NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: HIDDENITE ELEMENTARY CHILD CARE Facility ID: 02000090 Consultant: REBBECCA HAYES Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 9/20/2023 Number Present: 29 Completed Date: 9/20/2023 Age: From 5 To 11 Total Minutes: 135 Time In: 02:30 PM Time Out: 04:45 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, Vanessa Moose, Site Coordinator, assisted me with today’s visit. The last sanitation inspection was completed on September 13, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted on October 2, 2022, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was 98 percent as of September 15, 2023. I observed your Three Star License, Safe Procedures for Arrival and Departure, current menu, sanitation placard, Emergency Numbers, Emergency Medical Care Plan, First Aid information sheet, tobacco free policy signage, Summary of NC Child Care Law dated January 2021, evacuation plans, current daily schedules, current activity plans, staff-child ratio sheets, and allergies posted as required. I observed children adequately supervised, meeting enhanced space, adequate approved space use, and permit restrictions maintained during today’s visit. I observed children transitioning from their school day to After School Care. I observed children gathered by staff members and transitioned to the outdoor area to receive snack and engage in outdoor play. Snack was observed and consisted of fruit loop cereal and milk. You stated that you do not come back to the designated classroom until the number of children have lowered at or below the classroom capacity. I observed toys, equipment, and materials throughout the facility to be of sufficient quantity, developmentally appropriate, and in good repair. I observed your Incident Log to be current and up to date as required. I observed incident reports being filed in children’s individual files. I observed your monthly Fire Drill Log documenting drills for the past twelve months. I observed the last fire drill documented on this log was dated August 29, 2023, at 7:31am with one minute to evacuate. I observed your Shelter-in-Place/Lockdown Drill Log documenting drills for the past twelve months. I observed the last emergency drill documented on this log was a lockdown dated August 31, 2023, at 5:23pm with thirty seconds to lockdown. Emergency drills are being conducted every three months as required. Your playground does not meet child care safety standards. No concerns were observed. I monitored two staff files and a selection of five children’s files during today’s visit. You stated that no children currently enrolled receive medications while in care or have medical action plans. You stated that you do not provide transportation. The following violation was documented during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 1314 Emergency information did not name child's health care professional. One child's enrollment application did not list a hospital preference or a physician. .0802(c)(2) During today’s visit, I provided Technical Assistance regarding the following topics: 1. We discussed ensuring that parents are completing the online enrollment application in its entirety. Applications should have a desired hospital preference and physician listed. 2. We discussed ensuring that all children are listed on the Public Schools Off-Site Records Verification form. If students enroll or drop in the program, the roster should be updated. 3. We discussed that your facility is listed in Cohort 1 for the Star Rated License Reassessment. July 1, 2023, began your facilities prep year. July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, will be the facilities reassessment year. 4. We discussed ensuring that all staffs information is updated in their WORKS account. New staff should create a WORKS account and send in the required information. Staff’s education should be uploaded for the Workforce Unit to evaluate staff’s education. 5. We discussed working with your consultant to establish a timeline for technical assistance visits that the facility may need. 6. We discussed reaching out to your local partners such as the Partnership for Young Children for technical assistance. The Partnership for Young Children also conducts mock assessments and will look at your facilities materials. 7. We discussed visiting the NCRLAP website for resources and training opportunities to prepare for the star rated license. 8. Fire Inspections are required to be completed annually. Please ensure that fire inspections are conducted on or before the previous year’s completion date. Please send fire inspections to me within 7 days of receiving a visit. Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before October 4, 2023, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Rebbecca Hayes, Child Care Consultant P.O. Box 954 Taylorsville, NC 28681 Email: rebbecca.hayes@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: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. You may contact me by phone at (828) 405-8111 or by email at rebbecca.hayes@dhhs.nc.gov or Lead Consultant, Erin Pickard, by email at erin.pickard@dhhs.nc.gov, if you have questions. 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