Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Building Blocks Learning Center
Ponca City, OK
· Kay County
3401 N. UNION ST.,
Ponca City, OK 74601
Quick Facts
Capacity
180 children
Age Range
0 - 11 Months, 12 - 23 Months, 2 Years, 3 Years, 4 Years, 5 Years
Type of Care
Year Round, Daytime Hours
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
4
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Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
K830053708
Issued By
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Licensor
Mindy Montgomery
District Office
Oklahoma Human Services - Child Care Services
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About the Provider
BUILDING BLOCKS LEARNING CENTER is a Child Care Center in PONCA CITY OK, with a maximum capacity of 180 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 11 Months, 12 - 23 Months, 2 Years, 3 Years, 4 Years, 5 Years. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Rated 4 Stars.
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type/Purpose | Corrections |
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| 2026-08-21 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-06-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-05-13 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-05-08 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (7 of 7 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-04-28 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-02-12 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-01-14 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (2 of 2 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-01-09 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 4 personnel do not have a current professional development ladder. | ||
| 2025-12-17 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: 3 personnel do not have current PDLs. PDLs were needed or expired as of 11/1/25, 11/11/25, and 12/13/25. One personnel does not have current CPR/FA it expires in August 2025 |
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| 2025-12-17 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 3 personnel do not have current PDLs. PDLs were needed or expired as of 11/1/25, 11/11/25, and 12/13/25. | ||
| 2025-12-17 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: One personnel does not have current CPR/FA it expires in August 2025 | ||
| 2025-11-20 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: One personnel does not have a current PDL and has been employed for 12 months as of 11/11/25. | ||
| 2025-10-09 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (39 of 39 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-09-26 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-09-24 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (2 of 2 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-08-22 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (2 of 2 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-08-20 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (2 of 2 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-08-19 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: electronic media was on during snack time Personnel in the three and older classroom yelled at a child twoe personnel do not have a current PDL |
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| 2025-08-19 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: electronic media was on during snack time | ||
| 2025-08-19 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Personnel in the three and older classroom yelled at a child | ||
| 2025-08-19 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: twoe personnel do not have a current PDL | ||
| 2025-08-18 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (2 of 2 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-08-18 | 340:110-3-284(c)(2)(C) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: All children enrolled with a medical condition may not attend without medication on site. There is a plan typed up and made for any children with life threatening medical conditions made and is in each classroom with the allergy list posting so all staff can refer to it if needed. |
| Description: Personnel: Personnel did not use good judgment with a child who has a known medical condition. | ||
| 2025-08-18 | 340:110-3-287(c) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: The teacher will lock up or phone in the office or be terminated |
| Description: Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Personnel: Personnel was observed during video observation using their phone while supervising children. | ||
| 2025-08-18 | 340:110-3-288(c)(1)(A) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Had teacher do trainings and resource and referral in classroom |
| Description: Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Discipline: Personnel used inappropriate physical discipline | ||
| 2025-07-25 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: one mat in the 2 and older classroom is torn on the end | ||
| 2025-06-27 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-04-10 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (5 of 5 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-04-09 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (39 of 39 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-03-12 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (6 of 6 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-03-07 | 340:110-3-287(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Two of the named employees are no longer employed with the program. One employee was written up. Training with all employees on active supervision while indoors and outdoors on April 14th, 2025. Reviewed no cell phone policy 4/14/25. |
| Description: Supervision: School-age children are experiencing repeated and reoccurring bullying due to possible lack of supervision, staff have been witnessed on their cell phones during outdoor play time. | ||
| 2025-02-28 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (6 of 6 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-02-26 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (5 of 5 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-02-20 | Complaint Full Inspection |
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| Description: Holes were observed in the wall in one classroom, one classroom was missing a piece of wall tile on the outlet creating a small hole from the outlet in the wall that is not properly covered. | ||
