New Adventure Family Child Care Home

10A NCAC 09 .0102 · Violation

Name of Operation: NEW ADVENTURE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME Facility ID: 25000158 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Family CC Home Case Number: Visit Date: 5/21/2026 Number Present: 3 Completed Date: 5/21/2026 Age: From 1 To 4 Total Minutes: 240 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 01:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Family CC Home Type Of Visit: Annual Comp w/Rated Lic Assess Announced/Unannounced: Announced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance rated license visit. Your family childcare home currently operates with a 4-star license issued June 15, 2023. The facility’s last annual compliance visit was conducted on May 27, 2025. The family child care home’s compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-nine (99%) percent as of May 21, 2026. Restrictions on the permit include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift care, a maximum of five (5) preschool children cared for at any time, and the facility serves no more than two (2) infants under age 1. You, Merry Banks, were present and available for consultation during the visit. Seven (7) children between the ages of one (1) and nine (9) are enrolled and three (3) were present. All spaces used by the children, indoors and outdoors, were monitored. Ms. Banks has a room set up exclusively for childcare. Upon arrival at your facility, you and the children were in the childcare space. The children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included waffle blocks, animals, coloring with crayons, legos, and a large toddler bead activity table. One child wrote their name with crayons, and you interacted with the child through letter recognition. After the free play, you and the children transitioned to the outdoor space. You provided the children with a morning snack at the picnic table in the outdoor space. The snack consisted of cheese crackers, apple juice, and water. While in the outdoor space, the children were riding tractors and tricycles, running, and climbing. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included basketball goals, a small climber with a slide, covered sand box, wagons, push toys, large connect four game, picnic tables, and a shade umbrella. When you and the children transitioned from the outdoor space back into the indoor space, routine diaper changing, toileting, and handwashing procedures were performed. You provided the children with lunch which consisted of pizza, green beans, apples, and milk. Toileting, handwashing, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. Although there are zero (0) infants enrolled, prior safe sleep checks were monitored, and requirements were met. During today’s visit, diaper changing occurred every hour. Previous diaper changing records indicated that children requiring diaper changes occur every 1-1 ½ hours. On April 30, 2026, a complaint investigation was conducted at your facility. The allegations that were investigated and monitored were unconfirmed. However, I wanted follow-up and provide additional clarification regarding information discussed during the complaint visit. The report indicated that no enrolled children were wearing diapers at the time of the visit. To clarify, you had one enrolled child who wears diapers; however, the child was not present during the visit. Therefore, no diapering routines were observed. Today, I wanted to provide a few reminders to help ensure ongoing compliance as well as information regarding your additional caregiver. During the complaint visit, you explained you’ve had an additional caregiver caring for the children since you’ve been out for personal leave. Records for the additional caregiver were reviewed and found to be in compliance with applicable requirements. As discussed, please continue to ensure that all diapering procedures/recordkeeping are adhering to childcare requirements. Today all children’s files were monitored. Health and safety trainings and the facility’s safe sleep policy were monitored, and requirements were met. Today you reported that you are currently not providing transportation. Today, you completed a copy of the FCCH Operator’s Statements of Responsibility and the Verification of Required Information for Operator and Additional Caregivers Form. You are required to complete nine (9). You have one (1) ongoing training hour that you may carry forward towards next year’s on-going training requirements. Violation Number Comment Rule 2054 Home was not free of lead poisoning hazards as define in G.S. 130A-131.7(7). The operator has not completed requirements for identifying if the home has lead hazards. 10A NCAC 09 .1707(2) 2057 The family child care home was not free of asbestos hazards as defined in G.S. 130A-444(2) and 10A NCAC 09 .0102(5). The operator has not completed requirements for identifying if the home has asbestos hazards. 10A NCAC 09 .1702(2) 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 violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Thursday, June 4, 2026, 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: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 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. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 QRIS Pathway #2-Classroom and Instructional Quality for FCCH You are eligible for this pathway, which allows you to demonstrate quality through smaller groups of children, implementation of curriculum, child-focused planning and training/coaching to support classroom and instructional quality. This includes enrollment restrictions, meeting Family and Community Engagement Standards, completing a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plan, implementing an approved curriculum, and sharing child assessments with families twice a year. Family and Community Engagement: You have completed the Family and Community Engagement Standards Worksheet selecting the applicable items. Items selected must be verifiable. Please document evidence of three (3) additional items you have selected from Communication, Engagement and Leadership, and Educational Opportunity Options. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): You are required to complete a CQI plan for your facility, yourself , and any additional caregivers. The CQI Plan includes the following: Identification of goal(s), necessary resources, supports and actions needed to accomplish the goal(s), documentation of the reason for the goal(s). A review of efforts toward completion of the goal(s) will be conducted annually. Staff Education: As we discussed today, you must submit all of your education transcripts to the Workforce Education Unit to update your current WORKS Status Letter. Education can only be verified through WORKS. Once you have completed all the requirements, reach out to me and we will schedule a rated license assessment visit to renew your facility’s permit. Capacity Increase: Today, you requested information to increase your facility’s capacity. Below are the requirements a family childcare home must meet prior to increasing their capacity. (1) Rooms and areas within a family child care home where occupants receive care shall be on the same level of exit discharge. (2) Rooms and areas within a family child care home where occupants receive care shall be located on the same level with, and within a maximum of 40 feet travel distance to, at least one 2A:10B:C fire extinguisher. (3) A family child care