Child Care Center
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Grace Child Development Center
Altus, OK
· Jackson County
620 S PARK LANE,
Altus, OK 73521
Quick Facts
Capacity
75 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
2
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Contact Information
📞 (580) 482-6546
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
K830000229
Issued By
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Licensor
Eryn Haley
District Office
Oklahoma Human Services - Child Care Services
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About the Provider
Grace Child Development Center is operated by the Grace United Methodist Church. It is licensed by the State of Oklahoma Department of Human Services, is a 2 Star Center and is a member of the Oklahoma State Child Care Association. The policies governing the Center are determined by a committee representing both the Church and parents. The program emphasizes age appropriate activities that will enhance physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development.
Additional Information:
Rated 2 Stars.
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tuesday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wednesday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Thursday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Friday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type/Purpose | Corrections |
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| 2026-08-19 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (35 of 35 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-08-07 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-08-07 | 340:110-3-284(c)(2)(C) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Grace Child Development Center takes this violation seriously and recognizes that staff must use appropriate, safe, and developmentally appropriate methods when responding to a child's behavior or difficulty settling during nap time. Physical restraint is not an appropriate method for managing a child during routine nap time unless there is an immediate safety concern and the intervention is permitted under applicable regulations and center policy. All teaching personnel will receive additional training and instruction regarding: Active supervision and maintaining children's safety at all times. Appropriate responses to challenging behaviors and children's individual needs. Positive guidance and redirection techniques. Appropriate nap-time supervision and classroom management. Prohibited or inappropriate physical interventions. When physical intervention may be necessary to protect a child or others from an immediate safety threat. Documentation and reporting requirements for any significant incident involving a child. All staff will be required to review the center's behavior guidance, supervision, and restraint/intervention policies. Prevention of Recurrence: Administration will conduct regular observations of classrooms, including during nap time, to ensure staff are using appropriate supervision, positive guidance, and behavior-management techniques. Particular attention will be given to staff interactions with children who have difficulty resting or remaining on their cots. The Director and Assistant Directors will monitor classrooms and provide immediate coaching and corrective instruction when inappropriate practices are observed. Any future incident involving inappropriate physical restraint or unsafe handling Of a child will be addressed immediately and may result in disciplinary action. Staff Training: All teaching personnel will complete additional training on active supervision, positive guidance, appropriate physical intervention, and maintaining children's health and safety. Training will be documented with the date, topic, trainer, and staff signatures. Monitoring: The administration will review classroom practices on an ongoing basis and document observations to verify compliance. Administration will continue to reinforce that staff are responsible for protecting children's health and safety and must use prudent, responsible, and developmentally appropriate practices at all times |
| Description: *SERIOUS* Personnel: Child being restrained by staff during nap time. | ||
| 2026-07-31 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-07-30 | 340:110-3-286(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Licensing provided training on the ratio requirements for all teaching staff and administration. Staff have been reminded that required ratios must be maintained at all times. The Center will implement the following procedures to ensure compliance: • Classroom staffing and child counts will be monitored continuously throughout the day. • Staff will not leave a classroom when doing so would cause the classroom to fall out of ratio. • Staff will notify an Assistant Director or the Director immediately when additional coverage is needed. • Administration will arrange coverage before a staff member leaves a classroom or before additional children are placed in the classroom. • Daily attendance and classroom rosters will be reviewed to anticipate changes in enrollment and staffing needs. • Administration will conduct unannounced ratio checks throughout the day, including during opening, closing, breaks, transitions, and staff shift changes. • All teaching staff will receive additional training on ratio and group-size requirements. • Ratio compliance will be documented as part of the Center's ongoing monitoring process. |
| Description: *SERIOUS* Ratios: Program not maintaining child to staff ratios. | ||