| 2025-01-22 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (5 of 5 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-01-21 | Complaint Attempted Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2025-01-21 | 340:110-3-288(c)(2)(E) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Ms. Grimes stated the staff member involved was suspended and then resigned. Ms. Grimes stated that she will review the supervision and discipline policy with staff during a meeting and make sure all staff are aware to communicate problems to admin via their walkies for additional staff help and that children cannot be isolated as punishment. Ms. Grimes stated that she would be implanting the discipline and supervision requirements sections into her initial trainings and have staff sign off that they have read and understand of each of them prior to working with children. |
| Description: (SERIOUS) Child was left outside of classroom unsupervised as punishment for behavior. | ||
| 2024-12-10 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-11-21 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: One staff member employed over 12 months does not have a current PDL. Freezer number 2 was reading at 15-20 degrees during the visit. |
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| 2024-11-21 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: One staff member employed over 12 months does not have a current PDL. | ||
| 2024-11-21 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Freezer number 2 was reading at 15-20 degrees during the visit. | ||
| 2024-10-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-09-19 | Other Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (8 of 8 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-09-18 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (8 of 8 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-09-16 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Two pieces of play equipment have large bolts sticking up. These bolts are intended to hold down the toys. One toy is the lemonade stand on the NW corner or the playground has two bolts sticking up that could cause injury if a child fell on them. A yellow and blue slide climber toy also has bolts or metal rods sticking up in 4 places securing the toy into the ground. These are stinking up and could cause injury if fallen on by a child. This blue and yellow climber with slide is on the South East side of the playground. | ||
| 2024-09-13 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (6 of 6 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-09-13 | 340:110-3-287(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: No updating procare while on the playground. Employee received write up. |
| Description: Supervision: Staff seen using cell phone when a child fell and was injured during outdoor play. | ||
| 2024-09-13 | 340:110-3-284(c)(2)(C) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Revisited personal space policies with all employees on 10/8/24 |
| Description: Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Personnel. Staff member is reported to have kissed a 3 y/o child on the cheek and on the lips. | ||
| 2024-08-28 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: Two staff employed over 12 months have expired PDL Documentation for most recent vehicle quarterly inspections are not available for licensing view |
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| 2024-08-28 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Two staff employed over 12 months have expired PDL | ||
| 2024-08-28 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Documentation for most recent vehicle quarterly inspections are not available for licensing view | ||
| 2024-07-18 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: 4 staff have expired OPDL 3 trash cans with diapers or training pants were not covered with tight-fitting lids 2 diaper changing tables had items on them not used for diapering 2 staff have not completed enough training hours to obtain and maintain their PDL |
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| 2024-07-18 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 4 staff have expired OPDL | ||
| 2024-07-18 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 3 trash cans with diapers or training pants were not covered with tight-fitting lids | ||
| 2024-07-18 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 2 diaper changing tables had items on them not used for diapering | ||
| 2024-07-18 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 2 staff have not completed enough training hours to obtain and maintain their PDL | ||
| 2024-06-28 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 3 staff members have been employed over 12 months and does not have a current PDL. | ||
| 2024-06-18 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (6 of 6 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-05-13 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (8 of 8 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-05-02 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-05-02 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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Description: 1 classroom teachers were not aware of all the ages of the children in the classroom. Licensing observed a staff member on their phone in the 2 and 3 year old classroom. |
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| 2024-05-02 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: 1 classroom teachers were not aware of all the ages of the children in the classroom. | ||
| 2024-05-02 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: Licensing observed a staff member on their phone in the 2 and 3 year old classroom. | ||
| 2024-05-02 | 340:110-3-287(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Scheduled a Requirement/supervision training on 6/11/24 with Licensing. Personnel that were employed when the lack of supervision was happening have been terminated. Director is monitoring personnel more often on the cameras and in the classroom and teaching personnel have been guided to engage and interact more with the children. Classrooms that go to the bathroom down the hall the entire classroom is going to the bathroom together instead of sending kids to the bathroom one by one. |
| Description: Supervision - Children are not being adequately supervised. | ||
| 2024-05-02 | 340:110-3-287(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Scheduled a Requirement/supervision training on 6/11/24 with Licensing. Personnel that were employed when the lack of supervision was happening have been terminated. Director is monitoring personnel more often on the cameras and in the classroom and teaching personnel have been guided to engage and interact more with the children. Classrooms that go to the bathroom down the hall the entire classroom is going to the bathroom together instead of sending kids to the bathroom one by one. |