home shall have and maintain a Fire Safety, Evacuation, and Lockdown Plan compliant with Section 404 of the North Carolina Fire Code. (4) A family child care home shall have carbon monoxide alarm and detection systems compliant with Section 915 of the North Carolina Building Code and Section R315 of the North Carolina Residential Code. FCCHs who make a change to their license will need to install an electrically operated carbon monoxide detector in all rooms where children sleep and depending on the layout of the home, an additional carbon monoxide detector may need to be installed near the garage and any space that has gas appliances. This means they must have one in the rooms where children are sleeping and, in any room, including near the garage, that carbon monoxide can be found (ex: rooms with gas log fireplaces, kitchens that use gas stoves, every room if the house is heated with propane) (5) A family childcare home shall have smoke alarms compliant with Section • R907 of the North Carolina Building Code and Section R314 of the North Carolina Residential Code. The childcare rule reads as follows: all homes are equipped with an electrically operated (with battery backup) smoke detector, or one electrically operated, and one battery operated smoke detector located next to each other. FCCH who make a change to their license will need to install an electrically operated smoke detector in all rooms where children sleep and additional smoke alarm (which they may already have based on compliance with childcare rules) in adjacent areas used by children. If you install smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors, this requires an electrician, and the work must be completed under the provisions of a building permit. I will need to see the permit and verify the work completed is inspected prior to issuing a license. After completing these items, contact me to schedule a visit to increase the capacity of your FCCH. Technical Assistance: Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 5, 2022. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint- Enrollment Started/Results Not Ready • Asbestos- Enrollment Started/Results Not Ready Please check the status of your facility’s lead-based paint and asbestos requirements/testing. Use the link below to contact someone at Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: https://www.cleanwaterforuskids.org/en/carolina/contact/ Challenging Behaviors Helpline The Healthy Social Behaviors Project offers coaching for child care providers who would like support managing challenging classroom behaviors. The goal is to empower teachers to create learning environments that promote pro-social skills, like self-control and problem solving. Support is available by phone (888-600-1685. Reminders: Fire Alarm: Although the fire alarm in your kitchen is working, the sound is low. Please change the battery in your fire alarm to ensure it is working to full capacity. Transportation Book: Although you currently are not transporting children, please update the children’s pictures in your transportation book. For the latest information on childcare rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, printed, and signed. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the annual compliance rated license visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. You may also contact my supervisor at kim.sherry@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

10A NCAC 09 .1702 · Violation

Name of Operation: NEW ADVENTURE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME Facility ID: 25000158 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Family CC Home Case Number: Visit Date: 5/21/2026 Number Present: 3 Completed Date: 5/21/2026 Age: From 1 To 4 Total Minutes: 240 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 01:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Family CC Home Type Of Visit: Annual Comp w/Rated Lic Assess Announced/Unannounced: Announced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance rated license visit. Your family childcare home currently operates with a 4-star license issued June 15, 2023. The facility’s last annual compliance visit was conducted on May 27, 2025. The family child care home’s compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-nine (99%) percent as of May 21, 2026. Restrictions on the permit include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift care, a maximum of five (5) preschool children cared for at any time, and the facility serves no more than two (2) infants under age 1. You, Merry Banks, were present and available for consultation during the visit. Seven (7) children between the ages of one (1) and nine (9) are enrolled and three (3) were present. All spaces used by the children, indoors and outdoors, were monitored. Ms. Banks has a room set up exclusively for childcare. Upon arrival at your facility, you and the children were in the childcare space. The children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included waffle blocks, animals, coloring with crayons, legos, and a large toddler bead activity table. One child wrote their name with crayons, and you interacted with the child through letter recognition. After the free play, you and the children transitioned to the outdoor space. You provided the children with a morning snack at the picnic table in the outdoor space. The snack consisted of cheese crackers, apple juice, and water. While in the outdoor space, the children were riding tractors and tricycles, running, and climbing. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included basketball goals, a small climber with a slide, covered sand box, wagons, push toys, large connect four game, picnic tables, and a shade umbrella. When you and the children transitioned from the outdoor space back into the indoor space, routine diaper changing, toileting, and handwashing procedures were performed. You provided the children with lunch which consisted of pizza, green beans, apples, and milk. Toileting, handwashing, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. Although there are zero (0) infants enrolled, prior safe sleep checks were monitored, and requirements were met. During today’s visit, diaper changing occurred every hour. Previous diaper changing records indicated that children requiring diaper changes occur every 1-1 ½ hours. On April 30, 2026, a complaint investigation was conducted at your facility. The allegations that were investigated and monitored were unconfirmed. However, I wanted follow-up and provide additional clarification regarding information discussed during the complaint visit. The report indicated that no enrolled children were wearing diapers at the time of the visit. To clarify, you had one enrolled child who wears diapers; however, the child was not present during the visit. Therefore, no diapering routines were observed. Today, I wanted to provide a few reminders to help ensure ongoing compliance as well as information regarding your additional caregiver. During the complaint visit, you explained you’ve had an additional caregiver caring for the children since you’ve been out for personal leave. Records for the additional caregiver were reviewed and found to be in compliance with applicable requirements. As discussed, please continue to ensure that all diapering procedures/recordkeeping are adhering to childcare requirements. Today all children’s files were monitored. Health and safety trainings and the facility’s safe sleep policy were monitored, and requirements were met. Today you reported that you are currently not providing transportation. Today, you completed a copy of the FCCH Operator’s Statements of Responsibility and the Verification of Required Information for Operator and Additional Caregivers Form. You are required to complete nine (9). You have one (1) ongoing training hour that you may carry forward towards next year’s on-going training requirements. Violation Number Comment Rule 2054 Home was not free of lead poisoning hazards as define in G.S. 130A-131.7(7). The operator has not completed requirements for identifying if the home has lead hazards. 