G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: PLAZA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S CENTER Facility ID: 6052999 Consultant: MARA BRINTON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/10/2025 Number Present: 33 Completed Date: 6/10/2025 Age: From 0 To 4 Total Minutes: 285 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 02:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor for compliance with applicable child care requirements during a Routine Unannounced Visit. The center continued to operate a three-star rated licensed center with Ms. Tricia Young as the on-site administrator. The child care item number listing dated November 2024 was used to identify and determine non-compliance. The following sections were monitored for compliance: A1, B1, C4, C5, C6, E1, E2, F3, G1, G3, G4 and G5. A walk through of spaces #1-6, the kitchen and outdoor area were monitored for compliance. No transportation is provided to enrolled children. Children were playing outdoors, eating lunch and napping on cots with linen. We discussed the ABCMS portal and the required process. A roster report was run prior to the visit. The roster report stated no data. Ms. Young stated everyone was current. A DCDEE roster report was viewed during the visit and all existing staff were listed. One child was monitored with an expired epi pen and medication permission slip in space #5. Another child with a diagnosed medical condition (asthma) did not have her inhaler. We discussed concern for the child being present and the center not having their life altering medication on site. It was highly recommended not to permit a child to attend without their life altering medication being present. It was recommended to initiate contact with the Community Health Nurses to review center medication policies, forms and processes. It was recommended to require parents to submit any medication and forms to the center administration first. Administration would then review all required forms and medication before it was sent to the applicable classroom. The center uses children’s scooters on a blacktop surface. The administrator stated they have some helmets, and some parents have provided helmets for their child. Child Care Rules were researched and the rule stated if bicycles were used, helmets were required. An email was sent to the child care team to discern if the interpretation would be considered the same. I was told to research the manufacturing instructions. No information was listed, and we discussed the best practice would be to provide children with helmets when scooters were used. Monthly outdoor inspections, incident log, monthly fire drills and quarterly safety drills were monitored. The center’s EMC plan was updated during the visit to remove a staff member who resigned at the end of May. The center’s printed EPR plan and Ready to Go File were monitored current and last updated in August of 2024. The staff and training worksheet were monitored for compliance. One new staff member P. Luckey, was hired since the last visit. Her file was monitored for compliance. Staff members were current with health and safety training, CPR, FA, playground and ITS-SIDS training. The last sanitation inspection was completed January 17, 2025, with two (2) demerits cited and a Superior classification issued. The last annual fire inspection was completed on September 4, 2024. Violation Number Comment Rule 849 Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. An expired epi pen was not discarded or returned after expiration of 5/25. .0803(12) 1882 Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. A permission slip to administer prescribed medication expired March of 2025. .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) Technical Assistance Provided and General Discussion: 1. It was recommended to purchase the third edition of the ERS. It was also recommended to review all available resources at the NCRLAP website. www.NCLRAP.org. 2. As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119. No action is needed on your part if you have completed the reference training and are currently using the ABCMS Provider Portal to update information regarding new hires or residents. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS on an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you. 3. We discussed the use of the NC Foundations when developing lesson plan activities. It was highly recommended to list each applicable NCFELD goal onto the posted lesson plan. This would visually show parents and consultants what domain the selected activity will foster. Corrective Action Plan: All violations must be corrected immediately. You shall submit a written, signed, and dated statement/compliance letter to me, at the address below detailing how each violation has been corrected and when. This information shall be received by Tuesday, June 24, 2025. You may email me with your letter of correction. Mail written documentation to Mara Brinton, 3687 Stallings Road, Harrisburg, NC 28075. Failure to correct the violations and send the written statement by the due date listed above may result in an unannounced follow-up visit being conducted or an administrative action may be recommended. Based on Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 Section .2200, the Division of Child Development may take administrative action against the license and/or impose civil penalties based on the failure of the operator to correct any documented violations within the established time-period. If you have any questions, please contact Mara Brinton at 704-594-0140 or email mara.brinton@dhhs.nc.gov 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

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.

