Viewmont Baptist Church Tree OF Learning

10A NCAC 09 .0604 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 2/11/2026 Number Present: 84 Completed Date: 2/11/2026 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 330 Time In: 10:00 AM Time Out: 03:30 PM 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. You, Cheri Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Directors, assisted me with today’s visit. Erin Pickard, Licensing Supervisor, accompanied and assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on February 21, 2025. You reviewed the facility information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to the facility number, fax number, mailing address, or email address. I reviewed the permit including the restrictions, capacity, and age range on your permit and observed these being maintained. This facility currently operates with a Notice of Compliance, issued on September 16, 2016. The facility’s compliance history was 93% as of February 10, 2026. The most recent fire inspection was dated August 18, 2025 and received in my office on August 19, 2025. The most recent sanitation inspection was dated August 28, 2025 with a Superior classification and zero demerits. Lead water testing is required to be completed every three years. The last lead water test results dated February 12, 2024 indicated that this facility’s drinking water source was within the required limits. I verified that the required lead-based paint test results dated April 14, 2025 indicated the facility was free of lead- based paint hazards. I verified that the required asbestos test results dated April 14, 2024 indicated the facility was free of asbestos hazards. We completed a walk-through of the licensed indoor and outdoor spaces today. Children were playing in activity areas, participating in teacher directed whole group and small group activities, participating in routine care activities, participating in gross motor play in the gym and outdoors, and departing. The gym was used for indoor gross motor play where I observed groups from Room 122, 123, and 124 totaling twenty-nine children riding trikes and playing with balls. All food and beverages for each child are provided by the parent and sent to the facility in a lunch box and water bottle. Each child has a nutrition opt-out form signed by the parent and on file. Food and beverages brought from home were stored in a compact refrigerators in each classroom temperatures ranging from ten degrees Fahrenheit to forty degrees Fahrenheit. I monitored hazardous product storage, medication storage, medication administration, general safety, and discipline. I monitored program records including emergency medical care plan, safe arrival and departure procedures, incident log, fire drills, emergency drills, and your Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan. Ms. Pickard reviewed staff record files for twenty returning staff members and four new staff members hired since the last annual compliance visit on February 21, 2025. I also verified the Criminal Background Check (CBC) qualification letter on file for the administrator, and the pastor were current and valid. Ms. Pickard reviewed children’s record files. We monitored health and safety requirements. I monitored supervision, staff-child ratios, group sizes, approved space use, space capacities, and permit restrictions. The “Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist for Child Care Centers” form was completed today. During today’s visit, I offered to review the QRIS star rated license assessment options with you, and you declined. The following violations were observed, cited, and corrected during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 508 Special diet or food allergy information was not posted where they can be seen in food preparation and eating areas. In Room 115, a food allergy was not listed on the allergy posting. .0901(g) 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In Rooms 114 and 115, I observed glade automatic air freshener dispensers containing aerosol cans sitting on shelves in the classrooms above five feet but unlocked. .2820(b) 841 Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In Room 114 and 115, over-the-counter ointments were stored below five feet in unlocked diaper changing tables. 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d) 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 Room 114, I observed opened plastic shrink-wrap sleeves of diapers and opened diaper wipes stored below five feet in an unlocked diaper changing table. .0604(q) 9995 A water bottle that a child brings to the child care center from home and that is used only for water consumption by that child shall be exempt from the requirements of Paragraph (h) of this Rule. Instead, the water bottle shall be labeled with the name of the child to whom the water bottle belongs, individually stored in the child's cubby, and sent home with the child at the end of the day. In Room 113, seven water bottles brought from home were not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 122, two water bottles brought from home were not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 123, one water bottle brought from home was not labeled with the name of the child. This is a violation of 15A NCAC 18A .2804 (i). 9996 Lunches, snacks, and other meals that a child brings from home to the child care center shall be labeled with the date on which the food is brought to the child care center and the name of the child to whom the food belongs at the child's home and shall be returned to the child's home or discarded at the end of each day. Lunches, snacks, and other meals containing potentially hazardous foods shall be refrigerated at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below and stored in the child care center kitchen or approved food preparation area. Hot foods that a child brings from home to the child care center in double-walled, insulated thermos containers may be stored outside of refrigeration at the child care center with the written permission of the child's parent or guardian. In Room 115, one lunchbox was not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 122, one lunchbox was not labeled with the name of the child and the date the lunchbox was received. 15A NCAC 18A .2804(k) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 1. Per sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A .2820(b), hazardous items including aerosol cans, cleaning products, and any products with additional warnings be stored in a locked cabinet, drawer, or closet. In Rooms 114 and 115, I observed glade automatic air freshener dispensers containing aerosol cans sitting on shelves in the classrooms above five feet but unlocked. You removed the glade automatic air freshener dispensers containing aerosol cans from Room 114 and 115 which corrected this violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you review this sanitation requirement with your staff, monitor classrooms weekly and remove any hazardous items, place them in your locked storage closet or move them above five feet as required. 2. Per child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0604(q), plastic bags should be stored inaccessible to children under three years of age by placing them above five feet or in a locked cabinet, closet, or drawer. Ziploc bags, grocery bags, opened shrink wrapped or bagged products, diapers in opened plastic shrink wrap, opened diaper wipe refill packets, used and unused trash bags, used zip-loc bags, and opened teacher supply materials are considered plastic bags. In Room 114, I observed opened plastic shrink-wrap sleeves of diapers and opened diaper wipes stored below five feet in an unlocked diaper changing table. The teacher locked the diaper changing table which corrected this violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this child requirement, I suggest you review this requirement with your staff, monitor classrooms weekly and remove any plastic bags, place them in your locked storage closet or move them above five feet as required. 3. Per sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d), diaper creams and sunscreen may be kept out of the reach of children and stored inaccessible to children above five feet as long as the topical ointment label does not include additional warnings. If the topical ointment label contains additional warnings, the topical ointment should be stored in a locked cabinet, drawer, or closet. Today, in Room 114 and 115, over-the-counter ointments were stored below five feet in an unlocked diaper changing table. You locked the changing tables in the classrooms which corrected this violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you review this sanitation requirement with your staff, monitor classrooms weekly and move all ointments above five feet as required. 4. Per child care requirement 10A NCAC 09 .0901 (g), children's special diets or food allergies should be posted where they can be seen in the food preparation area and in the child's eating area. During today’s visit, a food allergy was not listed on the allergy posting in Room 115. You added the allergy to the allergy posting in Room 115 which corrected this violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you review this child care requirement with your staff. 5. Per sanitation rules for child care centers rule 15A NCAC 18A .2804(i), each water bottle prepared at home and brought to the center should be labeled with the name of the child, stored individually in the child’s cubby, and sent home with the child at the end of each day. In Room 113, seven water bottles brought from home were not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 122, two water bottles brought from home were not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 123, one water bottle brought from home was not labeled with the name of the child. The teachers labeled each water bottle with the missing name which corrected the violation during today’s visit. To maintain this sanitation requirements, I suggested classroom staff members check each water bottle for the child’s name and add the child’s name when needed. I also suggest you make room to store each child’s water bottle in their cubby rather than a basket where bottles are stored collectively. 6. Per sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A .2804(k), lunches, snacks, and other meals that a child brings from home to the child care center should be labeled with the date on which the food is brought to the child care center and the name of the child to whom the food belongs at the child's home and should be returned to the child's home or discarded at the end of each day. Lunches, snacks, and other meals containing potentially hazardous foods should be refrigerated at forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or below and stored in the child care center kitchen or approved food preparation area. Hot foods that a child brings from home to the child care center in double-walled, insulated thermos containers may be stored outside of refrigeration at the child care center with the written permission of the child's parent or guardian. In Room 115, one lunchbox was not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 122, one lunchbox was not labeled with the name of the child and the date the lunchbox was received. The teachers labeled each lunchbox with the name of the child and the added the missing date as needed which corrected the violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this sanitation requirement, I suggest you review this rule with your staff and families as needed. CONSULTATION: 1. Per NC General Statute 110-102, the current version of Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law should be posted in a prominent place in the facility and included in the enrollment packet to be given to parents prior to the child’s first day of attendance. The most current Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law was published in November 2025. Today, I observed the Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law posted on the parent information board was dated February 2025. In your enrollment packets, please include the Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law dated November 2025 and be sure to post the November 2025 Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law poster. 