10A NCAC 09 .1707(2) 2057 The family child care home was not free of asbestos hazards as defined in G.S. 130A-444(2) and 10A NCAC 09 .0102(5). The operator has not completed requirements for identifying if the home has asbestos hazards. 10A NCAC 09 .1702(2) 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 violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Thursday, June 4, 2026, 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: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 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. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 QRIS Pathway #2-Classroom and Instructional Quality for FCCH You are eligible for this pathway, which allows you to demonstrate quality through smaller groups of children, implementation of curriculum, child-focused planning and training/coaching to support classroom and instructional quality. This includes enrollment restrictions, meeting Family and Community Engagement Standards, completing a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plan, implementing an approved curriculum, and sharing child assessments with families twice a year. Family and Community Engagement: You have completed the Family and Community Engagement Standards Worksheet selecting the applicable items. Items selected must be verifiable. Please document evidence of three (3) additional items you have selected from Communication, Engagement and Leadership, and Educational Opportunity Options. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): You are required to complete a CQI plan for your facility, yourself , and any additional caregivers. The CQI Plan includes the following: Identification of goal(s), necessary resources, supports and actions needed to accomplish the goal(s), documentation of the reason for the goal(s). A review of efforts toward completion of the goal(s) will be conducted annually. Staff Education: As we discussed today, you must submit all of your education transcripts to the Workforce Education Unit to update your current WORKS Status Letter. Education can only be verified through WORKS. Once you have completed all the requirements, reach out to me and we will schedule a rated license assessment visit to renew your facility’s permit. Capacity Increase: Today, you requested information to increase your facility’s capacity. Below are the requirements a family childcare home must meet prior to increasing their capacity. (1) Rooms and areas within a family child care home where occupants receive care shall be on the same level of exit discharge. (2) Rooms and areas within a family child care home where occupants receive care shall be located on the same level with, and within a maximum of 40 feet travel distance to, at least one 2A:10B:C fire extinguisher. (3) A family child care home shall have and maintain a Fire Safety, Evacuation, and Lockdown Plan compliant with Section 404 of the North Carolina Fire Code. (4) A family child care home shall have carbon monoxide alarm and detection systems compliant with Section 915 of the North Carolina Building Code and Section R315 of the North Carolina Residential Code. FCCHs who make a change to their license will need to install an electrically operated carbon monoxide detector in all rooms where children sleep and depending on the layout of the home, an additional carbon monoxide detector may need to be installed near the garage and any space that has gas appliances. This means they must have one in the rooms where children are sleeping and, in any room, including near the garage, that carbon monoxide can be found (ex: rooms with gas log fireplaces, kitchens that use gas stoves, every room if the house is heated with propane) (5) A family childcare home shall have smoke alarms compliant with Section • R907 of the North Carolina Building Code and Section R314 of the North Carolina Residential Code. The childcare rule reads as follows: all homes are equipped with an electrically operated (with battery backup) smoke detector, or one electrically operated, and one battery operated smoke detector located next to each other. FCCH who make a change to their license will need to install an electrically operated smoke detector in all rooms where children sleep and additional smoke alarm (which they may already have based on compliance with childcare rules) in adjacent areas used by children. If you install smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors, this requires an electrician, and the work must be completed under the provisions of a building permit. I will need to see the permit and verify the work completed is inspected prior to issuing a license. After completing these items, contact me to schedule a visit to increase the capacity of your FCCH. Technical Assistance: Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 5, 2022. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint- Enrollment Started/Results Not Ready • Asbestos- Enrollment Started/Results Not Ready Please check the status of your facility’s lead-based paint and asbestos requirements/testing. Use the link below to contact someone at Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: https://www.cleanwaterforuskids.org/en/carolina/contact/ Challenging Behaviors Helpline The Healthy Social Behaviors Project offers coaching for child care providers who would like support managing challenging classroom behaviors. The goal is to empower teachers to create learning environments that promote pro-social skills, like self-control and problem solving. Support is available by phone (888-600-1685. Reminders: Fire Alarm: Although the fire alarm in your kitchen is working, the sound is low. Please change the battery in your fire alarm to ensure it is working to full capacity. Transportation Book: Although you currently are not transporting children, please update the children’s pictures in your transportation book. For the latest information on childcare rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, printed, and signed. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the annual compliance rated license visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. You may also contact my supervisor at kim.sherry@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

10A NCAC 09 .1707 · Violation

