NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: HOBGOOD ACADEMY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 42000249 Consultant: ANGELA NIEVES Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 1/16/2025 Number Present: 24 Completed Date: 1/16/2025 Age: From 3 To 5 Total Minutes: 95 Time In: 09:50 AM Time Out: 11:25 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor this facility for compliance with applicable child care requirements during a routine unannounced visit. You, C. Cougar, Administrator, were present and available to assist with today’s visit. Your program currently operates with a three-star license issued on December 20, 2017, earning one (1) point in the education component, six (6) points in the program standards component and one (1) quality point for using an age/developmentally appropriate curriculum. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on May 6, 2024. The sanitation inspection was completed on January 6, 2025, with a “Superior” classification “6” demerits. The fire inspection was completed on February 6, 2024, and the center was approved for daytime care only. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. Twenty-four (24) children from three (3) to five (5) years old were present during the visit. A walk-through of the facility was completed today. I observed children in the indoor learning environment and outdoor learning environment and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children were observed engaging in free choice play in centers. The caregivers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. The following were monitored: Supervision, Staff Child Ratio, First Aid, CPR, Special Training, CBC Qualification, Emergency Medical Care Plan, Storage of Hazardous Substances, Administration of Medication, Adequate/Approved Space, License Posted, Permit Restrictions, and Program Records. Any violations of the child care requirements observed today were discussed with you and documented in the visit summary report and reviewed with you at the conclusion of the visit. The following violations of the child care requirements were documented today: Violation Number Comment Rule 716 All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. There was a slide anchored in the ground in the middle of the playground that measured three (3) feet from the place where children sit down to slide to the ground. There was no fall-zone around the piece of equipment. .0605(j) 859 Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. There was no documentation available for review for the month of December 2024. .0605(q) Child care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before January 30, 2025. 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 considered 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 may be completed. Mail or email the information to: Angela Nieves, Child Care Consultant PO Box 8741 Rocky Mount, NC 27804 Angela.nieves@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address on file with DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 The two-week time frame is established to allow you time for submitting your compliance letter. This time frame is not intended to be used as a guide for correcting violations, as they should be corrected immediately. Please be aware that any written information submitted by you regarding correction of violations documented during today's visit is legal documentation. Therefore, it is important that all information submitted be accurate and truthful. Please be aware that if it is determined that information submitted was inaccurate or willfully falsified, an Administrative Action, including Revocation of the facility's license could be issued. COMPLIANCE HISTORY: Prior to conducting today’s visit, your program’s Compliance History score, over an 18-month period time frame, is 100%. OWNER/FACILITY PROFILE INFORMATION: Hobgood Academy, Inc. is listed as the current and active on the Secretary of State website and owner of this center. You verified the mailing address, email address, and phone number listed on the facility profile are correct. If changes in your facility’s information occurs, please contact me at 252-557-5597 or email me at angela.nieves@dhhs.nc.gov to discuss the changes and ensure the information is current in our system. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CONSULTATION: PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT: There was a slide anchored in the ground in the middle of the playground that measured three (3) feet from the place where children sit down to slide to the ground. There was no fall-zone around the piece of equipment. When asked about the slide you stated it was installed two years ago by an out-of-state company. They told you the slide did not need a fall zone. We discussed that the slide was an anchored piece of equipment and that it measured more than 18 inches, which would require a fall zone that measured 6 inches deep and 6ft around the equipment. You shared with me that you would have to talk to the school board and possibly have to make the equipment inaccessible to the children by putting a tarp around it, which will keep the children from using the equipment until funds are available to put a fall zone around it. We reviewed the rule 10A NCAC 09 .0605 OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN CHILD CARE CENTERS and I printed off a copy of the NC Rated Licensing Assessment Projects Space for Gross Motor handout, that would help explain to the school board and your contractor what needed to be done to make the piece of equipment safe for children to use. PLAYGROUND INPSECTIONS: Upon reviewing your playground inspections there was no documentation of a playground inspection being completed for the month of December. You stated you inspected the playground but forgot to complete the form. While we were on the playground you completed the inspection. This was corrected during the visit. When completing your playground inspections, you may want to bring a clip board with the inspection form on it so you do not overlook what is needed and so you do not forget to complete the inspection form. REMINDERS: DCDEE WORKS: Please continue to keep your Staff and Training worksheets up to date. Update the worksheets when changes are made, such as hiring new staff, additional coursework, and completed training. We discussed making sure new employees you hire and any current staff working on education submit any education transcripts to the “WORKS” system, so their education can be evaluated. If the education information is not in the “WORKS” system when the star-rated license is reassessed it could affect the points in Education Standards. Please print each staff member’s DCDEE WORKS letter and file. Please contact the WORKS department if you have questions about what is needed. The information is below 919-814-6350 or dcdee.works@dhhs.nc.gov. START RATED LICENSE/QUALITY IMPROVEMENT RATING SYSTEM (QRIS) UPDATE: The Governor signed 12 bills on July 8, 2024. Including the Adjustments to the Appropriations Act (SB 357), which includes the $67.5 million for reduced compensation payments for the first two quarters of FY 24-25 and the DHHS Agency Bill (Senate Bill 425) which includes the QRIS provisions: • QRIS modernization (3 new pathways to stars) is now approved (SB 425). • Hold harmless has been extended until the new QRIS is implemented (SB 425). Providers in Cohort 1 are not required to go any further with a rated license assessment unless they want to, and providers in Cohort 2 do not need to start their preparation year unless they want to. • SB 425 does mean that programs currently accredited through the approved accrediting bodies can move to a 3- or 5-star license if they are not already at this star level. Providers will need to submit a request to their consultant and provide a copy of their accreditation certificate for processing. • SB 425 also requires that we move to the ERS-3 versions for ECCERS. ITERS and FCCERS, effective February 1, 2025. Self-paced online training modules regarding the new assessments will be available in September 2024. • SB 357 provides $67.5 million dollars to continue a reduced level of funding for the compensation portion only of the Child Care Stabilization Grant. Funding is designated for the first two quarters of FY 2024-25 and provides only about 75% of funding needed to maintain compensation payment amounts provided through ARPA funding which ended June 30, 2024. DCDEE will continue to utilize the NC FAST Stabilization Grant portal to distribute funds. CLEAN WATER FOR US KIDS: According to the Clean Water for Us Kids website you last tested your water for lead on May 26, 2021. You must test your drinking and cooking water every three (3) years. Please enroll in the lead water testing at https://www.cleanwaterforuskids.org/en/carolina/. You have begun enrollment for the lead paint and asbestos testing. Please complete enrollment. CRMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK-AMBCMS PORTAL: The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119. No action is needed on your part if you have completed the reference training and are currently using the ABCMS Provider Portal to update information regarding new hires or residents. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS on an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at 1-800-859-0829 and someone will assist you. CONTACT INFORMATION: If you have any questions about today’s visit, you may contact me at 252-557-5597 or angela.nieves@dhhs.nc.gov. You may also contact Licensing Supervisor, Susan Fuller at 252-373-9809 or email at susan.fuller@dhhs.nc.gov. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

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