2. When and if you update your fire evacuation route, shelter-in-place, and/or lock-down drill plan, you need to have the fire department approve the your plan first BEFORE you put it in your EPR plan as an update. 3. We encourage you to visit the QRIS Modernization page on the DCDEE website at this link: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization to learn more now. 4. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. 5. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: Child Care Rules and Laws: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Child-Care-Rules-Law-and-Public-Information Training and Professional Development: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development QRIS Modernization Plan resources: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization Required Health and Safety Training: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development/Health-and-Safety-Trainings Healthy Social Behaviors: https://www.childcarerrnc.org/special-projects/healthy-social-behaviors/. Healthy Social Behaviors Helpline: Call at 1-704-376-6697 or toll free at 1-888-600-1685 Option 1 or email at sbrawley@childcareresourcesinc.org or jbyrd@childcareresources.org. Care for Children Receiving Subsidy: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Providing-Child-Care/Subsidized-Child-Care/Care-for-Children-Receiving-Subsidy DCDEE Updates, Current Projects, and information applicable to Child Care in NC: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New 6. Here is the link to the training calendar from the Children’s Resource Center: https://childrensresourcecenter.org/training-calendar/. 7. If you would like an electronic link to any of the links shared above, please send me an email requesting the links that you wish to receive, and I will be glad to send the hyperlinks to you by email. COMPLIANCE PLAN: No compliance documentation is needed for violation item numbers 508, 840, 841, 858, 9995, and 9996 corrected during today’s visit. In this visit summary, I documented the actions taken today to correct those violations. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. At the end of this visit, a visit summary was prepared, reviewed, signed, and a copy was left with you today. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. Thank you for your time today. 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

10A NCAC 09 .0901 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 2/11/2026 Number Present: 84 Completed Date: 2/11/2026 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 330 Time In: 10:00 AM Time Out: 03:30 PM 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. You, Cheri Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Directors, assisted me with today’s visit. Erin Pickard, Licensing Supervisor, accompanied and assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on February 21, 2025. You reviewed the facility information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to the facility number, fax number, mailing address, or email address. I reviewed the permit including the restrictions, capacity, and age range on your permit and observed these being maintained. This facility currently operates with a Notice of Compliance, issued on September 16, 2016. The facility’s compliance history was 93% as of February 10, 2026. The most recent fire inspection was dated August 18, 2025 and received in my office on August 19, 2025. The most recent sanitation inspection was dated August 28, 2025 with a Superior classification and zero demerits. Lead water testing is required to be completed every three years. The last lead water test results dated February 12, 2024 indicated that this facility’s drinking water source was within the required limits. I verified that the required lead-based paint test results dated April 14, 2025 indicated the facility was free of lead- based paint hazards. I verified that the required asbestos test results dated April 14, 2024 indicated the facility was free of asbestos hazards. We completed a walk-through of the licensed indoor and outdoor spaces today. Children were playing in activity areas, participating in teacher directed whole group and small group activities, participating in routine care activities, participating in gross motor play in the gym and outdoors, and departing. The gym was used for indoor gross motor play where I observed groups from Room 122, 123, and 124 totaling twenty-nine children riding trikes and playing with balls. All food and beverages for each child are provided by the parent and sent to the facility in a lunch box and water bottle. Each child has a nutrition opt-out form signed by the parent and on file. Food and beverages brought from home were stored in a compact refrigerators in each classroom temperatures ranging from ten degrees Fahrenheit to forty degrees Fahrenheit. I monitored hazardous product storage, medication storage, medication administration, general safety, and discipline. I monitored program records including emergency medical care plan, safe arrival and departure procedures, incident log, fire drills, emergency drills, and your Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan. Ms. Pickard reviewed staff record files for twenty returning staff members and four new staff members hired since the last annual compliance visit on February 21, 2025. I also verified the Criminal Background Check (CBC) qualification letter on file for the administrator, and the pastor were current and valid. Ms. Pickard reviewed children’s record files. We monitored health and safety requirements. I monitored supervision, staff-child ratios, group sizes, approved space use, space capacities, and permit restrictions. The “Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist for Child Care Centers” form was completed today. During today’s visit, I offered to review the QRIS star rated license assessment options with you, and you declined. The following violations were observed, cited, and corrected during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 508 Special diet or food allergy information was not posted where they can be seen in food preparation and eating areas. In Room 115, a food allergy was not listed on the allergy posting. .0901(g) 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In Rooms 114 and 115, I observed glade automatic air freshener dispensers containing aerosol cans sitting on shelves in the classrooms above five feet but unlocked. .2820(b) 841 Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In Room 114 and 115, over-the-counter ointments were stored below five feet in unlocked diaper changing tables. 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d) 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 Room 114, I observed opened plastic shrink-wrap sleeves of diapers and opened diaper wipes stored below five feet in an unlocked diaper changing table. .0604(q) 9995 A water bottle that a child brings to the child care center from home and that is used only for water consumption by that child shall be exempt from the requirements of Paragraph (h) of this Rule. Instead, the water bottle shall be labeled with the name of the child to whom the water bottle belongs, individually stored in the child's cubby, and sent home with the child at the end of the day. In Room 113, seven water bottles brought from home were not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 122, two water bottles brought from home were not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 123, one water bottle brought from home was not labeled with the name of the child. This is a violation of 15A NCAC 18A .2804 (i). 9996 Lunches, snacks, and other meals that a child brings from home to the child care center shall be labeled with the date on which the food is brought to the child care center and the name of the child to whom the food belongs at the child's home and shall be returned to the child's home or discarded at the end of each day. Lunches, snacks, and other meals containing potentially hazardous foods shall be refrigerated at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below and stored in the child care center kitchen or approved food preparation area. Hot foods that a child brings from home to the child care center in double-walled, insulated thermos containers may be stored outside of refrigeration at the child care center with the written permission of the child's parent or guardian. In Room 115, one lunchbox was not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 122, one lunchbox was not labeled with the name of the child and the date the lunchbox was received. 15A NCAC 18A .2804(k) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 1. Per sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A .2820(b), hazardous items including aerosol cans, cleaning products, and any products with additional warnings be stored in a locked cabinet, drawer, or closet. In Rooms 114 and 115, I observed glade automatic air freshener dispensers containing aerosol cans sitting on shelves in the classrooms above five feet but unlocked. You removed the glade automatic air freshener dispensers containing aerosol cans from Room 114 and 115 which corrected this violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you review this sanitation requirement with your staff, monitor classrooms weekly and remove any hazardous items, place them in your locked storage closet or move them above five feet as required. 2. Per child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0604(q), plastic bags should be stored inaccessible to children under three years of age by placing them above five feet or in a locked cabinet, closet, or drawer. Ziploc bags, grocery bags, opened shrink wrapped or bagged products, diapers in opened plastic shrink wrap, opened diaper wipe refill packets, used and unused trash bags, used zip-loc bags, and opened teacher supply materials are considered plastic bags. In Room 114, I observed opened plastic shrink-wrap sleeves of diapers and opened diaper wipes stored below five feet in an unlocked diaper changing table. The teacher locked the diaper changing table which corrected this violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this child requirement, I suggest you review this requirement with your staff, monitor classrooms weekly and remove any plastic bags, place them in your locked storage closet or move them above five feet as required. 3. Per sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d), diaper creams and sunscreen may be kept out of the reach of children and stored inaccessible to children above five feet as long as the topical ointment label does not include additional warnings. If the topical ointment label contains additional warnings, the topical ointment should be stored in a locked cabinet, drawer, or closet. Today, in Room 114 and 115, over-the-counter ointments were stored below five feet in an unlocked diaper changing table. You locked the changing tables in the classrooms which corrected this violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you review this sanitation requirement with your staff, monitor classrooms weekly and move all ointments above five feet as required. 4. Per child care requirement 10A NCAC 09 .0901 (g), children's special diets or food allergies should be posted where they can be seen in the food preparation area and in the child's eating area. During today’s visit, a food allergy was not listed on the allergy posting in Room 115. You added the allergy to the allergy posting in Room 115 which corrected this violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you review this child care requirement with your staff. 5. Per sanitation rules for child care centers rule 15A NCAC 18A .2804(i), each water bottle prepared at home and brought to the center should be labeled with the name of the child, stored individually in the child’s cubby, and sent home with the child at the end of each day. In Room 113, seven water bottles brought from home were not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 122, two water bottles brought from home were not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 123, one water bottle brought from home was not labeled with the name of the child. The teachers labeled each water bottle with the missing name which corrected the violation during today’s visit. To maintain this sanitation requirements, I suggested classroom staff members check each water bottle for the child’s name and add the child’s name when needed. I also suggest you make room to store each child’s water bottle in their cubby rather than a basket where bottles are stored collectively. 