Helen Preparatory Academy
2057 Joe Frank Harris Parkway, Cartersville, GA
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Patricia A. Woods is a licensed home daycare in Cartersville, Georgia. It is licensed by the state, for up to 6 children, serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
It is open Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM. As a home daycare, the provider shares the address with families when you call.
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning made 6 visits in the last 3 years and cited 24 rules across 6 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.
Hours
| Monday | 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Thursday | 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Friday | 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Saturday | Not listed |
| SundayToday | Not listed |
Programs
| Ages | Infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age childrenFrom the state license |
|---|---|
| Setting | Family child care homeFrom the state license |
| Child care subsidy | Accepts state child care subsidiesFrom the state license |
| Licensed capacity | 6 childrenFrom the state license |
Cost
Patricia A. Woods has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a home daycare in Bartow County has a median price of $130 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).
State record
6 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Aug 31, 2026: 3 rules cited
Rules cited on 6 of 6 visits · 24 rules in all
For comparison: 89% of Georgia daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 0.
A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
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Rule .11(2)(c) - Drills- Fire/Tornado/Other: (c) Documentation of drills required by these rules shall be maintained in the Home. The Home shall conduct drills for fire, tornado, and other emergency situations. The fire drills will be conducted monthly and tornado and other emergency situation drills will be conducted every six months. The Home shall maintain documentation of the dates and times of these drills for two years.
Rule .08(1) - Childrens Enrollment Record: (1) The Home shall maintain current and updated individual records on each Child in care. The Home shall maintain the records outlined herein while the Child is in care and for a period of one (1) year after such Child is no longer in care at the Family Child Care Learning Home. Such records shall include: identifying information (Child's name, birth date, Parent's name, home and business addresses, telephone numbers); name, address and telephone number of persons, including Child's physician, to contact in emergencies; and name, address, telephone numbers, relationship to Child and to Parent(s) and other identifying information of person(s) to whom the Child may be released.
Rule .07(9)(b)1 - Annual Training - Language & Literacy: (b) The annual ten (10) clock hours of training shall include the following: 1. At least two (2) hours in evidence based, developmentally appropriate language and literacy practices;
Rule .08(2) - Immunization Record (Recite-Not Met): (2) Such records shall include evidence of age-appropriate immunizations, or a signed affidavit certifying that the required immunizations conflict with the religious belief of the Parent or a physician statement that immunization is contraindicated. Evidence of immunizations or required documentation shall be on file for each Child upon admission to the Home or within 30 days thereafter.
Rule .08(12) - Notarized statement of related children that live outside of the home: (12) Documentation of family relationships for related Children, other than the Provider's own children, cared for in the Home shall be maintained and shall include a notarized statement by the related Child's Parents attesting to the relationship.
Rule .21(1)(c) - Employee - Satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination: (c) Every Employee must have a current and valid satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination on file prior to being present at the Home while any child is present for care or before residing in the Home if age 17 or older. The Comprehensive Records Check Determination must have a Records Check Clearance Date that is no older than the preceding 12 months of the hire date; provided, however, if the Employee has had a lapse of employment from the child care industry that lasted for 180 days (6 months) or longer, a new satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination is required.
Rule .21(1)(b) - Provider - Satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination: (b) Every Provider must have a current and valid satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination on file prior to being present at the Home while any child is present for care or before residing in the Home. The Comprehensive Records Check Determination must have a Records Check Clearance Date that is no older than the preceding 12 months of the license date; provided, however, if the Provider has had a lapse of employment from the child care industry that lasted for 180 days (6 months) or longer, a new satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination is required.
Rule .21(1)(a) - Provider and Employee Submit to Background Check: (1) Satisfactory Fingerprint Records Check Determination or Satisfactory Comprehensive Records Check Determination Required (a) The Home must ensure that the Provider, every actual and potential Employee (including residents age 17 and older) and Provisional Employee of the Family Child Care Learning Home must submit both a Records Check Application to the Department and Fingerprints to an authorized fingerprinting site.
Rule .11(2)(f) - Hazardous Items Inaccessible (Recite-Not Met): (f) Poisons, medicines, cleaning agents, razors, aerosol cans and other potential hazardous materials shall be stored out of reach of children or in locked cabinets.
Rule .08(2) - Immunization Record (Recite-Not Met): (2) Such records shall include evidence of age-appropriate immunizations, or a signed affidavit certifying that the required immunizations conflict with the religious belief of the Parent or a physician statement that immunization is contraindicated. Evidence of immunizations or required documentation shall be on file for each Child upon admission to the Home or within 30 days thereafter.
Rule .08(1) - Childrens Enrollment Record: (1) The Home shall maintain current and updated individual records on each Child in care. The Home shall maintain the records outlined herein while the Child is in care and for a period of one (1) year after such Child is no longer in care at the Family Child Care Learning Home. Such records shall include: identifying information (Child's name, birth date, Parent's name, home and business addresses, telephone numbers); name, address and telephone number of persons, including Child's physician, to contact in emergencies; and name, address, telephone numbers, relationship to Child and to Parent(s) and other identifying information of person(s) to whom the Child may be released.
