Graceful Beginnings Daycare And Preschool
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Contact Information
📞 (573) 248-1911Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services lists this provider as LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM, so it does not hold a child care license. Providers in this category are exempt from state licensing requirements, which means they are not inspected or monitored the way licensed providers are. Ask the provider what oversight it does operate under, and check with Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services before enrolling.
Reviews
This is an awesome daycare and preschool! You feel like you are loved here! Your child is definitely loved by the staff! My child has leaned a lot also. This is a subsidized daycare. I don't know about the bad review on here but I have never had trouble. No daycare is perfect. The staff is not stupid. They have all way found extra clothes if my child has messed in his. They do some really cool events throughout the year especially during Christmas! You definitely should check them out! Awesome place!
My son brought his baby over this morning, straight from your day care, wearing nothing but diapers. I babysat and he went shopping for shoes, socks, shirts, shorts etc. The story I got was the mother didn't want the child to leave with his dad, wearing things she bought for him. I'm sure child support helped buy his clothing and much more. So, they stripped the baby and released him to his dad. This is beyond good judgement. Glad he's too young to be humiliated by this. Don't know the law, but if I were in charge I might have said "no we don't strip the kids and send them out the door, for anyone." Does license exempt enable you to do these things. What if she'd told your workers to starve the child so the father would have to also buy him more food?
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About the Provider
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:00 AM- 5:59 AM
- Tuesday6:00 AM- 5:59 AM
- Wednesday6:00 AM- 5:59 AM
- Thursday6:00 AM- 5:59 AM
- Friday6:00 AM- 5:59 AM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Report Date | Report Type | Violations |
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| 2026-03-13 | COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION | 3 violations cited |
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Findings: 5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements Violation: Medical examination reports including TB testing were not on file for caregivers as evidenced by the medical form did not contain all required information in that Eleanor Renee Davis. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements (1) (D) 2. states: The facility may use the department's physical assessment form, MO 580-1879 (6- 94), or the facility may use its own form if it contains all the information on the department's form. Correction Required: Medical/TB reports shall be on file as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 3/6/2026 5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment Violation: Lighting requirements for rooms used by children were not met as evidenced by the lighting was inadequate. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 2 (A) states: Adequate artificial or natural lighting throughout each room used for child care. Correction Required: Rooms used by children shall be equipped with required lighting. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 2/18/2026 RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized. Violation: Requirements for fire safety inspection were not met as evidenced by the inspection was not approved. Rule Reference: RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized. 1. states: All buildings and premises used by a child-care facility to care for more than six children except those exempted from the licensing provisions of the department of elementary and secondary education pursuant to subdivisions (1) to (15) of subsection 1 of section 210.211, shall be inspected annually for fire and safety by the state fire marshal, the marshal's designee or officials of a local fire district and for health and sanitation by the department of elementary and secondary education or the department's designee, including officials of the department of health and senior services, or officials of the local health department. Evidence of compliance with the inspections required by this section shall be kept on file and available to parents of children enrolling in the child-care facility. Correction Required: An approved sanitation and fire/safety inspection shall be kept on file and be available as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 3/6/2026 |
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| 2026-02-17 | ANNUAL | 4 violations cited |
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Findings: 5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements Violation: Medical examination reports including TB testing were not on file for caregivers as evidenced by the medical form did not contain all required information in that Eleanor Renee Davis. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements (1) (D) 2. states: The facility may use the department's physical assessment form, MO 580-1879 (6- 94), or the facility may use its own form if it contains all the information on the department's form. Correction Required: Medical/TB reports shall be on file as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation 5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment Violation: Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: hand sanitizer, air freshener and Lysol. The item(s) was/were located upon a cubby shelf within reach of children. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 1 (D) states: Hazardous materials such as cleaning supplies, poisonous materials, medicines, alcoholic beverages or hazardous personal care items shall be inaccessible to children and stored to prevent cross-contamination of food and food-related materials. Correction Required: Hazardous material(s) shall be inaccessible to children and stored to prevent cross-contamination of food and food-related items. Correction Verification: Corrected on Site Compliance Date: 2/17/2026 5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment Violation: Lighting requirements for rooms used by children were not met as evidenced by the lighting was inadequate. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 2 (A) states: Adequate artificial or natural lighting throughout each room used for child care. Correction Required: Rooms used by children shall be equipped with required lighting. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized. Violation: Requirements for fire safety inspection were not met as evidenced by the inspection was not approved. Rule Reference: RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized. 1. states: All buildings and premises used by a child-care facility to care for more than six children except those exempted from the licensing provisions of the department of elementary and secondary education pursuant to subdivisions (1) to (15) of subsection 1 of section 210.211, shall be inspected annually for fire and safety by the state fire marshal, the marshal's designee or officials of a local fire district and for health and sanitation by the department of elementary and secondary education or the department's designee, including officials of the department of health and senior services, or officials of the local health department. Evidence of compliance with the inspections required by this section shall be kept on file and available to parents of children enrolling in the child-care facility. Correction Required: An approved sanitation and fire/safety inspection shall be kept on file and be available as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation |
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| 2025-10-07 | COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION | |
| 2025-09-02 | COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION | |
| 2025-02-13 | ANNUAL | 2 violations cited |
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Findings: 5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements Violation: TB reports on file were older than 24 months for the results in the file were over 2 years old. Amanda Kincaid had a copy of her current test available to give to CI Duckworth. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements (1) (D) 3. states: After the initial physical assessment, all caregivers working in a facility during child care hours shall be tested for tuberculosis at least every two (2) years. Caregivers with previously positive tuberculin tests shall be under the management of a physician. Correction Required: Medical/TB reports shall be on file as required. Correction Verification: Corrected on Site Compliance Date: 2/13/2025 5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment Violation: Requirements for indoor play equipment and materials were not met. Toys/materials were not in good condition as evidenced by the square foam block for the young crawlers was not in good condition as the upholstery was peeling and missing about a softball portion of coverage. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 7 states: Indoor play equipment and materials shall be provided and shall be clean and in good condition with all parts intact. Infants and toddlers shall have safe toys. Toys, parts of toys or other materials small enough to be swallowed shall not be used. Correction Required: The facility shall provide play equipment and materials as required. Correction Verification: Corrected on Site Compliance Date: 2/13/2025 |
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| 2024-02-02 | ANNUAL | No violations cited |
| 2023-02-02 | ANNUAL | |
| 2022-02-24 | COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION | |
| 2022-02-07 | ANNUAL | |
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