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On February 10, 2026, the Office of Childhood (OOC) received a report alleging that program operations have at times been represented as occurring at a different approved location during official processes. The program operates daily from 2416 Dr Martin Luther King Blvd, Kansas City, MO but is listed on grant paperwork as 4736 Prospect Ave. After conducting the investigation, Compliance Inspector (CI) Cole Eddins finds the allegation is unsubstantiated. This conclusion is based on the following evidence:
5 CSR 25-500.042(14) which states: "The license shall not be transferable and shall apply only to the person(s) and address shown on the license."
On February 18, 2026, CI Eddins attempted to contact Reporter Morgan Butler, but the call could not be completed as dialed. CI Eddins was unable to leave a message.
On February 26, 2026, CI Eddins attempted to interview Parent A and Reporter Morgan Butler. CI Eddins left messages.
On March 11, 2026, CI Eddins interviewed Morgan, Caregiver Precious Thomas, and former Caregiver Darriona Jones. Morgan stated that she worked at the facility from early 2024 to February 12, 2026. She was fired because she was unable to increase enrollment for the school-age program. She observed school-age children, kindergarten through eighth grade, attending the unlicensed daycare location. She observed 45 school-age children at an unknown building down that housing strip, but she could not remember where the exact building was located. Precious stated that the old building located at 2402 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd houses before and after-school children. She has worked at this unlicensed location from between 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. every day since 2024. There are about 30 school-age children who attended that daycare. They moved the school-age children to the main building in early March. There was a summer school program located in that building. CI Eddins interviewed former caregiver Darriona Jones, who stated that she worked there from 2023 to 2025. She worked at the building down the street on the corner (2402 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd). She worked during the summertime program with school-age children. The school-age children were from first grade to eighth grade. The school age children attended from 2023 to 2025.
On March 17, 2026, CI Eddins and CIS (Compliance Inspector Supervisor) Romena Fox observed one hallway light on in the 2402 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Kansas City, location. CI Eddins and CIS Fox observed a staff member named Forest Johnson, who allowed CI Eddins and CIS Fox into the building. Once inside, CI Eddins and CIS Fox observed empty classrooms with what appeared to be recently updated Valentine's Day decorations/balloons. The classrooms appeared to be clean with art activities scattered on some of the classroom tables. Activity notes were written on the whiteboards.
CI Eddins and CIS Fox interviewed Forest who stated that he works as a caregiver at the facility and would sometimes do janitorial duties for the old daycare building located at 2402 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. He had observed school-age children attending the old daycare building regularly until about a month ago. He would observe anywhere between 20 and 30 school-age children in different classrooms in the old building. As far as he knew, the old building was a licensed daycare space. The old daycare building was usually open from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The children would be dropped off at this location by their school buses. He guessed that school-age children regularly attended the old location for about a year.
On March 17, 2026, CI Eddins and CIS Fox interviewed Caregiver Rakeisha Hattley, Child A, and Child B. Rakeisha stated that she has worked at the facility since summer of 2025. She is usually a floater During the day; she works with the toddlers from around 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. From 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., she would always go and work at the old unlicensed building located off of 2402 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. School age children would be dropped off and picked up at the old daycare location. She mostly had kindergarten through second grade children where they would work on stem activities, yoga classes, and social emotional awareness lessons. She mostly worked with school agers over the summer, but the children would show up for around three hours Monday through Friday and would rarely go to the licensed facility. All the after-school children moved to the current facility around two to three months ago. She observed school-age children attending the old daycare building full-time since she started working at the facility. She did not remember how many children she observed at the old unlicensed building.
Child A stated that he attends class in the upstairs classroom. He always goes through the front doors of the daycare and gets dropped off by his bus. When asked about the other daycare building, he responded with, "We are not supposed to talk about that." Child B stated that she liked going to daycare, and she was not scared. She would sometimes get dropped off at the other daycare, and she would sometimes get dropped off at the current daycare. She would go to the big kids' daycare often. She would ride her bus to the other big kid's daycare building.
On March 24, 2026, CI Eddins interviewed Parent E and Parent I, who both stated that their children attended the older unlicensed building regularly, from Monday through Friday, and their children were present at the older building until they came to pick them up. Their children attended the older daycare building regularly until about a month or two ago, when they were moved to the licensed daycare facility full-time.
On April 1, 2026, CI Eddins interviewed Parent N, who stated that her 7-year-old child gets dropped off at the older daycare every morning. Her child had stopped going to that daycare in early March 2026. Her child attended the older building before school at around 7:00 a.m. every day. Her child would also get dropped off at the older building every day until the facility closed the old building down. Daycare staff provided breakfast and snack when her child went to the older building. Her child rarely went to the new facility building before the older building was closed down.
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