Name of Operation: NEW ADVENTURE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME Facility ID: 25000158 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Family CC Home Case Number: Visit Date: 5/21/2026 Number Present: 3 Completed Date: 5/21/2026 Age: From 1 To 4 Total Minutes: 240 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 01:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Family CC Home Type Of Visit: Annual Comp w/Rated Lic Assess Announced/Unannounced: Announced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance rated license visit. Your family childcare home currently operates with a 4-star license issued June 15, 2023. The facility’s last annual compliance visit was conducted on May 27, 2025. The family child care home’s compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-nine (99%) percent as of May 21, 2026. Restrictions on the permit include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift care, a maximum of five (5) preschool children cared for at any time, and the facility serves no more than two (2) infants under age 1. You, Merry Banks, were present and available for consultation during the visit. Seven (7) children between the ages of one (1) and nine (9) are enrolled and three (3) were present. All spaces used by the children, indoors and outdoors, were monitored. Ms. Banks has a room set up exclusively for childcare. Upon arrival at your facility, you and the children were in the childcare space. The children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included waffle blocks, animals, coloring with crayons, legos, and a large toddler bead activity table. One child wrote their name with crayons, and you interacted with the child through letter recognition. After the free play, you and the children transitioned to the outdoor space. You provided the children with a morning snack at the picnic table in the outdoor space. The snack consisted of cheese crackers, apple juice, and water. While in the outdoor space, the children were riding tractors and tricycles, running, and climbing. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included basketball goals, a small climber with a slide, covered sand box, wagons, push toys, large connect four game, picnic tables, and a shade umbrella. When you and the children transitioned from the outdoor space back into the indoor space, routine diaper changing, toileting, and handwashing procedures were performed. You provided the children with lunch which consisted of pizza, green beans, apples, and milk. Toileting, handwashing, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. Although there are zero (0) infants enrolled, prior safe sleep checks were monitored, and requirements were met. During today’s visit, diaper changing occurred every hour. Previous diaper changing records indicated that children requiring diaper changes occur every 1-1 ½ hours. On April 30, 2026, a complaint investigation was conducted at your facility. The allegations that were investigated and monitored were unconfirmed. However, I wanted follow-up and provide additional clarification regarding information discussed during the complaint visit. The report indicated that no enrolled children were wearing diapers at the time of the visit. To clarify, you had one enrolled child who wears diapers; however, the child was not present during the visit. Therefore, no diapering routines were observed. Today, I wanted to provide a few reminders to help ensure ongoing compliance as well as information regarding your additional caregiver. During the complaint visit, you explained you’ve had an additional caregiver caring for the children since you’ve been out for personal leave. Records for the additional caregiver were reviewed and found to be in compliance with applicable requirements. As discussed, please continue to ensure that all diapering procedures/recordkeeping are adhering to childcare requirements. Today all children’s files were monitored. Health and safety trainings and the facility’s safe sleep policy were monitored, and requirements were met. Today you reported that you are currently not providing transportation. Today, you completed a copy of the FCCH Operator’s Statements of Responsibility and the Verification of Required Information for Operator and Additional Caregivers Form. You are required to complete nine (9). You have one (1) ongoing training hour that you may carry forward towards next year’s on-going training requirements. Violation Number Comment Rule 2054 Home was not free of lead poisoning hazards as define in G.S. 130A-131.7(7). The operator has not completed requirements for identifying if the home has lead hazards. 10A NCAC 09 .1707(2) 2057 The family child care home was not free of asbestos hazards as defined in G.S. 130A-444(2) and 10A NCAC 09 .0102(5). The operator has not completed requirements for identifying if the home has asbestos hazards. 10A NCAC 09 .1702(2) 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 violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Thursday, June 4, 2026, 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: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 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. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 QRIS Pathway #2-Classroom and Instructional Quality for FCCH You are eligible for this pathway, which allows you to demonstrate quality through smaller groups of children, implementation of curriculum, child-focused planning and training/coaching to support classroom and instructional quality. This includes enrollment restrictions, meeting Family and Community Engagement Standards, completing a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plan, implementing an approved curriculum, and sharing child assessments with families twice a year. Family and Community Engagement: You have completed the Family and Community Engagement Standards Worksheet selecting the applicable items. Items selected must be verifiable. Please document evidence of three (3) additional items you have selected from Communication, Engagement and Leadership, and Educational Opportunity Options. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): You are required to complete a CQI plan for your facility, yourself , and any additional caregivers. The CQI Plan includes the following: Identification of goal(s), necessary resources, supports and actions needed to accomplish the goal(s), documentation of the reason for the goal(s). A review of efforts toward completion of the goal(s) will be conducted annually. Staff Education: As we discussed today, you must submit all of your education transcripts to the Workforce Education Unit to update your current WORKS Status Letter. Education can only be verified through WORKS. Once you have completed all the requirements, reach out to me and we will schedule a rated license assessment visit to renew your facility’s permit. Capacity Increase: Today, you requested information to increase your facility’s capacity. Below are the requirements a family childcare home must meet prior to increasing their capacity. (1) Rooms and areas within a family child care home where occupants receive care shall be on the same level of exit discharge. (2) Rooms and areas within a family child care home where occupants receive care shall be located on the same level with, and within a maximum of 40 feet travel distance to, at least one 2A:10B:C fire extinguisher. (3) A family child care home shall have and maintain a Fire Safety, Evacuation, and Lockdown Plan compliant with Section 404 of the North Carolina Fire Code. (4) A family child care home shall have carbon monoxide alarm and detection systems compliant with Section 915 of the North Carolina Building Code and Section R315 of the North Carolina Residential Code. FCCHs who make a change to their license will need to install an electrically operated carbon monoxide detector in all rooms where children sleep and depending on the layout of the home, an additional carbon monoxide detector may need to be installed near the garage and any space that has gas appliances. This means they must have one in the rooms where children are sleeping and, in any