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CHILD CARE CENTER - K830024891

STEPPING STONES ACADEMY

  • Accepts Subsidy
  • Year Round
  • Daytime Hours

3 Star Level Program

Hours

Monday
7:00AM - 6:00PM
Tuesday
7:00AM - 6:00PM
Wednesday
7:00AM - 6:00PM
Thursday
7:00AM - 6:00PM
Friday
7:00AM - 6:00PM
Saturday
CLOSED
Sunday
CLOSED

Ages Accepted

  • Infants (0-11 months)
  • Toddlers (12-23 months; 1yr.)
  • Preschool (24-48 months; 2-4 yrs.)
  • School-age (5 years-older)

Total Capacity

45

Licensing

Monitoring Visits in the past 3 years

Oklahoma Human Services Licensing Specialist

Licensing specialists monitor child care programs and provide resources. Parents can reach out to them if they have concerns regarding their child's programs.
Stacy Blankenship
(405) 290-8615

Licensing History

Listed below are the non-compliances OBSERVED during a visit. The regulation, its description, the non-compliance observed according to the regulation and a plan of corrective action are all provided.
Visit Date
2025-03-12
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
33 of 36
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
  • One trash container observed in the toddler room with soiled training pants/diapers did not have a lid on it.
  • CCLS observed mouse droppings in the kitchen cabinets where food and dishes are stored.
  • Program Director has not been present for the past 6 monitoring visits that were complete by both OK Child Care Services and Cherokee Nation Licensing. The monitoring visits where Ms. Tracy has not been present include 8/1/23, 12/15/23, 4/16/24, 7/19/24, 11/5/24, and 11/19/24.
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Visit Date
2024-11-19
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
39 of 39
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
None
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Visit Date
2024-11-05
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
33 of 35
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
  • The compliance file only contained monitoring summaries from 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2019. No monitoring summaries were found for 2024.
  • One staff member employed since 2/13/2020 has completed the same trainings every year to obtain her 20 hours.
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Visit Date
2024-07-19
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
32 of 35
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
  • CCLS observed a child crying in a chair in the toddler room without any interaction from teachers for at least 5 minutes.
  • Toddler room is not well-equipped and needs to have more toys added to interest areas.
  • Plastic sand bucket broken on the playground with sharp points.
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Visit Date
2024-04-16
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
39 of 39
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
None
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Visit Date
2023-12-15
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
35 of 35
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
None
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Visit Date
2023-08-16
Visit Type
Partial
Purpose of Visit
Complaint
10 of 10
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
None
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Visit Date
2023-08-01
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
32 of 35
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
  • Two staff employed over 12 months have expired OK-PDLs.
  • One staff employed over 90 days has not completed ELCCT.
  • One staff has not completed the required amount of training hours.
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Visit Date
2023-03-13
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
39 of 39
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
None
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Visit Date
2022-11-14
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
44 of 44
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
None
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Visit Date
2022-08-10
Visit Type
Full
Purpose of Visit
Periodic
43 of 44
Areas in compliance
Non Compliances Observed:
  • NO THERMOMETERS WERE VISIBLE IN TODDLER ROOM FRIDGE NOR FREEZER AREA WITH MILK BEING INSIDE.
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Substantiated Complaint Summary

Since 2023-08-16
Any complaint investigation that rises to the level of abuse/neglect is referred to Oklahoma Human Services Child Welfare Services for screening and investigation. All other complaint allegations are investigated by Oklahoma Child Care Services. Only substantiated complaints are available for viewing online.

Complaint Date

2023-08-16

Allegation Findings

Substantiated

Complaint:

Additional Non-Compliance Found During Investigation: Records-Parents were not provided a daily report for their children (ages one year & younger).

Reach out to this provider

TRACY Polson-Means
Director
(918) 931-1871
TRACY_POLSON@YAHOO.COM
1400 HENSLEY DRIVE
TAHLEQUAH, OK 74464
Subsidy Contract Number: 28646

Location

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2400 N Lincoln Boulevard

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

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  405-522-5050 (option 1)
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  800-522-3511
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