10A NCAC 09 .0902 · Violation

Name of Operation: PLAZA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S CENTER Facility ID: 6052999 Consultant: ANDREA ANDERSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/13/2024 Number Present: 39 Completed Date: 6/13/2024 Age: From 0 To 4 Total Minutes: 150 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today's unannounced visit was to monitor compliance of applicable child care requirements during the annual compliance visit. Prior to today's visit, your 18 month compliance history was 93%. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by Tricia Young, Director. I was also introduced to Vicky Dial, administrator. Ms. Young accompanied me on today's walkthrough. I observed in each classroom. Space 4 has enrollment, however the room was closed today and the enrolled children were placed in other classrooms, based on their age. During the walkthrough I observed two groups outdoors engaged in a Zumba class. Both staff were observed encouraging children to move along with the instructor and were dancing with them. Three other groups were observed in their classrooms having free choice play. Staff were observed moving about the indoor and outdoor spaces monitoring children as they play. Infants were observed during bottle feeding, having floor time, and resting. As I arrived in the infant room, two infants were holding their own bottles, drinking from them. One infant was in a bouncy seat drinking from their bottle and the other was laying on a boppy pillow drinking from a bottle. I explained neither device is an appropriate feeding device so they would need to be held while feeding. Current activity plans were posted and found meeting compliance. Staff were heard using nurturing tones as they spoke with children in their care. Supervision and staff/child ratios were observed maintained. Each group was observed in approved/adequate space. While in classrooms serving two year old's I observed plastic grocery bags and Ziploc bags storing children's extra clothing and accessible to children in care. I also observed foam peg boards, foam puzzle and sponges and cotton balls stored in plastic on low shelves accessible to children in care. You removed these during the visit. As I entered Space 5, I observed a staff's Coca-Cola on the shelf by the classroom door. Program records were reviewed. The last fire inspection was conducted on 9-19-23. The emergency drill log was reviewed and found meeting compliance. The last sanitation inspection was conducted on 2-1-24. Information required to be posted was observed posted. Feeding schedules and visual safe sleep documentation was reviewed and found meeting compliance. The EPR and EMC plans were reviewed and found meeting compliance. The EMC plan was observed posted. Daily attendance was reviewed and found meeting compliance. The current license was posted and all permit restrictions observed meeting compliance. Medications were observed stored properly and had current written permission to administer. You provided the current Staff and Training worksheet. You have three new staff that have started since the last annual compliance visit; their files were reviewed and found meeting compliance. All other staff's current DCDEE qualifying letters were observed on file. One staff's CPR/FA certification expired 4/20/24, all other staff have current certification. The new staff are working on their health and safety trainings and all other staff have completed their training within the last 5 years. You and infant staff have current ITS/SIDS training. The following violations were observed today: Violation Number Comment Rule 532 All children were not held or placed in feeding chairs or other appropriate apparatus to be fed. As I entered Space 3, a room serving infants, I observed two infants in the carpet area drinking from bottles. One infant was observed in a bouncy seat and the other was laying on a boppy pillow, neither are appropriate feeding devices. 10A NCAC 09 .0902(b) 858 Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In Space 2, serving two year old's, I observed a plastic grocery bag hanging low from a hook storing a child's extra clothing. Other children's extra clothing were observed stored in large Ziploc bags stored in their cubbies. In Space 6, serving two and three year old's, I observed cotton balls stored in a plastic bag and sponges stored in the art center. I also observed a foam dinosaur puzzle and foam peg boards on the manipulative shelf. .0604(q) 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff, hired 8/9/21, does not have current First Aid certification; it expired on 4/30/24 .1102(c) 1049 All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff hired 8/9/21 did not have current CPR certification, it expired on 4/30/24. .1102(d) 1792 Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care. While in Space 5, I observed a half filled Coca-Cola bottle on the shelf by the classroom door. You informed me it was your staff's drink. .0901(i) Childcare providers are expected to maintain compliance with all applicable child care requirements at all times. All violations cited today shall be corrected immediately. Tricia Young, Director, will email a compliance letter explaining how each violation cited today has been corrected. The compliance letter must be received by the consultant, andrea.anderson@dhhs.nc.gov, on or before June 27, 2024. Failure to correct the violations and/or submit the compliance letter to me by the date listed above may result in an unannounced follow-up visit being conducted to ensure corrections were made. Technical Assistance was provided on the following: 10A NCAC 09 .0604(q)(q) Plastic bags, toys, toy parts small enough to be swallowed, and materials that can be torn apart, such as foam rubber and styrofoam, shall not be accessible to children under three years of age. However, styrofoam plates and larger pieces of foam rubber may be used for supervised art activities and styrofoam plates may be used for food service. Jump ropes and rubber bands shall