room, including near the garage, that carbon monoxide can be found (ex: rooms with gas log fireplaces, kitchens that use gas stoves, every room if the house is heated with propane) (5) A family childcare home shall have smoke alarms compliant with Section • R907 of the North Carolina Building Code and Section R314 of the North Carolina Residential Code. The childcare rule reads as follows: all homes are equipped with an electrically operated (with battery backup) smoke detector, or one electrically operated, and one battery operated smoke detector located next to each other. FCCH who make a change to their license will need to install an electrically operated smoke detector in all rooms where children sleep and additional smoke alarm (which they may already have based on compliance with childcare rules) in adjacent areas used by children. If you install smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors, this requires an electrician, and the work must be completed under the provisions of a building permit. I will need to see the permit and verify the work completed is inspected prior to issuing a license. After completing these items, contact me to schedule a visit to increase the capacity of your FCCH. Technical Assistance: Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 5, 2022. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint- Enrollment Started/Results Not Ready • Asbestos- Enrollment Started/Results Not Ready Please check the status of your facility’s lead-based paint and asbestos requirements/testing. Use the link below to contact someone at Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: https://www.cleanwaterforuskids.org/en/carolina/contact/ Challenging Behaviors Helpline The Healthy Social Behaviors Project offers coaching for child care providers who would like support managing challenging classroom behaviors. The goal is to empower teachers to create learning environments that promote pro-social skills, like self-control and problem solving. Support is available by phone (888-600-1685. Reminders: Fire Alarm: Although the fire alarm in your kitchen is working, the sound is low. Please change the battery in your fire alarm to ensure it is working to full capacity. Transportation Book: Although you currently are not transporting children, please update the children’s pictures in your transportation book. For the latest information on childcare rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, printed, and signed. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the annual compliance rated license visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. You may also contact my supervisor at kim.sherry@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

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: NEW ADVENTURE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME Facility ID: 25000158 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Family CC Home Case Number: Visit Date: 5/21/2026 Number Present: 3 Completed Date: 5/21/2026 Age: From 1 To 4 Total Minutes: 240 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 01:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Family CC Home Type Of Visit: Annual Comp w/Rated Lic Assess Announced/Unannounced: Announced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance rated license visit. Your family childcare home currently operates with a 4-star license issued June 15, 2023. The facility’s last annual compliance visit was conducted on May 27, 2025. The family child care home’s compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-nine (99%) percent as of May 21, 2026. Restrictions on the permit include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift care, a maximum of five (5) preschool children cared for at any time, and the facility serves no more than two (2) infants under age 1. You, Merry Banks, were present and available for consultation during the visit. Seven (7) children between the ages of one (1) and nine (9) are enrolled and three (3) were present. All spaces used by the children, indoors and outdoors, were monitored. Ms. Banks has a room set up exclusively for childcare. Upon arrival at your facility, you and the children were in the childcare space. The children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included waffle blocks, animals, coloring with crayons, legos, and a large toddler bead activity table. One child wrote their name with crayons, and you interacted with the child through letter recognition. After the free play, you and the children transitioned to the outdoor space. You provided the children with a morning snack at the picnic table in the outdoor space. The snack consisted of cheese crackers, apple juice, and water. While in the outdoor space, the children were riding tractors and tricycles, running, and climbing. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included basketball goals, a small climber with a slide, covered sand box, wagons, push toys, large connect four game, picnic tables, and a shade umbrella. When you and the children transitioned from the outdoor space back into the indoor space, routine diaper changing, toileting, and handwashing procedures were performed. You provided the children with lunch which consisted of pizza, green beans, apples, and milk. Toileting, handwashing, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. Although there are zero (0) infants enrolled, prior safe sleep checks were monitored, and requirements were met. During today’s visit, diaper changing occurred every hour. Previous diaper changing records indicated that children requiring diaper changes occur every 1-1 ½ hours. On April 30, 2026, a complaint investigation was conducted at your facility. The allegations that were investigated and monitored were unconfirmed. However, I wanted follow-up and provide additional clarification regarding information discussed during the complaint visit. The report indicated that no enrolled children were wearing diapers at the time of the visit. To clarify, you had one enrolled child who wears diapers; however, the child was not present during the visit. Therefore, no diapering routines were observed. Today, I wanted to provide a few reminders to help ensure ongoing compliance as well as information regarding your additional caregiver. During the complaint visit, you explained you’ve had an additional caregiver caring for the children since you’ve been out for personal leave. Records for the additional caregiver were reviewed and found to be in compliance with applicable requirements. As discussed, please continue to ensure that all diapering procedures/recordkeeping are adhering to childcare requirements. Today all children’s files were monitored. Health and safety trainings and the facility’s safe sleep policy were monitored, and requirements were met. Today you reported that you are currently not providing transportation. Today, you completed a copy of the FCCH Operator’s Statements of Responsibility and the Verification of Required Information for Operator and Additional Caregivers Form. You are required to complete nine (9). You have one (1) ongoing training hour that you may carry forward towards next year’s on-going training requirements. Violation Number Comment Rule 2054 Home was not free of lead poisoning hazards as define in G.S. 130A-131.7(7). The operator has not completed requirements for identifying if the home has lead hazards. 10A NCAC 09 .1707(2) 2057 The family child care home was not free of asbestos hazards as defined in G.S. 130A-444(2) and 10A NCAC 09 .0102(5). The operator has not completed requirements for identifying if the home has asbestos hazards. 