G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: A New Beginning Children's Learning Center Facility ID: 14000441 Consultant: JENNIFER H ROBERTS Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/19/2025 Number Present: 68 Completed Date: 6/19/2025 Age: From 0 To 11 Total Minutes: 362 Time In: 09:58 AM Time Out: 04:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Temp Time Period Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today's unannounced visit has been to monitor your compliance with all applicable child care requirements during the first temporary time period visit. You, Larissa Vigue, Administrator, assisted me with the visit. Dinah Brown, Child Care Consultant, accompanied me on the visit. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on December 17, 2024, at the previous location and health and safety requirements were monitored during that visit and updated during today’s visit. The Secretary of State website was checked today, and the business, A New Beginning Children’s Learning Center, Inc., is still active and in good standing. If any changes to the corporation need to be made or you decide to sell your business, then you must notify me, your consultant at least thirty days prior to any changes occurring. The license cannot be bought, sold, subleased, transferred to another person or location, or inherited. Currently this center operates with a temporary license issued on May 27, 2025, with the following restrictions: daytime care only. Your temporary license will end after November 27, 2025. This facility changed locations and began operating at this location on May 27, 2025. During this first Temporary Time Period visit, the classrooms were monitored as well as the playgrounds, materials, equipment and required posted items for meeting all minimum licensing requirements. Fire Inspection: The last fire inspection was completed on April 15, 2025. An annual fire inspection will need to be conducted on or before April 15, 2026. Please mail a copy to your consultant within seven (7) days of receiving the fire inspection. Sanitation Inspection: The last sanitation inspection was conducted on May 20, 2025. A sanitation inspection should be conducted soon, and you will receive a sanitation grade card that will need to be posted once it is received. The last monthly fire drill was completed on May 30, 2025, at 10:53 am. The last monthly playground inspection was completed on May 30, 2025. You must create and upload your Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for this location no later than September 27, 2025. A sample of ten children’s files were reviewed. Nineteen staff files were reviewed. A menu was posted for breakfast, lunch and snack and met the meal components for children in child care. The daily schedule was posted. You have two vans that you use for transporting children. The vans were monitored and approved for transportation. You said that you are going to apply for a rated license and assume the points from previous location’s star rating based on the hold harmless option. We discussed and I gave you a copy of the Initial Application for Assessment for a Two Component Star Rated License form today to complete and return to me. We reviewed and discussed Program Standard points, Staff Education points and Quality point options. I discussed with you that programs with less than a three-star license will not be eligible to receive subsidy funding. The following violation was observed and corrected during the visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 852 Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. Twenty-eight (28) incident reports were stored in a separate file and were not maintained in the child's file. .0802 (e) Technical assistance was provided on the following: Incident Reports A copy of the incident reports must be placed in the children’s file. I suggested that you make a copy of the completed incident report and place it in the child’s file instead of placing the incident report in a folder. You corrected this violation by removing the incident reports from the folder and placing them in the corresponding child’s file. Rated License Status: You requested to assume the same education points, program standards points and quality point as the license issued at the previous location and was dated February 15, 2018. The facility received seven (7) points in Staff Education, six (6) points in Program Standards, and one (1) quality point for meeting the programmatic option for a total of fourteen (14) points and a five-star license. Based on the previous license, your facility will meet enhanced space and enhanced ratios. Your five (5) star rated license will be mailed from the Raleigh office. Once the license is received, you must follow enhanced space and enhanced ratio requirements. Child Care Consultant Assignment: I will complete the rated license packet and submit it to my supervisor for review. Once the star rated license is received, I will transfer your file to Dinah Brown, Child Care Consultant. You can reach her at dinah.brown@dhhs.nc.gov, or by phone at 828-231-2311. Reminders: Any observed violations cited during visits will negatively affect the center's Compliance History Score. Your program must maintain a compliance score of at least 75% as required by G.S. 110-90 (4)(c). Stay updated with changes and new rule updates by visiting the DCDEE website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov Health and Safety Training must be completed within one year of employment for new staff and every five years for staff that have already completed the training. Thank you for your time and assistance today. You can reach me at 828-782-0945, jennifer.roberts@dhhs.nc.gov or at PO Box 426, Sherrills Ford, NC 28673 or my supervisor, Tammy McGalliard at tammy.mcgalliard@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