not be accessible to children under five years of age without adult supervision. Balloons shall be prohibited for children of all ages. Typically you find foam and sponge products in manipulatives and art centers. I encourage you to monitor material staff are bringing into their classrooms to ensure they are developmentally appropriate for the age served. I encouraged you to find other storage for children's extra clothing and remove all ziplock bags and plastic grocery bags from those classrooms. I discussed using cloth mesh bags or shoe containers for proper storage in those classrooms. Bottle feeding: I explained that bouncy seats and boppy pillows are not easily cleanable and are not appropriate feeding devices. If you do not have proper feeding devices staff will need to hold the infants while feeding. There are so many different appropriate seating devices for infants, I encourage you research seats and purchase 1 or two for the young infant room. CPR/FA certification: You can highlight the staff and training worksheet to help you maintained expiration dates. Having a process in place of checking your staff and training worksheet at least monthly will also help you with having staff maintain compliance with requirements pertaining to their trainings and staff file. Modeling proper eating and drinking: Staff are required to model appropriate eating and drinking habits. Best practice is to have staff eat and drink when and what is offered to the children daily. On their lunch breaks they can go into the staff lounge or off premise to eat their lunch. Do not allow staff to bring sodas in to the classrooms. Water should be accessible to children all day long, I encourage your staff to drink water throughout the day as well. Other: CDA Information: A blast email was sent out to facilities on February 9, 2024 regarding an opportunity on obtaining a CDA. The information in that blast email is below; go back to that email for the link to enroll or obtain more information. Take advantage of DCDEE’s offer of a No-Cost Professional Development Teacher Membership and earn your CDA! NC early care and learning professionals currently employed by a licensed NC child care facility are eligible for a free Professional Development Teacher Membership from Teaching Strategies. • Unlimited Quorum courses included with every membership • Complete your CDA coursework with Teaching Strategies • Over 400 hours of online coursework included • Courses in English and Spanish • Bilingual Help Desk available through Quorum Help • Sponsored by the Division of Child Development and Early Education Preschool Development Grant Reminders: You have several staff who's qualifying letters, HQ and emergency information will expire in August 2024. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or your regular child care consultant, Mara Brinton. Andrea Anderson 12233 Royal Castle Ct Charlotte, NC 28277 (704)594-0039 andrea.anderson@dhhs.nc.gov 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

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

10A NCAC 09 .0604 · Violation

Name of Operation: PLAZA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S CENTER Facility ID: 6052999 Consultant: ANDREA ANDERSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/13/2024 Number Present: 39 Completed Date: 6/13/2024 Age: From 0 To 4 Total Minutes: 150 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today's unannounced visit was to monitor compliance of applicable child care requirements during the annual compliance visit. Prior to today's visit, your 18 month compliance history was 93%. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by Tricia Young, Director. I was also introduced to Vicky Dial, administrator. Ms. Young accompanied me on today's walkthrough. I observed in each classroom. Space 4 has enrollment, however the room was closed today and the enrolled children were placed in other classrooms, based on their age. During the walkthrough I observed two groups outdoors engaged in a Zumba class. Both staff were observed encouraging children to move along with the instructor and were dancing with them. Three other groups were observed in their classrooms having free choice play. Staff were observed moving about the indoor and outdoor spaces monitoring children as they play. Infants were observed during bottle feeding, having floor time, and resting. As I arrived in the infant room, two infants were holding their own bottles, drinking from them. One infant was in a bouncy seat drinking from their bottle and the other was laying on a boppy pillow drinking from a bottle. I explained neither device is an appropriate feeding device so they would need to be held while feeding. Current activity plans were posted and found meeting compliance. Staff were heard using nurturing tones as they spoke with children in their care. Supervision and staff/child ratios were observed maintained. Each group was observed in approved/adequate space. While in classrooms serving two year old's I observed plastic grocery bags and Ziploc bags storing children's extra clothing and accessible to children in care. I also observed foam peg boards, foam puzzle and sponges and cotton balls stored in plastic on low shelves accessible to children in care. You removed these during the visit. As I entered Space 5, I observed a staff's Coca-Cola on the shelf by the classroom door. Program records were reviewed. The last fire inspection was conducted on 9-19-23. The emergency drill log was reviewed and found meeting compliance. The last sanitation inspection was conducted on 2-1-24. Information required to be posted was observed posted. Feeding schedules and visual safe sleep documentation was reviewed and found meeting compliance. The EPR and EMC plans were reviewed and found meeting compliance. The EMC plan was observed posted. Daily attendance was reviewed and found meeting compliance. The current license was posted and all permit restrictions observed meeting compliance. Medications were observed stored properly and had current written permission