| 2026-07-30 | 340:110-3-287(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: AII staff are responsible for maintaining the required ratio in their assigned classroom. Staff are expected to immediately communicate with administration if they believe their classroom may be approaching or has exceeded the allowable ratio. The administration will be responsible for ensuring adequate staffing and verifying compliance with ratio requirements throughout the day. The Director and Assistant Directors will monitor classroom ratios daily. Any identified staffing concern will be addressed immediately, and corrective action will be taken before a classroom is permitted to remain out of ratio. The Center will continue this monitoring process to ensure that required ratios are consistently maintained and to prevent the recurrence of this violation. Implementation Date: Immediately Completion/Compliance Date: Immediate and ongoing |
| Description: *SERIOUS* Supervision: Children not being properly supervised by staff. | ||
| 2026-07-21 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Licensing observed two staff employed over 90 days have not completed ELCCT. | ||
| 2026-06-05 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2026-06-04 | Complaint Full Inspection |
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| Description: Licensing observed pacifier with attachment in crib with an infant. | ||
| 2026-03-10 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (35 of 35 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-11-13 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: One staff CPR First Aid certification expired 7/31/2025. Five staff with hire dates of 11/18/2024, 5/21/2025, 6/30/2025, 1/24/2025, and 6/12/2025 did not have CPR First Aid certifications. Four staff with hire dates of 6/30/2025, 7/21/2025, 1/24/2025, and 6/12/2025 did not have ELCCT training. |
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| 2025-11-13 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: One staff CPR First Aid certification expired 7/31/2025. Five staff with hire dates of 11/18/2024, 5/21/2025, 6/30/2025, 1/24/2025, and 6/12/2025 did not have CPR First Aid certifications. | ||
| 2025-11-13 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Four staff with hire dates of 6/30/2025, 7/21/2025, 1/24/2025, and 6/12/2025 did not have ELCCT training. | ||
| 2025-08-26 | Other Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-08-04 | Periodic Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-07-09 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2025-07-08 | Complaint Full Inspection |
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| Description: Licensing observed infant asleep in swing, staff stated child was asleep and in swing for at least 10 minutes. | ||
| 2025-07-08 | 340:110-3-296(b)(2)(B)(ii) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: To reinforce safe sleep practices, swings have been removed from the infant room. Individual staff meetings have already covered safe sleep guidelines. We will be reviewing these guidelines again at the staff meeting on August 13th. All staff will also complete a safe sleep refresher course beginning with those who work in the infant room and all others throughout the year. This will be monitored with cameras and classroom observations. |
| Description: Rest time- Infant in an inappropriate sleep environment | ||
| 2025-04-15 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: Licensing observed no signed medication permission for diaper creams. Licensing observed no complete Compliance File Notification forms for children. |
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| 2025-04-15 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Licensing observed no signed medication permission for diaper creams. | ||
| 2025-04-15 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Licensing observed no complete Compliance File Notification forms for children. | ||
| 2024-12-04 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (36 of 36 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-11-05 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (4 of 4 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-10-08 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (9 of 9 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-08-13 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: CPR and first aid certifications expired for 4 staff (KC, JG, DL, TT) Five staff do not have a current PDL: MB, TC, HG, TT, SL. |
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| 2024-08-13 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: CPR and first aid certifications expired for 4 staff (KC, JG, DL, TT) | ||
| 2024-08-13 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Five staff do not have a current PDL: MB, TC, HG, TT, SL. | ||
| 2024-05-08 | STARS Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (5 of 5 requirements met) | ||
| 2024-02-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed (35 of 35 requirements met) | ||
| 2023-10-25 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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Description: Three staff has expired PDL Three staff have not completed professional development to maintain current PDL |
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| 2023-10-25 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Three staff has expired PDL | ||
| 2023-10-25 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Three staff have not completed professional development to maintain current PDL | ||
| 2023-09-20 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2023-09-12 | 340:110-3-281.4(b)(2) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: All staff will be re-trained on the importance of prompt and consistent documentation of diaper changes, feedings, and sleeping times. This will be done verbally to all infant and toddler teachers immediately and to entire staff at next staff meeting on 11/7/23. |
| Description: Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Records: Diaper changing was not documented consistently for one infant. | ||
| 2023-06-30 | Periodic Full Inspection |
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| Description: Three staff do not have annual infection control. | ||
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