6. Per sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A .2804(k), lunches, snacks, and other meals that a child brings from home to the child care center should be labeled with the date on which the food is brought to the child care center and the name of the child to whom the food belongs at the child's home and should be returned to the child's home or discarded at the end of each day. Lunches, snacks, and other meals containing potentially hazardous foods should be refrigerated at forty-five degrees Fahrenheit or below and stored in the child care center kitchen or approved food preparation area. Hot foods that a child brings from home to the child care center in double-walled, insulated thermos containers may be stored outside of refrigeration at the child care center with the written permission of the child's parent or guardian. In Room 115, one lunchbox was not labeled with the name of the child. In Room 122, one lunchbox was not labeled with the name of the child and the date the lunchbox was received. The teachers labeled each lunchbox with the name of the child and the added the missing date as needed which corrected the violation during today’s visit. To maintain compliance with this sanitation requirement, I suggest you review this rule with your staff and families as needed. CONSULTATION: 1. Per NC General Statute 110-102, the current version of Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law should be posted in a prominent place in the facility and included in the enrollment packet to be given to parents prior to the child’s first day of attendance. The most current Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law was published in November 2025. Today, I observed the Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law posted on the parent information board was dated February 2025. In your enrollment packets, please include the Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law dated November 2025 and be sure to post the November 2025 Summary of North Carolina Child Care Law poster. 2. When and if you update your fire evacuation route, shelter-in-place, and/or lock-down drill plan, you need to have the fire department approve the your plan first BEFORE you put it in your EPR plan as an update. 3. We encourage you to visit the QRIS Modernization page on the DCDEE website at this link: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization to learn more now. 4. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. 5. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: Child Care Rules and Laws: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Child-Care-Rules-Law-and-Public-Information Training and Professional Development: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development QRIS Modernization Plan resources: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization Required Health and Safety Training: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development/Health-and-Safety-Trainings Healthy Social Behaviors: https://www.childcarerrnc.org/special-projects/healthy-social-behaviors/. Healthy Social Behaviors Helpline: Call at 1-704-376-6697 or toll free at 1-888-600-1685 Option 1 or email at sbrawley@childcareresourcesinc.org or jbyrd@childcareresources.org. Care for Children Receiving Subsidy: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Providing-Child-Care/Subsidized-Child-Care/Care-for-Children-Receiving-Subsidy DCDEE Updates, Current Projects, and information applicable to Child Care in NC: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New 6. Here is the link to the training calendar from the Children’s Resource Center: https://childrensresourcecenter.org/training-calendar/. 7. If you would like an electronic link to any of the links shared above, please send me an email requesting the links that you wish to receive, and I will be glad to send the hyperlinks to you by email. COMPLIANCE PLAN: No compliance documentation is needed for violation item numbers 508, 840, 841, 858, 9995, and 9996 corrected during today’s visit. In this visit summary, I documented the actions taken today to correct those violations. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. At the end of this visit, a visit summary was prepared, reviewed, signed, and a copy was left with you today. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. Thank you for your time today. 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

10A NCAC 09 .2703 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 8/12/2025 Number Present: 58 Completed Date: 8/12/2025 Age: From 0 To 6 Total Minutes: 380 Time In: 09:10 AM Time Out: 01:25 PM Time In: 02:10 PM Time Out: 04:15 PM List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. You, Cheri Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Administrators, assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on February 21, 2025. I reviewed with you today the facility information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to the facility phone number, fax number, email address, web address, or mailing address. I reviewed the restrictions, capacity, and age range on your notice of compliance and observed these being maintained. Your program currently operates with a Notice of Compliance with an effective date of September 16, 2016. Your center's compliance history was 91% prior to today’s visit and was reviewed with you today. Your most recent fire inspection was dated August 21, 2024, and was received in my office on August 22, 2024. Your most recent sanitation inspection was dated November 7, 2024, with a Superior classification and four demerits. I verified that you have completed the lead water testing required to be completed every three years. Today, I verified that those test results dated February 12, 2024, indicated that this facility’s drinking water source was within the required limits. I verified that test results dated April 14, 2025 indicated that this facility has no lead-based paint hazards and no asbestos hazards. You and I completed a walk-through of the facility today. I monitored all licensed indoor spaces. Children playing in activity areas, transitioning to the gym for indoor gross motor play, and attending to personal care needs. Infants were playing in the floor, napping, being bottle fed, and being comforted by teachers as needed. Due to the rain, the outdoor play areas were partially monitored. The five foot fence was in good repair. Wood mulch surfacing had been recently replenished and appeared to be six inches or more in depth within the fall zone of the stationary composite structure. You stated that parents provide all the meals and snacks for their children. Cold food and beverages were stored in compact refrigerators in each classroom at temperatures ranging from twenty degrees Fahrenheit to forty-five degrees Fahrenheit. Infant food and bottles were stored in a compact refrigerator in a storage room in Space 116 at a temperature of forty-two degrees Fahrenheit. I monitored hazardous product storage, medication storage, medication administration, general safety, and discipline. I monitored program records including emergency medical care plan, safe arrival and departure procedures, incident log, fire drills, emergency drills, and your Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan. I monitored staff record files for twenty-three returning staff members to verify current and valid Criminal Background Check (CBC) qualification letters, valid CPR and First Aid training, valid ITS-SIDS certification, and completion of Emergency Preparedness and Response Training by at least one staff member. I monitored staff record files for two new staff members hired since the last annual compliance visit on February 21, 2025. I monitored the CBC qualification letter for the pastor. I monitored health and safety requirements. I monitored supervision, staff-child ratios, group sizes, approved space use, space capacities, and permit restrictions. The following violations were cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 1044 Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). One uncompensated provider who delivered services to a child outside the classroom did not have a criminal background check letter on file and the previous qualifying date expired on 07/06/2025. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) 1805 A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. Seventeen staff members currently employed by the facility were not listed on the facility ABCMS staff roster. DCDEE was not notified of staff employment when the ABCMS staff roster was established and was not notified within five business days when new employees were hired. G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 1. As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r), child care operators have five business days to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Today, I observed a staff roster for the facility established on the ABCMS portal established. However, seventeen staff members currently employed by the facility were not listed on the facility’s ABCMS staff roster. Therefore, DCDEE was not notified within five business days of employment when the ABCMS staff roster was established and was not notified of new employees hired since your last monitoring visit on February 21, 2025. To correct this violation, the seventeen current staff members and any newly hired staff members should be added to the facility staff roster in the ABCMS Provider Portal. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, you should update the information in the ABCMS portal regarding new hires and staff members as they separate from employment. This information should be updated in ABCMS in an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. These actions satisfy the requirement to notify the Division within five business days of new child care providers working who were hired. 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. 2. Per G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & 10A NCAC 09 .2703(e), each child care provider should have a valid Criminal Background Check (CBC) qualification letter issued from DCDEE on file in their staff records. This includes uncompensated providers such as therapists or counselors who visit your facility and are contracted to work with a child enrolled in your facility. When an uncompensated provider delivers services within the classroom with the teacher present, the uncompensated provider does not have to have a CBC qualification letter from DCDEE because the teacher who has a CBC qualification letter is supervising the child and monitoring the therapy session. However, when the uncompensated provider takes the child out of the classroom to another part of the building and is left alone with the child, then the uncompensated provider has to have CBC qualification letter from DCDEE on file because they are the person responsible for supervising the child. Today, one uncompensated provider, Fabiola Salasar, who was responsible for supervising a child while delivering services to a child outside of the classroom did not have a CBC qualification letter on file. As verified in the ABCMS database, Ms. Salasar had a CBC qualification dated 07/06/2020 which had expired on 07/06/2025 resulting in a violation. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, this violation should be corrected within two weeks, and a copy of Ms. Salasar’s qualification letter should be sent to me along with the compliance letter. If the violation is corrected as stated within two weeks, Ms. Salasar may continue to supervise children while providing services to children outside of the classrooms. If the violation is not corrected as stated within two weeks, Ms. Salasar will need to provide services to the children inside the classrooms where the children can be supervised by the teacher(s) until Ms. Salasar’s CBC qualification letter is received and verified by me. CONSULTATION: 1. When and if you update your fire evacuation route, shelter-in-place, and/or lock-down drill plan, you need to have the fire department approve the your plan first BEFORE you put it in your EPR plan as an update. 