10A NCAC 09 .1702(2) 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 violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Thursday, June 4, 2026, 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: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 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. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 QRIS Pathway #2-Classroom and Instructional Quality for FCCH You are eligible for this pathway, which allows you to demonstrate quality through smaller groups of children, implementation of curriculum, child-focused planning and training/coaching to support classroom and instructional quality. This includes enrollment restrictions, meeting Family and Community Engagement Standards, completing a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Plan, implementing an approved curriculum, and sharing child assessments with families twice a year. Family and Community Engagement: You have completed the Family and Community Engagement Standards Worksheet selecting the applicable items. Items selected must be verifiable. Please document evidence of three (3) additional items you have selected from Communication, Engagement and Leadership, and Educational Opportunity Options. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): You are required to complete a CQI plan for your facility, yourself , and any additional caregivers. The CQI Plan includes the following: Identification of goal(s), necessary resources, supports and actions needed to accomplish the goal(s), documentation of the reason for the goal(s). A review of efforts toward completion of the goal(s) will be conducted annually. Staff Education: As we discussed today, you must submit all of your education transcripts to the Workforce Education Unit to update your current WORKS Status Letter. Education can only be verified through WORKS. Once you have completed all the requirements, reach out to me and we will schedule a rated license assessment visit to renew your facility’s permit. Capacity Increase: Today, you requested information to increase your facility’s capacity. Below are the requirements a family childcare home must meet prior to increasing their capacity. (1) Rooms and areas within a family child care home where occupants receive care shall be on the same level of exit discharge. (2) Rooms and areas within a family child care home where occupants receive care shall be located on the same level with, and within a maximum of 40 feet travel distance to, at least one 2A:10B:C fire extinguisher. (3) A family child care home shall have and maintain a Fire Safety, Evacuation, and Lockdown Plan compliant with Section 404 of the North Carolina Fire Code. (4) A family child care home shall have carbon monoxide alarm and detection systems compliant with Section 915 of the North Carolina Building Code and Section R315 of the North Carolina Residential Code. FCCHs who make a change to their license will need to install an electrically operated carbon monoxide detector in all rooms where children sleep and depending on the layout of the home, an additional carbon monoxide detector may need to be installed near the garage and any space that has gas appliances. This means they must have one in the rooms where children are sleeping and, in any room, including near the garage, that carbon monoxide can be found (ex: rooms with gas log fireplaces, kitchens that use gas stoves, every room if the house is heated with propane) (5) A family childcare home shall have smoke alarms compliant with Section • R907 of the North Carolina Building Code and Section R314 of the North Carolina Residential Code. The childcare rule reads as follows: all homes are equipped with an electrically operated (with battery backup) smoke detector, or one electrically operated, and one battery operated smoke detector located next to each other. FCCH who make a change to their license will need to install an electrically operated smoke detector in all rooms where children sleep and additional smoke alarm (which they may already have based on compliance with childcare rules) in adjacent areas used by children. If you install smoke and/or carbon monoxide detectors, this requires an electrician, and the work must be completed under the provisions of a building permit. I will need to see the permit and verify the work completed is inspected prior to issuing a license. After completing these items, contact me to schedule a visit to increase the capacity of your FCCH. Technical Assistance: Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 5, 2022. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint- Enrollment Started/Results Not Ready • Asbestos- Enrollment Started/Results Not Ready Please check the status of your facility’s lead-based paint and asbestos requirements/testing. Use the link below to contact someone at Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: https://www.cleanwaterforuskids.org/en/carolina/contact/ Challenging Behaviors Helpline The Healthy Social Behaviors Project offers coaching for child care providers who would like support managing challenging classroom behaviors. The goal is to empower teachers to create learning environments that promote pro-social skills, like self-control and problem solving. Support is available by phone (888-600-1685. Reminders: Fire Alarm: Although the fire alarm in your kitchen is working, the sound is low. Please change the battery in your fire alarm to ensure it is working to full capacity. Transportation Book: Although you currently are not transporting children, please update the children’s pictures in your transportation book. For the latest information on childcare rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, printed, and signed. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the annual compliance rated license visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. You may also contact my supervisor at kim.sherry@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

10A NCAC 09.1721 · Violation

Name of Operation: NEW ADVENTURE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME Facility ID: 25000158 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Family CC Home Case Number: Visit Date: 5/27/2025 Number Present: 3 Completed Date: 5/27/2025 Age: From 2 To 4 Total Minutes: 150 Time In: 09:40 AM Time Out: 12:10 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Family CC Home 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. Your family childcare home currently operates with a 4-star license issued June 15, 2023. Due to travel time, I arrived at your facility at 9:40am. The facility’s last annual compliance visit was conducted on June 6, 2024. The family child care home’s compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred (100%) percent as of May 29, 2025. Restrictions on the permit include 1st, 2nd , and 3rd shift care, a maximum of five (5) preschool children cared for at any time, and the facility serves no more than two (2) infants under age one. You, Merry C. Banks, were present and available for consultation during the visit. Six (6) children between the ages of one (1) and eight (8) are enrolled and three (3) were present. All spaces used by the children, indoors and outdoors, were monitored. Ms. Banks has a room set up exclusively for childcare. Upon arrival at your facility, you and the children were in the designated childcare space. The