The Children’s Garden
A child care center in Midwest City, Oklahoma 73130
9909 E. Reno Avenue, Midwest City, Oklahoma 73130. (405) 455-5756.
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The short answer
- 16 deficiencies in the last three years
- 0 at the state’s most serious level
- Jul 222026 the latest visit on record
- 60 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?
17 monitoring visits on record, the latest on Jul 22, 2026; 1 more was attempted.
16 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
16 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. 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.
Sep 10, 2025: periodic visit3 deficiencies
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“One teacher who has worked for the program as a teacher for more than three months does not have documentation of having current first aid/CPR training.”
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“One teaching personnel who has worked for the program for more than 12 months does not have documentation of having completed at least 12 hours of professional development to maintain a level 1 OPDL certificate that can be verified on the Registry.”
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“Two members of staff who have worked for the program for more than 12 months do not have current OPDL certificates.”
Apr 25, 2025: periodic visit4 deficiencies
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“One member of staff, that has been on staff for more than three months, has expired First Aid/CPR certifications.”
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“One teaching personnel that has been employed by the program for more than 12 months has not completed enough training hours to maintain at least a level 1 PDL certificate.”
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“One teaching personnel that has been employed longer than 12 months, has an expired PDL certificate.”
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“Two teaching personnel that have been employed with the program for more than 90-calendar days, have not completed ELCCT training.”
Nov 26, 2024: periodic visit1 deficiency
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“The program’s director has an expired silver ODC certificate that expired on 11/16/24.”
Jun 21, 2024: periodic visit2 deficiencies
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“The program did not have posted lesson plans for this week.”
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“When licensing arrived the program was out of ratio with 37 children, 2 age three, and two teaching personnel.”
Dec 8, 2023: periodic visit6 deficiencies
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“Director does not have current CPR/FA; expired 10/31/2023”
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“Large amount of new outdoor play equipment does not have impact-absorbing material in place, as follows - metal swing set with two single-axis swings; metal activity set one single-axis swing and one double axis swing (blue), monkey bars taller than four feet, and two pull-up bars taller than four feet; free-standing metal monkey bar apparatus; wooden activity set with two single-axis swings, rope climber taller than four feet - only grass and firm dirt are in these areas.”
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“The program has no documentation for a current fire inspection; the last fire inspection report on file is dated 1/11/2021.”
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“Two new multi-axis swings (one blue; one black) do not extend six feet plus the length of the chain on the sides; swing set frames and other frames are impeding the areas.”
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“Two wooden slats on west side of fence are broken with jagged edges present.”
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The inspectors’ words aren’t shown here yet: this record is being refreshed. The official record has them.
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Feb 3, 2026 | Periodic visit (Full) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Periodic visit (Attempted) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 40 areas in compliance |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 9 of 9 areas in compliance |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 0 of 0 areas in compliance |
| May 22, 2025 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 6 of 6 areas in compliance |
| May 8, 2025 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 7 of 7 areas in compliance |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 41 areas in compliance |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 38 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 3 of 3 areas in compliance |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 4 of 4 areas in compliance |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Periodic visit (Full) | 37 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jun 7, 2024 | STARS visit (Partial) | 39 of 39 areas in compliance |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Follow Up visit (Partial) | 4 of 4 areas in compliance |
| Dec 8, 2023 | Periodic visit (Full) | 34 of 42 areas in compliance |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Complaint visit (Partial) | 1 of 1 area 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: 60 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: 5 Star Level Program.
Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma Child Care Locator. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 48 child care providers in Midwest City, the middle value for non-compliances cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 16.
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 | 2 |
| A home child care provider | 9 |
| A home child care provider | 0 |
| A home child care provider | 4 |
| A home child care provider | 11 |
| Soldier Creek Day Care Center | 10 |
| Kindercare Learning Center | 12 |
| Lcsi - Soldier Creek | 0 |
| Dana Brown Cooper Head Start | 3 |
| The Children’s Garden This child care provider | 16 |
| Play With A Purpose | 33 |
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.
From the provider
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Replies
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