Description: First Step Arkansas, LLC dba Arkids Pediatric Day Centers is a Early Intervention Day Treatment (EIDT) in North Little Rock AR, with a maximum capacity of 244 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of Infant/Toddler; Preschool. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information: Level 0 Better Beginnings;Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Visit/Complaint Date | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | Facility Visit | 300.301.8 - At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc. |
| 2026-03-09 | Facility Visit | 800.801.3 - Department of Labor, Boiler Inspection Division requirements shall be met. All water heaters and any other boilers in licensed child care settings shall be inspected on an annual basis and upon installation. Verification that initial inspection has been scheduled and annual approval shall be maintained on file. Inspection, or proof of attempt to set up initial inspection, shall be completed within six (6) months of licensure. Scheduling and completion of annual inspections will be the responsibility of the Department of Labor, however, the facility is responsible for cooperating and keeping documentation of such inspection on file for review. (AR Code § 20-23-101 et seq.) |
| 2026-03-09 | Facility Visit | 300.302.3.1 - Subparts 1 and 2An EIDT must conduct child maltreatment, adult maltreatment and criminal background checks for all employees as required by law and applicable Minimum Licensing Standards for Child Care Centers. |
| 2026-03-09 | Facility Visit | 300.303.1.2 - All employees involved in any way with services provided to beneficiaries or who have routine contact with beneficiaries must receive the following training before having contact with beneficiaries and no later than thirty (30) days after beginning employment:Infection control and infection control procedures; |
| 2026-03-09 | Facility Visit | 300.305.5.c - Subparts 1- 5(c) A beneficiary’s service record must include at least the following information and documentation: (1) The beneficiary’s ITP; (2) The beneficiary’s behavioral management plan; (3) The beneficiary’s daily activity logs; (4) The beneficiary’s medication management plan and medication logs; (5) Copies of any assessments or evaluations completed on the beneficiary; and (6) Copies of any orders that place the beneficiary in the custody of another person or entity. |
| 2025-11-05 | Facility Visit | 200.201.4.2 - Subparts 1 and 2(A) An EIDT must comply with all requirements of the applicable Minimum Licensing Standards for Child Care Centers. (B) A violation of the applicable Minimum Licensing Standards for Child Care Centers constitutes a violation of these standards. |
| 2025-11-05 | Facility Visit | 300.301.8 - At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc. |
| 2025-11-05 | Facility Visit | 500.501.5.g - The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:Placing child in dark area; |
| 2025-11-05 | Facility Visit | 600.604.1.i - The child care facility shall maintain a record for each child in care which shall be on site. Records for children no longer enrolled may be maintained off site. Children’s records shall contain the following information:A written record of all significant changes in the child’s physical or emotional state and accidents, incidents or injuries, indicating the date, location, time of day, area or piece of equipment where the incident occurred (A copy of this shall be given to the parent on the day of occurrence); |
| 2025-08-13 | Facility Visit | 200.201.4.2 - Subparts 1 and 2(A) An EIDT must comply with all requirements of the applicable Minimum Licensing Standards for Child Care Centers. (B) A violation of the applicable Minimum Licensing Standards for Child Care Centers constitutes a violation of these standards. |
| 2025-08-13 | Facility Visit | 300.302.5.1 - Subparts 1 and 2Except as provided in subsection (2) below, the EIDT must provide at least the following minimum staff-to-beneficiary ratio for all beneficiaries: Age Group Ratio 0 to 18 months 1:4 18 to 36 months 1:6 3 to 4 years 1:8 4 years and above 1:9 |
| 2025-08-13 | Facility Visit | 500.501.5.h - The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:Inflicting physical pain, hitting, pinching, pulling hair, slapping, kicking, twisting arms, biting or biting back, spatting, swatting, etc.; |
| 2025-08-13 | Facility Visit | 500.501.5.n - The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:Shaming, humiliating, frightening, labeling, physically, or mentally harming children; and |
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