children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included legos, foam blocks, interlocking puzzles, and food in the dramatic play area. You and the children transitioned to the outdoor space which had a variety of gross motor equipment. A see saw, dome climber, basketball goals, and two (2) small climbers, wagons, tricycles, and a variety of balls were available for the children. Other outdoor equipment included a covered sand box, picnic table, and an umbrella for shade. While in the outdoor space, the children were observed running, climbing, and playing on the see saw. Routine toileting and handwashing procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. Today all children’s files were monitored. Health and safety trainings and the facility’s safe sleep policy were monitored, and requirements were met. Currently no infants were enrolled; therefore, safe sleep checks were not monitored. Today, you completed a copy of the FCCH Operator’s Statements of Responsibility and the Verification of Required Information for Operator and Additional Care 2024givers Form. You are required to complete eight (8) ongoing training hours per year, and you have completed two (2). Six (6) ongoing training hours are due on or before June 6, 2025. Please include these training certificates with your compliance letter. Violation Number Comment Rule 910 Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment. One out of six children’s records reviewed did not have a child’s health assessment on file within 30 days of enrollment. GS 110-91(1); 10A NCAC 09.1721(a)(1) 911 Copy of each child's immunization record, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file. One out of six children’s records reviewed did not have an immunization record. GS 110-91(1); .1721(a)(2) 1718 The written plan of care was not given and explained to parents of children in care on or before the first day the child attended the home. Parents did not sign a statement acknowledging the receipt and explanation of the plan. Parents did not give written permission for their child to be transported by the operator for specific routine tasks that are included on the written schedule. The written plan of care was not given and explained to parents of one child on or before the first day the child attended the home. .1712(e )(6) 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 violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Friday, June 6, 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 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: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 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. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: Children Records The health and safety of individual children requires that information regarding each child in care be kept and available when needed. Children's records consist of various documentation such as a child's medical and immunization history, emergency medical care information and parental permission to participate in specific activities. This information is the basis for meeting each child's physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs. Maintaining accurate documentation at the childcare center to determine compliance with the childcare rules and to ensure the health and safety of each child. Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ Deadline Extended! Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ enrollment deadline has been revised statewide, and schools and child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. The lead-based paint and asbestos enrollment surveys must be completed for ALL schools and child care facilities within school districts prior to receiving on-site inspections. Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 5, 2022. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint-Enrollment started but no results available • Asbestos-Enrollment started but no results available As this is a legislatively mandated effort, facilities are required to meet the rules requirements (NC 10A NCAC 41C.1001-1007, NC 154A NCAC 18A.2816). Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ is designed to ensure facilities meet all requirements, receive direct support throughout the participation process, and have access to communication resources. This program is free, covers testing, inspections, and mitigation, and is intended to improve child-occupied facilities across North Carolina. The DCDEE has a new initiative – Natural Outdoor Learning Initiative. Through this initiative, we hope to increase knowledge and confidence for everyone in developing and implementing best practices to support the creation, programming, and safe use of naturalized outdoor spaces in child care facilities. You can learn more by visiting the NLI website, where you will also find many resources, including an updated Toolkit designed to help you enhance your outdoor learning environment. The downloadable NLI Toolkit is available at: https://naturalearning.org/preschool-outdoor-toolkit. Moodle Helpful Hints: 1. When on the Moodle homepage, scroll down past the three-square boxes to find directions to self-register for various training opportunities. 2. If you do not access a training opportunity for 150 days, the training will be suspended. To regain access, email a request to set status to “active” including the name of the training course to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Send any questions about DCDEE Moodle trainings to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Tips for MY NCID Users: Did you know that if you do not login to any DCDEE platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) for a period of 12 months, your account will be archived? An archived account cannot be reinstated. You will need to create a new one and then email all platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) to merge accounts. Pro Tip: Set your calendar to remind you every 6 months to login and out at https://myncid.nc.gov to keep your account activated and it will NOT be archived. Recalls: Fisher-Price, Brunch & Go Stroller Toys: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Fisher-Price-Recalls-Brunch-Go-Stroller-Toys-Due-to-Choking-Hazard?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Fisher-Price, Tissue Box Toy sold with SnugaPuppy Activity Center: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Fisher-Price-Recalls-Tissue-Box-Toy-Sold-with-SnugaPuppy-Activity-Centers-Due-to-Choking-Hazard?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Bebamour Baby Bath Seat: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Baby-Bath-Seats-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-to-Babies-from-Drowning-Hazard-Violation-of-Federal-Regulation-for-Infant-Bath-Seats-Sold-on-Bebamour-com-and-Amazon-com-by-Bebamour?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Costway, Babyjoy Convertible High Chair Activity Center: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Costway-Recalls-Babyjoy-Convertible-High-Chair-Activity-Centers-Due-to-Entrapment-and-Serious-Injury-Hazards-Violation-of-Federal-Regulations-for-High-Chairs-and-Stationary-Activity-Centers?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Reminders: For the latest information on childcare rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary and enrollment were reviewed with you, printed and signed. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. 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

GS 110-91 · Violation