to administer. You provided the current Staff and Training worksheet. You have three new staff that have started since the last annual compliance visit; their files were reviewed and found meeting compliance. All other staff's current DCDEE qualifying letters were observed on file. One staff's CPR/FA certification expired 4/20/24, all other staff have current certification. The new staff are working on their health and safety trainings and all other staff have completed their training within the last 5 years. You and infant staff have current ITS/SIDS training. The following violations were observed today: Violation Number Comment Rule 532 All children were not held or placed in feeding chairs or other appropriate apparatus to be fed. As I entered Space 3, a room serving infants, I observed two infants in the carpet area drinking from bottles. One infant was observed in a bouncy seat and the other was laying on a boppy pillow, neither are appropriate feeding devices. 10A NCAC 09 .0902(b) 858 Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In Space 2, serving two year old's, I observed a plastic grocery bag hanging low from a hook storing a child's extra clothing. Other children's extra clothing were observed stored in large Ziploc bags stored in their cubbies. In Space 6, serving two and three year old's, I observed cotton balls stored in a plastic bag and sponges stored in the art center. I also observed a foam dinosaur puzzle and foam peg boards on the manipulative shelf. .0604(q) 1048 All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff, hired 8/9/21, does not have current First Aid certification; it expired on 4/30/24 .1102(c) 1049 All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff hired 8/9/21 did not have current CPR certification, it expired on 4/30/24. .1102(d) 1792 Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care. While in Space 5, I observed a half filled Coca-Cola bottle on the shelf by the classroom door. You informed me it was your staff's drink. .0901(i) Childcare providers are expected to maintain compliance with all applicable child care requirements at all times. All violations cited today shall be corrected immediately. Tricia Young, Director, will email a compliance letter explaining how each violation cited today has been corrected. The compliance letter must be received by the consultant, andrea.anderson@dhhs.nc.gov, on or before June 27, 2024. Failure to correct the violations and/or submit the compliance letter to me by the date listed above may result in an unannounced follow-up visit being conducted to ensure corrections were made. Technical Assistance was provided on the following: 10A NCAC 09 .0604(q)(q) Plastic bags, toys, toy parts small enough to be swallowed, and materials that can be torn apart, such as foam rubber and styrofoam, shall not be accessible to children under three years of age. However, styrofoam plates and larger pieces of foam rubber may be used for supervised art activities and styrofoam plates may be used for food service. Jump ropes and rubber bands shall not be accessible to children under five years of age without adult supervision. Balloons shall be prohibited for children of all ages. Typically you find foam and sponge products in manipulatives and art centers. I encourage you to monitor material staff are bringing into their classrooms to ensure they are developmentally appropriate for the age served. I encouraged you to find other storage for children's extra clothing and remove all ziplock bags and plastic grocery bags from those classrooms. I discussed using cloth mesh bags or shoe containers for proper storage in those classrooms. Bottle feeding: I explained that bouncy seats and boppy pillows are not easily cleanable and are not appropriate feeding devices. If you do not have proper feeding devices staff will need to hold the infants while feeding. There are so many different appropriate seating devices for infants, I encourage you research seats and purchase 1 or two for the young infant room. CPR/FA certification: You can highlight the staff and training worksheet to help you maintained expiration dates. Having a process in place of checking your staff and training worksheet at least monthly will also help you with having staff maintain compliance with requirements pertaining to their trainings and staff file. Modeling proper eating and drinking: Staff are required to model appropriate eating and drinking habits. Best practice is to have staff eat and drink when and what is offered to the children daily. On their lunch breaks they can go into the staff lounge or off premise to eat their lunch. Do not allow staff to bring sodas in to the classrooms. Water should be accessible to children all day long, I encourage your staff to drink water throughout the day as well. Other: CDA Information: A blast email was sent out to facilities on February 9, 2024 regarding an opportunity on obtaining a CDA. The information in that blast email is below; go back to that email for the link to enroll or obtain more information. Take advantage of DCDEE’s offer of a No-Cost Professional Development Teacher Membership and earn your CDA! NC early care and learning professionals currently employed by a licensed NC child care facility are eligible for a free Professional Development Teacher Membership from Teaching Strategies. • Unlimited Quorum courses included with every membership • Complete your CDA coursework with Teaching Strategies • Over 400 hours of online coursework included • Courses in English and Spanish • Bilingual Help Desk available through Quorum Help • Sponsored by the Division of Child Development and Early Education Preschool Development Grant Reminders: You have several staff who's qualifying letters, HQ and emergency information will expire in August 2024. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or your regular child care consultant, Mara Brinton. Andrea Anderson 12233 Royal Castle Ct Charlotte, NC 28277 (704)594-0039 andrea.anderson@dhhs.nc.gov 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