Friendship Community Care - Siloam Springs AR Early Intervention Day Treatment (EIDT)

1500 CHERI WHITLOCK DRIVE , SILOAM SPRINGS AR 72761
(479) 524-6354

About the Provider

Description: FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY CARE is a Early Intervention Day Treatment (EIDT) in SILOAM SPRINGS AR, with a maximum capacity of 220 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of Infant/Toddler; Preschool; School Age; . The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

Additional Information: ABC Facility; 1 Stars Better Beginnings;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 30127
  • Capacity: 220
  • Age Range: Infant/Toddler; Preschool; School Age;
  • Rate Range Infant 0 to 18 Months-$33.00 per Day (7 Hours or More) Infant 0 to 18 Months-$10.00 per Day (Less than 7 Hours) Preschool 30 to 72 Months-$10.00 per Day (Less than 7 Hours) Preschool 30 to 72 Months-$31.00 per Day (7 Hours or More) School Age 60 to 156 Months-$13.00 per Day (7 Hours or More) School Age 60 to 156 Months-$6.00 per Day (Less than 7 Hours) Toddler 18 to 36 Months-$10.00 per Day (Less than 7 Hours) Toddler 18 to 36 Months-$33.00 per Day (7 Hours or More)
  • State Rating: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • District Office: 900 E 13th Ct, Bentonville 72712
  • District Office Phone: (479) 273-9011 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)
  • Licensor: Tina Bell (tina.bell@dhs.arkansas.gov)

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Inspection/Report History

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Visit/Complaint Date Type Details
2023-09-20 Facility Visit 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);
2023-06-26 Facility Visit Subparts 1 and 2An EIDT must appropriately supervise all beneficiaries based on each beneficiary’s needs.
2023-02-28 Facility Visit No Violations Cited
2023-02-14 Facility Visit No Violations Cited
2022-04-08 Facility Complaint 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.
2022-03-14 Facility Complaint 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.;
2021-11-29 Facility Visit 900.902.14.To prevent entrapment, there shall be no opening(s) between any interior opposing surfaces between three and one-half inches (3.5") and nine inches (9). (Openings in equipment that might allow a childs body to pass through, but not their head.) Ground bounded openings are exempt.
900.902.9.Equipment shall not have protrusion hazards. (A protrusion is a projection which, when tested, is found to be a hazard having the potential to cause bodily injury to a user who impacts it.)
2021-08-13 Facility Visit 100.110.2.a.Arkansas State Police Criminal Background Check The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through a fingerprint criminal records check (which includes the Arkansas Sexual Offender Registry) conducted by the Arkansas State Police. A prospective staff member may not begin work until the Arkansas State Police criminal record check result has been returned as satisfactory. Following receipt of the satisfactory result, this individual must be supervised at all times, pending completion of all of the required background check components, by a staff member who has successfully completed all required background checks. A National Sexual Offender Registry check will also be conducted on prospective employees. Prospective employees who have not lived in the State of Arkansas during the preceding five (5) years will be subject to current federal guidelines regarding conducting a criminal background check and sexual offender registry check in any states where they resided during the past five (5) years.Each applicant to own or operate a child care facility At application and every five (5) years thereafter
300.306.4.01.All new staff, including volunteers who are counted in the ratios, shall receive the following orientation within three (3) months of employment (and every three (3) years thereafter) and shall not be left alone with children until this is completed.Introduction (eight (8) clock hours) a. Proper supervision of children; b. Behavioral guidance practices; c. Safe sleep practices for infants; d. Shaken baby syndrome; which includes prevention (Carters Law, Act 1208); e. Appropriately responding to a crying or fussy infant or child; f. Emergency procedures in the event of severe weather, or fire, including evacuation procedures and routes, and location and use of fire extinguishers; g. Mandated reporter training; h. Administering medication; i. Caring for children with special needs or care plans; j. Transportation and car seat safety; k. Policies regarding release of children to authorized individuals; l. Prevention and control of infectious diseases; m. Building and physical premises safety, including the identification of, and protection from, hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; n. Nutrition and physical activities; o. Prevention and response to food sensitivities and allergic reactions; p. Basic child development; and q. The handling and storage of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of bio contaminants. See Division website for a list of courses, that the Division maintains contracts for, which meet the above requirements.
500.501.5.a.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:Restraints (Restraining a child briefly by holding the child is allowed when the childs actions place the child or others at risk of injury);
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.;
2021-07-27 Facility Complaint 500.501.5.a - 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: Restraints (Restraining a child briefly by holding the child is allowed when the childs actions place the child or others at risk of injury);
2021-06-09 Facility Complaint 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.;
2021-04-27 Facility Visit No Violations Cited
2021-04-14 Facility Visit No Violations Cited
2020-10-20 Facility Visit No Violations Cited
2020-07-17 Facility Visit No Violations Cited
2018-06-19 Facility Visit No Violations Cited

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