2. On July 1, 2025, the North Carolina Rules Review Commission (RRC) approved the new child care rule language for the QRIS Modernization Plan, known as “Pathways to the Stars”. The Division of Child Development and Early Education is currently preparing a summary of the rules, an online training module for Moodle, and an implementation plan. A webinar will be scheduled in the upcoming months to share the implementation plan and will also provide resources that can assist you with understanding the new rules. The implementation plan will allow time for administrators/operators to learn and understand the different pathways and the changes within our system. Please be reminded that any ERS assessment completed on or after February 1, 2025 will be assessed using the ERS-3 versions. We encourage you to visit the QRIS Modernization page on the DCDEE website at this link: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization to learn more now. If you have not completed the QRIS survey, we’d love to hear from you. The information you provide will help us know how we can best serve you in preparing for this transition. 3. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. 4. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: Child Care Rules and Laws: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Licensing/Getting-a-License Training and Professional Development: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development QRIS Modernization Plan resources: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization Required Health and Safety Training: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development/Health-and-Safety-Trainings Healthy Social Behaviors: https://www.childcarerrnc.org/special-projects/healthy-social-behaviors/. Healthy Social Behaviors Helpline: Call at 1-704-376-6697 or toll free at 1-888-600-1685 Option 1 or email at sbrawley@childcareresourcesinc.org or jbyrd@childcareresources.org. Care for Children Receiving Subsidy: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Providing-Child-Care/Subsidized-Child-Care/Care-for-Children-Receiving-Subsidy DCDEE Updates, Current Projects, and information applicable to Child Care in NC: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New 5. Here is the link to the Children’s Resource Center training calendar: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchildrensresourcecenter.org%2Ftraining-calendar%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ckimberly.crane%40dhhs.nc.gov%7C101c6551811740280b8508ddb4d5fefa%7C7a7681dcb9d0449a85c3ecc26cd7ed19%7C0%7C0%7C638865553370143920%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OdnPYA%2B74ATZff2XV5xCwFjqwhdtx8vlujNbGYWB%2BNA%3D&reserved=0 6. If you would like an electronic link to any of the links shared above, please send me an email requesting the links that you’d wish to receive, and I will be glad to send the hyperlinks to you by email. COMPLIANCE PLAN: All violations cited and not corrected today must be corrected immediately. Please submit a written, signed, and dated statement to me at the email/address below detailing the steps taken to correct each violation. 1) Your compliance letter must include the following: 1. The name of your center 2. The center’s ID number 3. The date you write the letter 4. Address each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. 5. Your signature 2) Please send the CBC letter as supporting documentation for me to use to verify compliance. I should receive your compliance letter no later than August 26, 2025. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 and Early Education 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. Child care programs are required to always maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. Your letter may be mailed to me at: Kimberly Crane Post Office Box 6217 Hickory, NC 28603 For your convenience, your compliance letter may be sent by email to: kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included in the body of the email: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. 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

G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 8/12/2025 Number Present: 58 Completed Date: 8/12/2025 Age: From 0 To 6 Total Minutes: 380 Time In: 09:10 AM Time Out: 01:25 PM Time In: 02:10 PM Time Out: 04:15 PM List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. You, Cheri Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Administrators, assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on February 21, 2025. I reviewed with you today the facility information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to the facility phone number, fax number, email address, web address, or mailing address. I reviewed the restrictions, capacity, and age range on your notice of compliance and observed these being maintained. Your program currently operates with a Notice of Compliance with an effective date of September 16, 2016. Your center's compliance history was 91% prior to today’s visit and was reviewed with you today. Your most recent fire inspection was dated August 21, 2024, and was received in my office on August 22, 2024. Your most recent sanitation inspection was dated November 7, 2024, with a Superior classification and four demerits. I verified that you have completed the lead water testing required to be completed every three years. Today, I verified that those test results dated February 12, 2024, indicated that this facility’s drinking water source was within the required limits. I verified that test results dated April 14, 2025 indicated that this facility has no lead-based paint hazards and no asbestos hazards. You and I completed a walk-through of the facility today. I monitored all licensed indoor spaces. Children playing in activity areas, transitioning to the gym for indoor gross motor play, and attending to personal care needs. Infants were playing in the floor, napping, being bottle fed, and being comforted by teachers as needed. Due to the rain, the outdoor play areas were partially monitored. The five foot fence was in good repair. Wood mulch surfacing had been recently replenished and appeared to be six inches or more in depth within the fall zone of the stationary composite structure. You stated that parents provide all the meals and snacks for their children. Cold food and beverages were stored in compact refrigerators in each classroom at temperatures ranging from twenty degrees Fahrenheit to forty-five degrees Fahrenheit. Infant food and bottles were stored in a compact refrigerator in a storage room in Space 116 at a temperature of forty-two degrees Fahrenheit. I monitored hazardous product storage, medication storage, medication administration, general safety, and discipline. I monitored program records including emergency medical care plan, safe arrival and departure procedures, incident log, fire drills, emergency drills, and your Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan. I monitored staff record files for twenty-three returning staff members to verify current and valid Criminal Background Check (CBC) qualification letters, valid CPR and First Aid training, valid ITS-SIDS certification, and completion of Emergency Preparedness and Response Training by at least one staff member. I monitored staff record files for two new staff members hired since the last annual compliance visit on February 21, 2025. I monitored the CBC qualification letter for the pastor. I monitored health and safety requirements. I monitored supervision, staff-child ratios, group sizes, approved space use, space capacities, and permit restrictions. The following violations were cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 1044 Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). One uncompensated provider who delivered services to a child outside the classroom did not have a criminal background check letter on file and the previous qualifying date expired on 07/06/2025. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) 1805 A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. Seventeen staff members currently employed by the facility were not listed on the facility ABCMS staff roster. DCDEE was not notified of staff employment when the ABCMS staff roster was established and was not notified within five business days when new employees were hired. G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 1. As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r), child care operators have five business days to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Today, I observed a staff roster for the facility established on the ABCMS portal established. However, seventeen staff members currently employed by the facility were not listed on the facility’s ABCMS staff roster. Therefore, DCDEE was not notified within five business days of employment when the ABCMS staff roster was established and was not notified of new employees hired since your last monitoring visit on February 21, 2025. To correct this violation, the seventeen current staff members and any newly hired staff members should be added to the facility staff roster in the ABCMS Provider Portal. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, you should update the information in the ABCMS portal regarding new hires and staff members as they separate from employment. This information should be updated in ABCMS in an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. These actions satisfy the requirement to notify the Division within five business days of new child care providers working who were hired. 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. 2. Per G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & 10A NCAC 09 .2703(e), each child care provider should have a valid Criminal Background Check (CBC) qualification letter issued from DCDEE on file in their staff records. This includes uncompensated providers such as therapists or counselors who visit your facility and are contracted to work with a child enrolled in your facility. When an uncompensated provider delivers services within the classroom with the teacher present, the uncompensated provider does not have to have a CBC qualification letter from DCDEE because the teacher who has a CBC qualification letter is supervising the child and monitoring the therapy session. However, when the uncompensated provider takes the child out of the classroom to another part of the building and is left alone with the child, then the uncompensated provider has to have CBC qualification letter from DCDEE on file because they are the person responsible for supervising the child. Today, one uncompensated provider, Fabiola Salasar, who was responsible for supervising a child while delivering services to a child outside of the classroom did not have a CBC qualification letter on file. As verified in the ABCMS database, Ms. Salasar had a CBC qualification dated 07/06/2020 which had expired on 07/06/2025 resulting in a violation. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, this violation should be corrected within two weeks, and a copy of Ms. Salasar’s qualification letter should be sent to me along with the compliance letter. If the violation is corrected as stated within two weeks, Ms. Salasar may continue to supervise children while providing services to children outside of the classrooms. If the violation is not corrected as stated within two weeks, Ms. Salasar will need to provide services to the children inside the classrooms where the children can be supervised by the teacher(s) until Ms. Salasar’s CBC qualification letter is received and verified by me. CONSULTATION: 1. When and if you update your fire evacuation route, shelter-in-place, and/or lock-down drill plan, you need to have the fire department approve the your plan first BEFORE you put it in your EPR plan as an update. 