Chauncey Cher Dena’s Preschool & Nursery, LLC
A child care center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111
1643 NE 50th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111. (405) 424-4656.
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The short answer
- 22 deficiencies in the last three years
- 0 at the state’s most serious level
- Aug 182026 the latest visit on record
- 70 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?
28 monitoring visits on record, the latest on Aug 18, 2026.
22 non-compliances found in the last three years.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
22 deficiencies in 10 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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.
Aug 18, 2026: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“Licensing observed 1 personnel not having maintained the required number of training hours.”
Dec 8, 2025: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“At the time of licensing’s monitoring visit, one personnel to have worked over 90 days has not obtained ELCCT training.”
Jun 10, 2025: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“One teaching personnel employed 12 months has an expired OPDL at the time of visit.”
Feb 25, 2025: periodic visit1 deficiency
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Dec 12, 2024: periodic visit1 deficiency
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Oct 14, 2024: periodic visit4 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed one personnel in the infant classroom not having in process or completed backgrounds at the time of visit.”
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“Licensing observed one personnel to have been employed over 12 months to not have maintained a current PDL within 12 months of expiration.”
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“Licensing observed two personnel not having completed at least the required number of professional development clock-hours to maintain a current OPLD certificate on site at the time of visit.”
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The inspectors’ words aren’t shown here yet: this record is being refreshed. The official record has them.
Jun 5, 2024: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“Licensing observed one staff having not have maintained a current OPDL within 12 months of employment.”
Mar 20, 2024: periodic visit3 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed the director not maintaining the direct care organization with correct staff and positions.”
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“Licensing observed three staff not completed ELCCT within 90 days of employment.”
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“Licensing observed three staff not having OPDL within 12 months of employment or having maintaining a current OPDL.”
Feb 8, 2024: follow Up visit2 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed one potential staff to be in a classroom by herself with 8 two year old’s interacting with children without a background check or fingerprints.”
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“Licensing observed one potential staff to be in a classroom with 8 two year old’s interacting with children without a background check or fingerprints.”
Jan 18, 2024: follow Up visit6 deficiencies
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“Licensing observed one child not having an immunization record available.”
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“Licensing observed one child without child records available.”
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“Licensing observed one teacher in a classroom with 8 children on a phone call”
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“Licensing observed teacher placed two infants on their stomach’s.”
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“Licensing observed three infants asleep in swings and bouncers.”
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“Licensing observed two classrooms under staffed. Both classrooms had children 2 years of age and younger.”
Jan 10, 2024: follow Up visit1 deficiency
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“During a recent OIG audit on 10/24/23. It was determined the provider did not maintain adequate attendance records, including arrival and departure times, for all children in care.”
All 28 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 38 areas in compliance |
| May 23, 2025 | Other visit (Partial) | 12 of 12 areas in compliance |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 37 areas in compliance |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 13 of 13 areas in compliance |
| Oct 14, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 36 of 40 areas in compliance |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jun 5, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 39 areas in compliance |
| May 16, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 40 areas in compliance |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 8 of 8 areas in compliance |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Full) | 37 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 11 of 11 areas in compliance |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Full) | 35 of 41 areas in compliance |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 10 of 11 areas in compliance |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 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: 70 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.
- No 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. 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 417 child care providers in Oklahoma City, the middle value for non-compliances cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 22.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Non-compliances cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Chauncey Cher Dena’s Preschool & Nursery, LLC This child care provider | 22 |
| Mann, Carolyn | 0 |
| Jones, Lamara | 2 |
| Roberts-Hughes, Kim | 0 |
| A home child care provider | 3 |
| A home child care provider | 6 |
| A home child care provider | 0 |
| A home child care provider | 2 |
| Johnson, Lashell | 0 |
| Grigsby, Lakeshia | 5 |
| A home child care provider | 0 |
| Starks, Alicia | 5 |
| A home child care provider | 1 |
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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