Rule .19(2) - Infant Safe Sleep Requirements: (2) Environment. A Family Child Care Learning Home shall provide a safe sleep environment in accordance with American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) recommendations as listed in these rules for all infants and one-year-old children when placed for sleep in a safety approved crib or in any other type of equipment approved for infant sleep. Staff shall place an infant to sleep on the infant’s back unless the Parent has provided a physician’s written statement authorizing another sleep position for that particular infant that includes how the infant shall be placed to sleep and a time frame that the instructions are to be followed. When an infant can easily turn over from back to front and back again, Staff shall continue to put the infant to sleep initially on the infant's back, but allow the infant to roll over into his or her preferred positions and not re-position the infant. Sleepers, sleep sacks and wearable blankets that fit according to the commercial manufacturer’s guidelines and will not slide up around the infant’s face may be used when necessary for the comfort of the sleeping infant, however swaddling shall not be used unless the Home has been provided a physician’s written statement authorizing its use for a particular infant that includes instructions and a time frame for swaddling the infant. Staff shall not place objects or allow objects to be placed in or on the crib with an infant such as but not limited to toys, pillows, quilts, comforters, bumper pads, sheepskins, stuffed toys, or other soft items and shall not attach objects or allow objects to be attached to a crib with a sleeping infant such as but not limited to crib gyms, toys, mirrors and mobiles.
Rule .11(2)(f) - Hazardous Items Inaccessible: (f) Poisons, medicines, cleaning agents, razors, aerosol cans and other potential hazardous materials shall be stored out of reach of children or in locked cabinets.
Rule .11(1)(j) - Staff Handwashing: (j) Children's hands shall be washed with liquid soap and warm running water immediately upon arrival for the day and re-entering the child care area after outside play; before and after eating meals and snacks, handling or touching food, and playing in water; after toileting and diapering, playing in sand, touching animals or pets, contact with bodily fluids such as, but not limited to, mucus, saliva, vomit or blood, and after contamination by any other means.
Rule .10(6) - Menu Requirements: (6) Menus. The Home shall provide a menu listing all meals and snacks to be served during the current week. Substitutions shall be recorded on the posted menu. Menus shall be retained at the Home for six (6) months.
Rule .08(2) - Immunization Record (Recite-Not Met): (2) Such records shall include evidence of age-appropriate immunizations, or a signed affidavit certifying that the required immunizations conflict with the religious belief of the Parent or a physician statement that immunization is contraindicated. Evidence of immunizations or required documentation shall be on file for each Child upon admission to the Home or within 30 days thereafter.
Rule .08(2) - Immunization Record (Recite-Not Met): (2) Such records shall include evidence of age-appropriate immunizations, or a signed affidavit certifying that the required immunizations conflict with the religious belief of the Parent or a physician statement that immunization is contraindicated. Evidence of immunizations or required documentation shall be on file for each Child upon admission to the Home or within 30 days thereafter.
Rule .08(10) - Authorized Release Persons (Recite-Not Met): (10) The Home shall ensure that Children are only released to authorized person(s), and the Home shall take necessary steps to determine that any such person(s) presenting to pick up a Child in care is authorized by the Parent(s) of the Child and that person matches the identifying information provided by the Parent.
Rule .08(1) - Childrens Enrollment Record (Recite-Not Met): (1) The Home shall maintain current and updated individual records on each Child in care. The Home shall maintain the records outlined herein while the Child is in care and for a period of one (1) year after such Child is no longer in care at the Family Child Care Learning Home. Such records shall include: identifying information (Child's name, birth date, Parent's name, home and business addresses, telephone numbers); name, address and telephone number of persons, including Child's physician, to contact in emergencies; and name, address, telephone numbers, relationship to Child and to Parent(s) and other identifying information of person(s) to whom the Child may be released.
Rule .13(2)(a) - Outside grounds/play area free from hazard: (a) Outside play areas shall be free of hazards such as, but not limited to exposed sharp edges of concrete or equipment, broken glass, debris, open drainage ditches, holes and stagnant water.
Rule .11(2)(f) - Hazardous Items Inaccessible: (f) Poisons, medicines, cleaning agents, razors, aerosol cans and other potential hazardous materials shall be stored out of reach of children or in locked cabinets.
Rule .08(2) - Immunization Record: (2) Such records shall include evidence of age-appropriate immunizations, or a signed affidavit certifying that the required immunizations conflict with the religious belief of the Parent or a physician statement that immunization is contraindicated. Evidence of immunizations or required documentation shall be on file for each Child upon admission to the Home or within 30 days thereafter.
Rule .08(10) - Authorized Release Persons: (10) The Home shall ensure that Children are only released to authorized person(s), and the Home shall take necessary steps to determine that any such person(s) presenting to pick up a Child in care is authorized by the Parent(s) of the Child and that person matches the identifying information provided by the Parent.
Rule .08(1) - Childrens Enrollment Record: (1) The Home shall maintain current and updated individual records on each Child in care. The Home shall maintain the records outlined herein while the Child is in care and for a period of one (1) year after such Child is no longer in care at the Family Child Care Learning Home. Such records shall include: identifying information (Child's name, birth date, Parent's name, home and business addresses, telephone numbers); name, address and telephone number of persons, including Child's physician, to contact in emergencies; and name, address, telephone numbers, relationship to Child and to Parent(s) and other identifying information of person(s) to whom the Child may be released.
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FAQ
Yes. Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning lists it as licensed and operating.
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning lists the most recent visit on August 31, 2026, with 3 rules cited. It lists 6 visits in the last 3 years.
Yes. Inspectors cited 24 rules across 6 of 6 visits in the last 3 years. For comparison: 89% of Georgia daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 0. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
6, the licensed capacity on the state record. It is licensed to serve infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
Yes. The state record says it accepts child care subsidies.
Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM. These are the hours on the state record. Holiday hours can differ.
It has not listed its tuition. Call (470) 424-4705 to ask.
(470) 424-4705.
Cartersville, GA 30120. It is a home daycare, so the provider shares the street address with families directly.