2. On July 1, 2025, the North Carolina Rules Review Commission (RRC) approved the new child care rule language for the QRIS Modernization Plan, known as “Pathways to the Stars”. The Division of Child Development and Early Education is currently preparing a summary of the rules, an online training module for Moodle, and an implementation plan. A webinar will be scheduled in the upcoming months to share the implementation plan and will also provide resources that can assist you with understanding the new rules. The implementation plan will allow time for administrators/operators to learn and understand the different pathways and the changes within our system. Please be reminded that any ERS assessment completed on or after February 1, 2025 will be assessed using the ERS-3 versions. We encourage you to visit the QRIS Modernization page on the DCDEE website at this link: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization to learn more now. If you have not completed the QRIS survey, we’d love to hear from you. The information you provide will help us know how we can best serve you in preparing for this transition. 3. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. 4. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: Child Care Rules and Laws: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Licensing/Getting-a-License Training and Professional Development: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development QRIS Modernization Plan resources: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization Required Health and Safety Training: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development/Health-and-Safety-Trainings Healthy Social Behaviors: https://www.childcarerrnc.org/special-projects/healthy-social-behaviors/. Healthy Social Behaviors Helpline: Call at 1-704-376-6697 or toll free at 1-888-600-1685 Option 1 or email at sbrawley@childcareresourcesinc.org or jbyrd@childcareresources.org. Care for Children Receiving Subsidy: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Providing-Child-Care/Subsidized-Child-Care/Care-for-Children-Receiving-Subsidy DCDEE Updates, Current Projects, and information applicable to Child Care in NC: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New 5. Here is the link to the Children’s Resource Center training calendar: https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchildrensresourcecenter.org%2Ftraining-calendar%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ckimberly.crane%40dhhs.nc.gov%7C101c6551811740280b8508ddb4d5fefa%7C7a7681dcb9d0449a85c3ecc26cd7ed19%7C0%7C0%7C638865553370143920%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OdnPYA%2B74ATZff2XV5xCwFjqwhdtx8vlujNbGYWB%2BNA%3D&reserved=0 6. If you would like an electronic link to any of the links shared above, please send me an email requesting the links that you’d wish to receive, and I will be glad to send the hyperlinks to you by email. COMPLIANCE PLAN: All violations cited and not corrected today must be corrected immediately. Please submit a written, signed, and dated statement to me at the email/address below detailing the steps taken to correct each violation. 1) Your compliance letter must include the following: 1. The name of your center 2. The center’s ID number 3. The date you write the letter 4. Address each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. 5. Your signature 2) Please send the CBC letter as supporting documentation for me to use to verify compliance. I should receive your compliance letter no later than August 26, 2025. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 and Early Education 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. Child care programs are required to always maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. Your letter may be mailed to me at: Kimberly Crane Post Office Box 6217 Hickory, NC 28603 For your convenience, your compliance letter may be sent by email to: kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included in the body of the email: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. 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

10A NCAC 09 .1102 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 2/21/2025 Number Present: 69 Completed Date: 2/21/2025 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 325 Time In: 09:10 AM Time Out: 12:55 PM Time In: 01:45 PM Time Out: 03:25 PM 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. You, Cheri Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Directors, assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on March 7, 2024. I reviewed with you today the facility information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, fax number, mailing address, or email address. You requested that I add the facility’s website to our database. I made that addition for you today. I reviewed the facility’s permit and restrictions, capacity, and age range on your permit and observed these being maintained. Your program currently operates with a Notice of Compliance, issued on September 16, 2016. Your center's compliance history was 92% as of February 17, 2025 and was reviewed with you today. Your most recent fire inspection was dated August 21, 2024 and received in my office on August 30, 2024. Your most recent sanitation inspection was dated November 7, 2024 with a Superior classification and four demerits. Your last lead water test results required to be completed every three years dated February 12, 2024 indicated that your facility’s drinking water source was within the required limits. I verified you registered for the lead-based paint testing and are waiting for on-site test results. I verified you have registered for asbestos testing and are waiting for on-site test results. You and I completed a walk-through of the licensed indoor spaces today. We also visited the “Gathering Area” between the church lobby and the sanctuary which you use for weekly chapel services. You stated you also use the fellowship hall for special activities with parents. You stated you have an Off-Premises Activity Permission form signed for each child participating in special activity in these unlicensed spaces throughout the building. I observed these permission forms in the child record files today. Throughout the facility, children were playing in activity areas, participating in teacher directed whole group and small group activities, participating in routine care activities, playing in the gym due to extreme temperatures and ice on the playgrounds and eating snack. You and I completed a walk-through of the licensed outdoor spaces today. Meals were prepared at home and sent to the facility packed in lunch boxes or containers and served in the classrooms. Nutrition Opt-out forms were on file for each child enrolled at the facility. Infant bottles and food were stored in a compact refrigerator in Space 116 (Infants) at 35 degrees Fahrenheit. Food and beverages provided by parents for children one year of age through five years of age were stored in a compact refrigerator located in each classroom at temperatures ranging from 42 degrees Fahrenheit to 45 degrees Fahrenheit. I monitored hazardous product storage, medication storage, medication administration, general safety, and discipline. I reviewed program records, children’s records, and staff records. I also verified the Criminal Background Check (CBC) qualification letter on file for the pastor was current and valid. I monitored health and safety requirements. I monitored supervision, staff-child ratios, group sizes, approved space use, space capacities, and permit restrictions. The “Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist for Child Care Centers” form was completed today. The following violations were cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 1044 Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). The CBC qualifiction letter for one staff member employed on 05/07/2025 expired on 10/11/2024 and the updated CBC qualification letter was dated 10/18/2024 resulting in a seven day lapse between the two qualification letters. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) 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. The First Aid training for one staff member employed on 05/07/2024 was due by 08/07/2024 but the First Aid training certificate was dated 08/28/2024. .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. The CPR training for one staff member employed on 05/07/2024 was due by 08/07/2024 but the CPR training certificate was dated 08/28/2024. .1102(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 1. Per G.S. 110-90.2(b) &.2703(n)&(o), prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider should complete and submit the required forms to complete a criminal background check every five years. Today, one staff member with a date of employment of 05/07/2024 had a CBC qualification letter on file dated 10/11/2019 that had expired on 10/11/2024. The updated qualification letter was dated 10/18/2024resulting in a seven day lapse between the two qualification letters and a violation. Because the CBC qualification letter was updated and on file before today’s visit, the violation was recorded as corrected during today’s visit. You stated you had developed a spread sheet tracking tool to assist you with maintaining the due dates for CBC qualification letters and trainings but had overlooked this due date back in the fall. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggested you set a reminder for due dates on your electronic or print office calendar. 2. Per child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(c)(d), each employee should complete First Aid and CPR training within ninety days of employment and maintain documentation in their staff record file as verification that the employee has completed First Aid and CPR training. During today’s visit, I observed one staff member with a date of employment of 05/07/2024 whose First Aid and CPR training was due by 08/07/2024 but whose First Aid and CPR training was completed on 08/28/2024. Because the First Aid and CPR training was completed prior to today’s visit, the violation was recorded as corrected during today’s visit. You stated you had developed a spread sheet tracking tool to assist you with maintaining the due dates for CBC qualification letters and trainings but had overlooked this due date back in the fall. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggested you set a reminder for due dates on your electronic or print office calendar. CONSULTATION: 1. 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 in 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. Visit NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center at http://healthychildcare.unc.edu to find the following resources: technical assistance, coaching support, resources, handwashing and diapering posters, monthly newsletters, and a list of approved in-service trainings. 2. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: Child Care Rules and Laws: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Licensing/Getting-a-License Training and Professional Development: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development Required Health and Safety Training: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development/Health-and-Safety-Trainings Care for Children Receiving Subsidy: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Providing-Child-Care/Subsidized-Child-Care/Care-for-Children-Receiving-Subsidy DCDEE Updates, Current Projects, and information applicable to Child Care in NC: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New COMPLIANCE PLAN: Since violation item numbers 1044, 1048, and 1049 were corrected prior to today’s visit and the actions taken to correct these violations were documented in today’s visit summary, no compliance letter documentation will be required after this visit. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. At the end of this visit, a visit summary was prepared, reviewed, signed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. 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

