care Center | 9 |
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 2, 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 2, 2026.
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