| Description: Supervision: Children are not being adequately supervised. | ||
| 2024-05-01 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (5 of 5 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-04-30 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-04-30 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: one personnel did not know the ages of children in her care | ||
| 2024-04-29 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (10 of 10 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-04-29 | 340:110-3-281.2(c)(8)(A) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Teaching personnel fill out the incident report and bring the completed incident report to the office and the director/office staff will give the incident report to the parent and have it signed. If the staff in charge or director is not available to talk to the parents as they leave the staff in charge or director will contact the parents through procare and contact them via phone so they are notified. |
| Description: Reporting: Parents are not receiving incident reports for known minor injuries | ||
| 2024-04-29 | 340:110-3-288(c)(1)(A) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Will contact R&R to schedule a discipline training for all staff. Director will continue to watch cameras throughout the day and also walk through the classrooms supervising personnel while working with children. |
| Description: Discipline: Personnel used inappropriate discipline. | ||
| 2024-04-29 | 340:110-3-286(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Hired extra staff in the morning to ensure that Ratios are maintained at all times. |
| Description: Ratios: Personnel are out of ratio. | ||
| 2024-04-29 | 340:110-3-287(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Scheduled a Requirement/supervision training on 6/11/24 with Licensing. Personnel that were employed when the lack of supervision was happening have been terminated. Director is monitoring personnel more often on the cameras and in the classroom and teaching personnel have been guided to engage and interact more with the children. Classrooms that go to the bathroom down the hall the entire classroom is going to the bathroom together instead of sending kids to the bathroom one by one. |
| Description: Supervision - SERIOUS: children are not being adequately supervised. | ||
| 2024-04-29 | 340:110-3-284(c)(2)(A) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Director addressed concerns with bullying with school age staff. The personnel are to separate the children and discuss the situation with each child. They were also informed to respond to every situation that happens whether its bullying, an injury, anything, if the children bring it to the staff attention they are to address it. Director will schedule a training for all staff with Rand R. |
| Description: Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Personnel: Personnel are not responding to child's needs in an appropriate time frame. | ||
| 2024-04-29 | 340:110-3-297(a)(1)(B) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Talked to all the teachers about the diapering requirements and policy. Staff in charge is checking the classrooms and making sure that the diaper policy is being maintained. |
| Description: Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Diapering and toileting: Child's diaper was not changed promptly when soiled. | ||
| 2024-04-22 | 340:110-3-297(a)(1)(A) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Talked to all the teachers about the diapering requirements and policy. Staff in charge is checking the classrooms and making sure that the diaper policy is being maintained. |
| Description: Diapering and Toileting: Diapers are not being checked and changed promptly when soiled. | ||
| 2024-04-22 | 340:110-3-400(p)(3)(F) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Personnel are using tablets only for procare. Staff will not be on their cell phones while working with children. |
| Description: Personnel: Staff are using cell phones while supervising children for personal use. | ||
| 2024-04-22 | 340:110-3-288(c)(1)(A) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Will contact R&R to schedule a discipline training for all staff. Director will continue to watch cameras throughout the day and also walk through the classrooms supervising personnel while working with children. |
| Description: Discipline: Personnel used inappropriate physical discipline. | ||
| 2024-02-27 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: One personnel does not have a current PDL | ||
| 2024-02-27 | 340:110-3-288(c)(1)(A) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Teacher was written up and terminated. Director is going to go over the discipline policy and licensing requirements with all staff. |
| Description: Discipline: personnel used inappropriate discipline on a child that caused an injury | ||
| 2024-02-27 | 340:110-3-298(f)(5)(B) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Personnel will hold all infants under 6 months of age while they are bottle feeding. Director will post a sign in the infant classrooms reminding personnel to hold infants that are under 6 months while feeing them. |
| Description: Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Nutrition: Personnel did not hold an infant that is under 6 months while bottle feeding. | ||
| 2023-10-25 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: 2 personnel do not have current PDLs and have been employed over 12 months. 4 personnel do not entry level child care training and have been employed over 90 days. 2 staff do not have current CPR/FA training and have been employed over 90 days |
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| 2023-10-25 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 2 personnel do not have current PDLs and have been employed over 12 months. | ||
| 2023-10-25 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 4 personnel do not entry level child care training and have been employed over 90 days. | ||
| 2023-10-25 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: 2 staff do not have current CPR/FA training and have been employed over 90 days | ||
| 2023-06-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: Licensing observed bedding being stored stacked on top of each other where the blankets were touching which is not individualized and unsanitary. equipment inventory has not been conducted in the last 12 months. Physical Environment checklist has not been completed in the last 12 months. two cots were not labeled in the infants, ones, and twos classroom this is not a non-compliance, referral will be made to state office to have the health inspection completed |
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