G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 2/21/2025 Number Present: 69 Completed Date: 2/21/2025 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 325 Time In: 09:10 AM Time Out: 12:55 PM Time In: 01:45 PM Time Out: 03:25 PM 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. You, Cheri Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Directors, assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on March 7, 2024. I reviewed with you today the facility information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, fax number, mailing address, or email address. You requested that I add the facility’s website to our database. I made that addition for you today. I reviewed the facility’s permit and restrictions, capacity, and age range on your permit and observed these being maintained. Your program currently operates with a Notice of Compliance, issued on September 16, 2016. Your center's compliance history was 92% as of February 17, 2025 and was reviewed with you today. Your most recent fire inspection was dated August 21, 2024 and received in my office on August 30, 2024. Your most recent sanitation inspection was dated November 7, 2024 with a Superior classification and four demerits. Your last lead water test results required to be completed every three years dated February 12, 2024 indicated that your facility’s drinking water source was within the required limits. I verified you registered for the lead-based paint testing and are waiting for on-site test results. I verified you have registered for asbestos testing and are waiting for on-site test results. You and I completed a walk-through of the licensed indoor spaces today. We also visited the “Gathering Area” between the church lobby and the sanctuary which you use for weekly chapel services. You stated you also use the fellowship hall for special activities with parents. You stated you have an Off-Premises Activity Permission form signed for each child participating in special activity in these unlicensed spaces throughout the building. I observed these permission forms in the child record files today. Throughout the facility, children were playing in activity areas, participating in teacher directed whole group and small group activities, participating in routine care activities, playing in the gym due to extreme temperatures and ice on the playgrounds and eating snack. You and I completed a walk-through of the licensed outdoor spaces today. Meals were prepared at home and sent to the facility packed in lunch boxes or containers and served in the classrooms. Nutrition Opt-out forms were on file for each child enrolled at the facility. Infant bottles and food were stored in a compact refrigerator in Space 116 (Infants) at 35 degrees Fahrenheit. Food and beverages provided by parents for children one year of age through five years of age were stored in a compact refrigerator located in each classroom at temperatures ranging from 42 degrees Fahrenheit to 45 degrees Fahrenheit. I monitored hazardous product storage, medication storage, medication administration, general safety, and discipline. I reviewed program records, children’s records, and staff records. I also verified the Criminal Background Check (CBC) qualification letter on file for the pastor was current and valid. I monitored health and safety requirements. I monitored supervision, staff-child ratios, group sizes, approved space use, space capacities, and permit restrictions. The “Annual Compliance Monitoring Checklist for Child Care Centers” form was completed today. The following violations were cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 1044 Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). The CBC qualifiction letter for one staff member employed on 05/07/2025 expired on 10/11/2024 and the updated CBC qualification letter was dated 10/18/2024 resulting in a seven day lapse between the two qualification letters. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) 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. The First Aid training for one staff member employed on 05/07/2024 was due by 08/07/2024 but the First Aid training certificate was dated 08/28/2024. .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. The CPR training for one staff member employed on 05/07/2024 was due by 08/07/2024 but the CPR training certificate was dated 08/28/2024. .1102(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 1. Per G.S. 110-90.2(b) &.2703(n)&(o), prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider should complete and submit the required forms to complete a criminal background check every five years. Today, one staff member with a date of employment of 05/07/2024 had a CBC qualification letter on file dated 10/11/2019 that had expired on 10/11/2024. The updated qualification letter was dated 10/18/2024resulting in a seven day lapse between the two qualification letters and a violation. Because the CBC qualification letter was updated and on file before today’s visit, the violation was recorded as corrected during today’s visit. You stated you had developed a spread sheet tracking tool to assist you with maintaining the due dates for CBC qualification letters and trainings but had overlooked this due date back in the fall. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggested you set a reminder for due dates on your electronic or print office calendar. 2. Per child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102(c)(d), each employee should complete First Aid and CPR training within ninety days of employment and maintain documentation in their staff record file as verification that the employee has completed First Aid and CPR training. During today’s visit, I observed one staff member with a date of employment of 05/07/2024 whose First Aid and CPR training was due by 08/07/2024 but whose First Aid and CPR training was completed on 08/28/2024. Because the First Aid and CPR training was completed prior to today’s visit, the violation was recorded as corrected during today’s visit. You stated you had developed a spread sheet tracking tool to assist you with maintaining the due dates for CBC qualification letters and trainings but had overlooked this due date back in the fall. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggested you set a reminder for due dates on your electronic or print office calendar. CONSULTATION: 1. 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 in 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. Visit NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center at http://healthychildcare.unc.edu to find the following resources: technical assistance, coaching support, resources, handwashing and diapering posters, monthly newsletters, and a list of approved in-service trainings. 2. Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/. Here are some important links on the DCEEE website that may be helpful: Child Care Rules and Laws: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Services/Licensing/Getting-a-License Training and Professional Development: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development Required Health and Safety Training: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Training-and-Professional-Development/Health-and-Safety-Trainings Care for Children Receiving Subsidy: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Providing-Child-Care/Subsidized-Child-Care/Care-for-Children-Receiving-Subsidy DCDEE Updates, Current Projects, and information applicable to Child Care in NC: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New COMPLIANCE PLAN: Since violation item numbers 1044, 1048, and 1049 were corrected prior to today’s visit and the actions taken to correct these violations were documented in today’s visit summary, no compliance letter documentation will be required after this visit. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. At the end of this visit, a visit summary was prepared, reviewed, signed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. 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

10A NCAC 09 .0605 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 7/9/2024 Number Present: 50 Completed Date: 7/9/2024 Age: From 0 To 6 Total Minutes: 220 Time In: 09:05 AM Time Out: 12:45 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 your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. You, Cherie Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Directors, assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on March 7, 2024. Your program currently operates with a Notice of Compliance with an effective date of September 16, 2016. I reviewed with you today the facility information found in our system. You stated there have been no changes to your phone number, mailing address, or corporate contact for the facility. You requested the facility email address be changed. I will make that change for you. I reviewed the facility’s permit with you today. You stated there has been no change with Viewmont Baptist Church that owns your facility. Today, I reviewed with you the restrictions, capacity, and age range on your permit and observed these being maintained. Your center's compliance history was 93% as of July 8, 2024 and was reviewed with you today. Your most recent sanitation inspection was dated May 7, 2024 with a Superior classification and two demerits. I verified that on February 12, 2024, you completed the lead water testing required to be completed every three years. Today, I verified that test results indicate that your lead water tests are within acceptable limits. I verified that you registered your facility for the lead-based paint and asbestos testing and were waiting on results. Your annual fire inspection was dated September 14, 2023 and received in my office on September 18, 2023. You stated that through the summer months your facility operates two weeks each month during June, July, and August. You stated families enroll their child on a weekly basis during the summer months. Today’s enrollment count was based on the number of children enrolled to attend this week. You and I completed a walk-through of the facility today. I monitored all indoor and outdoor areas. I observed children throughout the facility participating in free play in activity areas, transitions, snack, and personal care routines. You stated the parents provide all the meals and snacks for their children and each child has a nutrition opt-out form on file. I observed infant bottles and food stored at a temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit in a compact refrigerator located in the storage room in Room 116 (Infants). You stated lunch boxes with ice packs are stored in the classrooms. I monitored general safety both indoors and outdoors. I monitored medication storage and administration. I monitored program records including fire drills, emergency drills, incident log, and Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan, and Emergency Medical Care (EMC) Plan. I reviewed staff record files for two new staff members hired since your last annual compliance visit. I reviewed staff record files for twenty-three returning staff members to verify current and valid Criminal Background Check qualification letters, valid CPR and First Aid training, current ITS-SIDS training as applicable, and Emergency Preparedness Response training completed by at least one staff member. I verified a current and valid Criminal Background Check qualification letter was on file for the on-site administrator and the pastor. I monitored health and safety requirements. I monitored supervision, staff-child ratios, group sizes, approved space use, space capacities, and permit restrictions. The following violation was cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 1867 The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The depth of the mulch on Outdoor Space 1 measured between three and seven inches within the fall zone under and around the composite piece. .0605(k)(1-4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 1. Per child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0605(k)(1-4), the depth of the loose surfacing within the fall zone of stationary equipment should be based on the critical height of the equipment. The mulch surfacing should be at least six inches within the fall zone of the composite structure on Outdoor Space 1. You stated you had additional mulch added to Outdoor Space 1 and planned to have more mulch added. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggested you consider tilling the mulch and then raking it to at least a six-inch depth under and around the composite structure. I also suggested you assign the task of raking the mulch back into place within the fall zone daily. Consultation: 1. Considering the heat during today's visit, we discussed the precautions you should take to ensure that the artificial surfacing is not too hot for infants and toddlers to crawl around. I suggested your staff move all the moveable climbing equipment to the shaded areas of the playground prior to use and bring the children inside when the equipment is too hot. We also discussed the precautions you need to take to ensure the equipment is not too hot for any age child to use. I suggested you keep the children off the equipment when it is too hot to touch and provide alternate materials for the children use in the shade. 