NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: HELEN'S DAY CARE Facility ID: 6355068 Consultant: BRANDON FRY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 2/19/2024 Number Present: 22 Completed Date: 2/19/2024 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 85 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 10:55 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance visit. Your program currently operates with a three-star license, issued July 6. 2018, earning 4 points in the education component, 2 points in the program standards component meeting enhanced space and 1 quality point for all lead teachers and teachers having at least 5 years of EC work Experience in no more than 2 centers. The last annual compliance visit was conducted March 3, 2023. The sanitation inspection was completed October 12, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted July 31, 2023, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred percent as of February 19, 2024. You visited each indoor and outdoor space with me. Children enrolled in were participating in free play activities. Activities included blocks, flash cards, puzzles, dramatic play, trucks, etc. Teachers were engaged with the children, talking to the children about the activities they were engaged in. I found supervision, interactions, and ratios to be in compliance. All program records were reviewed including, emergency drills, outdoor checklist, children records, staff records, trainings, and all child care requirements. Today’s lunch consists of beef, cheese, noodles/pasta, peas, pineapple, and milk. The following was cited during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 859 Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. This was corrected during the visit by the center conducting a playground inspection during the visit. .0605(q) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. Technical Assistance: We discussed registering with Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids at https://www.cleanwaterforuskids.org/en/carolina/. The goal of the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ program is to identify and eliminate lead and asbestos hazards where North Carolina children learn and play. This is a legislatively mandated effort to address lead and asbestos hazards in North Carolina public schools, licensed child care centers, and licensed family child care homes. Participation allows facilities to meet all rule requirements for identified lead and asbestos hazards, as required by law. We discussed filing outdoor inspections after they have been completed so they can be reviewed in the future. You mentioned that you tend to complete the inspection the same day that you conduct your fire drills. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me at Brandon Fry, Child Care Consultant, 80 Blake Blvd, PO Box 4441, Pinehurst, NC 28374, brandon.fry@dhhs.nc.gov if you have questions. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times