2. Due to the extreme hot temperatures and humidity, be sure you and your staff use the weather chart prior to going outdoors at any time of the day to be sure the heat index is within a comfortable and safe range. When the heat index in within the cautious range, I also suggested you provide water to the children while they are outdoors, encourage the children to play in the shade as much as possible, encourage parents to apply sunscreen in the morning prior to drop-off, and encourage parents to provide hats for their children. I further suggested you use your gym area for gross motor play when the heat index is within the uncomfortable or cautious range. 3. The Staff Medical Report/Health Assessment should include the date of the health assessment or exam as well as the date the health care professional completed and signed the form. 4. Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ to get the latest information for child care settings and child care updates including the most up to date documents and forms. 5. The Change of Information form for CBC is listed in law. When a new staff member starts working at a facility and gives the administrator a CBC qualification letter that was previously completed while working at another facility, but is still current, the administrator should send a Change of Information form for that new staff member to the CBC unit. The Change of Information form can be found on DCDEE’s website under Provider Documents and Forms. 6. Visit NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center at http://healthychildcare.unc.edu to find the following resources: technical assistance, coaching support, resources, handwashing and diapering posters, monthly newsletters, and a list of approved in-service trainings including, but not limited to, ITS-SIDS training and Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. COMPLIANCE PLAN: No compliance documentation is needed for those violations corrected during today’s visit. In the visit summary, I documented the corrective actions taken today to correct those violations. All violations cited and not corrected today must be corrected immediately. Please submit a written, signed, and dated statement to me at the email/address below detailing the steps taken to correct each violation. 1) Your compliance letter must include the following: 1. The name of your center 2. The center’s ID number 3. The date you write the letter 4. Address each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. 5. Address your plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. 6. Your signature 2) Supporting documentation including the following: Please send supporting documentation such as training certificates, CBC letters, acknowledgement statements, and photographs for me to use to verify compliance. Please DO NOT send staff or child medical documents or documentation for verification as this is a violation of HIPPA protocol. If needed I will verify these documents at the next monitoring visit. I should receive your compliance letter no later than July 23, 2024. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 and Early Education 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. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. Your letter may be mailed to me at: Kimberly Crane Post Office Box 6217 Hickory, NC 28603 For your convenience, your compliance letter may be sent by email to: kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included in the body of the email: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. 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

10A NCAC 09 .0803 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 3/7/2024 Number Present: 63 Completed Date: 3/7/2024 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 335 Time In: 09:00 AM Time Out: 01:15 PM Time In: 02:10 PM Time Out: 03:30 PM 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. You, Cheri Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Directors, assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on March 29, 2023. Your program currently operates with a Notice of Compliance, issued on September 16, 2016. We reviewed the facility profile document to ensure that there were no changes to your facility information. You stated that there were no changes to the facility profile document. We reviewed the facility notice of compliance to ensure that there were no changes to your facility’s operation. You stated there were no changes to your facility’s operation. Your center's compliance history was 97% as of March 6, 2024 and was reviewed with you today. Your most recent fire inspection was dated September 14, 2023 and was received in my office on September 18, 2023. Your most recent sanitation inspection was dated November 20, 2023 with a Superior classification and zero demerits. You and I completed a walk-through of the facility and outdoor play spaces today. You stated and I observed the gymnasium used as a multi-purpose room for indoor gross motor activities. You stated and I observed Room 122 and Room 124 were not being used today. You stated and I observed Room 125 currently used as a storage area. I observed students playing in activity areas, participating in teacher directed whole group and small group activities, transitioning from indoor to outdoor play, transitioning from outdoor to indoor play, and eating morning snack. You stated the parents provide all the meals and snacks for their children and each child has a nutrition opt-out form on file. I observed infant bottles and food stored at a temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit in a compact refrigerator located in the storage room in Room 116 (Infants). I monitored hazardous product storage, medication storage, medication administration, general safety, and discipline. I monitored program records, children’s records, and staff records. I monitored health and safety requirements. I monitored supervision, staff-child ratios, group sizes, approved space use, space capacities, and permit restrictions. The following violations were cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In Room 123, one bottle of Equate Baby Oil and one box of Equate Antacid and Pain Reliever with labels that included "Keep out of the reach children" and additional warnings were stored in an unlocked cabinet on a shelf that was below five feet. The teacher moved these items to a locked cabinet. .2820(b) 847 Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In Room 116, one permission to administer form for one non-prescription diaper cream was missing the amount and when to apply the ointment. In Room 120, one permission to administer form for one lotion was missing the information for how to apply the lotion. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 1. Per sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A.2820(b), all items with “Keep out of the reach children” labels with additional warnings such as poison control contact numbers or first aid procedures should be stored in a locked cabinet, drawer, or closet. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you review this sanitation rule with your staff. 2. Per child care rule 10A NCAC 09 .0803(7), on the medication permission to administer form, the parent must include valid dates for the medication to be administered, the amount of medication to be administered, and the manner in which the medication is to be administered. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I suggest you and your staff review the medication permission slip when it is received from the parent to be sure all the required information has been provided by the parent. If any information is missing, I advise you and your staff to have the parents provide the information immediately before leaving the medication with you. COMPLIANCE PLAN: No compliance documentation is needed for those violations corrected during today’s visit. In the visit summary, I documented the corrective actions taken today to correct those violations. All violations cited and not corrected today must be corrected immediately. Please submit a written, signed, and dated statement to me at the email/address below detailing the steps taken to correct each violation. 1) Your compliance letter must include the following: 1. The name of your center 2. The center’s ID number 3. The date you write the letter 4. Address each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. 5. Address your plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. 6. Your signature 2) Supporting documentation including the following: Please send supporting documentation such as training certificates, CBC letters, acknowledgement statements, and photographs for me to use to verify compliance. Please DO NOT send staff or child medical documents or documentation for verification as this is a violation of HIPPA protocol. If needed I will verify these documents at the next monitoring visit. I should receive your compliance letter no later than March 21, 2024. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. 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 and Early Education 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. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. Your letter may be mailed to me at: Kimberly Crane Post Office Box 6217 Hickory, NC 28603 For your convenience, your compliance letter may be sent by email to: kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included in the body of the email: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. 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

10A NCAC 09 .0803 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 11/15/2023 Number Present: 89 Completed Date: 11/15/2023 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 300 Time In: 09:00 AM Time Out: 02:00 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 your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. You, Cherie Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Directors, assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on March 29, 2023. Your program currently operates with a Notice of Compliance with an effective date of September 16, 2016. Your center's compliance history was 98% as of November 14, 2023 and was reviewed with you today. Your annual fire inspection was dated August 23, 2023 with violations cited. Today, you provided me with a copy of this fire inspection report. A re-inspection was conducted on September 14, 2023 and an approved fire inspection report was received September 14, 2023 and received in my office on September 19, 2023. Your most recent sanitation inspection was dated April 27, 2023 with a Superior classification and 0 demerits. You and I completed a walk-through of the facility today. I monitored all indoor and outdoor areas. I observed children throughout the facility participating in free play in activity areas, transitions, snack, and personal care routines. I observed the teachers interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. I observed children adequately supervised, adequate approved minimum space used, minimum staff-child ratios permit restrictions including “Daytime care only” maintained during today’s visit. I monitored general safety both indoors and outdoors. I monitored medication storage and administration. I observed and cited two violations. I monitored program records including fire drills, emergency drills, incident log, and Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan, and Emergency Medical Care (EMC) Plan. I reviewed staff record files for five new staff members hired since your last annual compliance visit. I reviewed staff record files for twenty-one returning staff members to verify current and valid Criminal Background Check qualification letters, valid CPR and First Aid training, and current ITS-SIDS training as applicable. The following violations were observed or cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 846 Over-the-counter medicines were not in their original containers or administered as authorized in writing by parent, physician or authorized health professional. In Room 115, one over-the-counter diaper ointment was not labeled with the name of the child. The teacher wrote the name of the child on the diaper ointment tube during today's visit. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4) 847 Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In Room 116, one over-the-counter permission to administer slip was missing the valid dates to administer. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) Compliance Plan: All violations cited must be corrected immediately. Please submit written, signed, and dated compliance documentation to me at the email/address below detailing the steps taken to correct each violation. Your compliance documentation must include the following: 1) A compliance letter including the following: 1. The name of your facility 2. The ID number of your facility 3. The date you write the letter 4. A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. 5. A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. 6. Your signature 2) Supporting documentation including the following: Please send supporting documentation such as training certificates, CBC letters, acknowledgement statements, and photographs for me to use to verify compliance. Please DO NOT send staff or child medical documents or documentation for verification as this is a violation of HIPPA protocol. If needed I will verify these documents at the next monitoring visit. I must receive your compliance letter no later than November 22, 2023. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. If you cannot meet the requirements by this date you shall contact me with a timeline of the corrections. In some cases, this timeline may be extended. 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 and Early Education 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. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. Your letter may be mailed to me at: Kimberly Crane Post Office Box 6217 Hickory, NC 28603 For your convenience, your compliance letter may be sent by email to: kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov. If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included in the body of the email: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: 1. Permission to administer over-the-counter medications should include the dates the permission is valid. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I recommend when staff are receiving completed permission to administer medication forms from parents, it’s a good practice to train your eye to look for no blanks on the form while reviewing the form upon acceptance. If information is left incomplete, have the parent complete the form correctly before leaving the classroom. 2. All over-the-counter medications should be labeled with the name of the child. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I recommend you label the medication container, medication box if applicable, and Ziploc bag if applicable. Consultation: 1. Rubber bands may be with children under five years of age with direct adult supervision only. 2. The Staff Medical Report/Health Assessment should include the date of the health assessment or exam as well as the date the health care professional completed and signed the form. 3. Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ to get the latest information for child care settings and child care updates including the most up to date documents and forms. 4. The Change of Information form for CBC is listed in law. When a new staff member starts working at a facility and gives the administrator a CBC qualification letter that was previously completed while working at another facility, but is still current, the administrator must send a Change of Information form for that new staff member to the CBC unit. The Change of Information form can be found on DCDEE’s website under Provider Documents and Forms. 5. Visit NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center at http://healthychildcare.unc.edu to find the following resources: technical assistance, coaching support, resources, handwashing and diapering posters, monthly newsletters, and a list of approved in-service trainings including, but not limited to, ITS-SIDS training and Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. 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

10A NCAC 09 .0803 · Violation

Name of Operation: VIEWMONT BAPTIST CHURCH TREE OF LEARNING Facility ID: 18000549 Consultant: KIMBERLY CRANE Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 11/15/2023 Number Present: 89 Completed Date: 11/15/2023 Age: From 0 To 5 Total Minutes: 300 Time In: 09:00 AM Time Out: 02:00 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 your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. You, Cherie Locke and Robbin Mann, Co-Directors, assisted me with today’s visit. I conducted your last annual compliance visit on March 29, 2023. Your program currently operates with a Notice of Compliance with an effective date of September 16, 2016. Your center's compliance history was 98% as of November 14, 2023 and was reviewed with you today. Your annual fire inspection was dated August 23, 2023 with violations cited. Today, you provided me with a copy of this fire inspection report. A re-inspection was conducted on September 14, 2023 and an approved fire inspection report was received September 14, 2023 and received in my office on September 19, 2023. Your most recent sanitation inspection was dated April 27, 2023 with a Superior classification and 0 demerits. You and I completed a walk-through of the facility today. I monitored all indoor and outdoor areas. I observed children throughout the facility participating in free play in activity areas, transitions, snack, and personal care routines. I observed the teachers interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. I observed children adequately supervised, adequate approved minimum space used, minimum staff-child ratios permit restrictions including “Daytime care only” maintained during today’s visit. I monitored general safety both indoors and outdoors. I monitored medication storage and administration. I observed and cited two violations. I monitored program records including fire drills, emergency drills, incident log, and Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) Plan, and Emergency Medical Care (EMC) Plan. I reviewed staff record files for five new staff members hired since your last annual compliance visit. I reviewed staff record files for twenty-one returning staff members to verify current and valid Criminal Background Check qualification letters, valid CPR and First Aid training, and current ITS-SIDS training as applicable. The following violations were observed or cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 846 Over-the-counter medicines were not in their original containers or administered as authorized in writing by parent, physician or authorized health professional. In Room 115, one over-the-counter diaper ointment was not labeled with the name of the child. The teacher wrote the name of the child on the diaper ointment tube during today's visit. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4) 847 Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In Room 116, one over-the-counter permission to administer slip was missing the valid dates to administer. 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) Compliance Plan: All violations cited must be corrected immediately. Please submit written, signed, and dated compliance documentation to me at the email/address below detailing the steps taken to correct each violation. Your compliance documentation must include the following: 1) A compliance letter including the following: 1. The name of your facility 2. The ID number of your facility 3. The date you write the letter 4. A corrective action statement for each violation stating how you corrected the violation and are now in compliance. 5. A compliance plan statement for each violation stating how you plan to ensure that you will not have that violation again. 6. Your signature 2) Supporting documentation including the following: Please send supporting documentation such as training certificates, CBC letters, acknowledgement statements, and photographs for me to use to verify compliance. Please DO NOT send staff or child medical documents or documentation for verification as this is a violation of HIPPA protocol. If needed I will verify these documents at the next monitoring visit. I must receive your compliance letter no later than November 22, 2023. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If you state in your compliance letter that corrections have been made when they have not, it will be considered falsification of information. If you cannot meet the requirements by this date you shall contact me with a timeline of the corrections. In some cases, this timeline may be extended. 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 and Early Education 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. Child care programs are required to maintain compliance with all applicable child care rules and regulations at all times. North Carolina General Statute 110-90(4)(d) requires all child care facilities to maintain a compliance history of at least seventy-five percent (75%) for the past eighteen (18) months or during the length of time the facility has operated, whichever is less. Failure to do so may result in the issuance of a provisional license or other administrative action against the facility's license. Any violations cited during a visit may affect your score. Your letter may be mailed to me at: Kimberly Crane Post Office Box 6217 Hickory, NC 28603 For your convenience, your compliance letter may be sent by email to: kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov. If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included in the body of the email: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: 1. Permission to administer over-the-counter medications should include the dates the permission is valid. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I recommend when staff are receiving completed permission to administer medication forms from parents, it’s a good practice to train your eye to look for no blanks on the form while reviewing the form upon acceptance. If information is left incomplete, have the parent complete the form correctly before leaving the classroom. 2. All over-the-counter medications should be labeled with the name of the child. To maintain compliance with this child care requirement, I recommend you label the medication container, medication box if applicable, and Ziploc bag if applicable. Consultation: 1. Rubber bands may be with children under five years of age with direct adult supervision only. 2. The Staff Medical Report/Health Assessment should include the date of the health assessment or exam as well as the date the health care professional completed and signed the form. 3. Please continue to visit DCDEE’s website at https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ to get the latest information for child care settings and child care updates including the most up to date documents and forms. 4. The Change of Information form for CBC is listed in law. When a new staff member starts working at a facility and gives the administrator a CBC qualification letter that was previously completed while working at another facility, but is still current, the administrator must send a Change of Information form for that new staff member to the CBC unit. The Change of Information form can be found on DCDEE’s website under Provider Documents and Forms. 5. Visit NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center at http://healthychildcare.unc.edu to find the following resources: technical assistance, coaching support, resources, handwashing and diapering posters, monthly newsletters, and a list of approved in-service trainings including, but not limited to, ITS-SIDS training and Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training. At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you today. We appreciate all you do to serve the children and families in your community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by phone at (828) 493-6390 or by email at kimberly.crane@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov. Thank you for your time today. 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