Name of Operation: NEW ADVENTURE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME Facility ID: 25000158 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Family CC Home Case Number: Visit Date: 5/27/2025 Number Present: 3 Completed Date: 5/27/2025 Age: From 2 To 4 Total Minutes: 150 Time In: 09:40 AM Time Out: 12:10 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Family CC Home 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. Your family childcare home currently operates with a 4-star license issued June 15, 2023. Due to travel time, I arrived at your facility at 9:40am. The facility’s last annual compliance visit was conducted on June 6, 2024. The family child care home’s compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred (100%) percent as of May 29, 2025. Restrictions on the permit include 1st, 2nd , and 3rd shift care, a maximum of five (5) preschool children cared for at any time, and the facility serves no more than two (2) infants under age one. You, Merry C. Banks, were present and available for consultation during the visit. Six (6) children between the ages of one (1) and eight (8) are enrolled and three (3) were present. All spaces used by the children, indoors and outdoors, were monitored. Ms. Banks has a room set up exclusively for childcare. Upon arrival at your facility, you and the children were in the designated childcare space. The children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included legos, foam blocks, interlocking puzzles, and food in the dramatic play area. You and the children transitioned to the outdoor space which had a variety of gross motor equipment. A see saw, dome climber, basketball goals, and two (2) small climbers, wagons, tricycles, and a variety of balls were available for the children. Other outdoor equipment included a covered sand box, picnic table, and an umbrella for shade. While in the outdoor space, the children were observed running, climbing, and playing on the see saw. Routine toileting and handwashing procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. Today all children’s files were monitored. Health and safety trainings and the facility’s safe sleep policy were monitored, and requirements were met. Currently no infants were enrolled; therefore, safe sleep checks were not monitored. Today, you completed a copy of the FCCH Operator’s Statements of Responsibility and the Verification of Required Information for Operator and Additional Care 2024givers Form. You are required to complete eight (8) ongoing training hours per year, and you have completed two (2). Six (6) ongoing training hours are due on or before June 6, 2025. Please include these training certificates with your compliance letter. Violation Number Comment Rule 910 Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment. One out of six children’s records reviewed did not have a child’s health assessment on file within 30 days of enrollment. GS 110-91(1); 10A NCAC 09.1721(a)(1) 911 Copy of each child's immunization record, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file. One out of six children’s records reviewed did not have an immunization record. GS 110-91(1); .1721(a)(2) 1718 The written plan of care was not given and explained to parents of children in care on or before the first day the child attended the home. Parents did not sign a statement acknowledging the receipt and explanation of the plan. Parents did not give written permission for their child to be transported by the operator for specific routine tasks that are included on the written schedule. The written plan of care was not given and explained to parents of one child on or before the first day the child attended the home. .1712(e )(6) 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 violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Friday, June 6, 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 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: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 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. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: Children Records The health and safety of individual children requires that information regarding each child in care be kept and available when needed. Children's records consist of various documentation such as a child's medical and immunization history, emergency medical care information and parental permission to participate in specific activities. This information is the basis for meeting each child's physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs. Maintaining accurate documentation at the childcare center to determine compliance with the childcare rules and to ensure the health and safety of each child. Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ Deadline Extended! Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ enrollment deadline has been revised statewide, and schools and child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. The lead-based paint and asbestos enrollment surveys must be completed for ALL schools and child care facilities within school districts prior to receiving on-site inspections. Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 5, 2022. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint-Enrollment started but no results available • Asbestos-Enrollment started but no results available As this is a legislatively mandated effort, facilities are required to meet the rules requirements (NC 10A NCAC 41C.1001-1007, NC 154A NCAC 18A.2816). Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ is designed to ensure facilities meet all requirements, receive direct support throughout the participation process, and have access to communication resources. This program is free, covers testing, inspections, and mitigation, and is intended to improve child-occupied facilities across North Carolina. The DCDEE has a new initiative – Natural Outdoor Learning Initiative. Through this initiative, we hope to increase knowledge and confidence for everyone in developing and implementing best practices to support the creation, programming, and safe use of naturalized outdoor spaces in child care facilities. You can learn more by visiting the NLI website, where you will also find many resources, including an updated Toolkit designed to help you enhance your outdoor learning environment. The downloadable NLI Toolkit is available at: https://naturalearning.org/preschool-outdoor-toolkit. Moodle Helpful Hints: 1. When on the Moodle homepage, scroll down past the three-square boxes to find directions to self-register for various training opportunities. 2. If you do not access a training opportunity for 150 days, the training will be suspended. To regain access, email a request to set status to “active” including the name of the training course to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Send any questions about DCDEE Moodle trainings to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Tips for MY NCID Users: Did you know that if you do not login to any DCDEE platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) for a period of 12 months, your account will be archived? An archived account cannot be reinstated. You will need to create a new one and then email all platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) to merge accounts. Pro Tip: Set your calendar to remind you every 6 months to login and out at https://myncid.nc.gov to keep your account activated and it will NOT be archived. Recalls: Fisher-Price, Brunch & Go Stroller Toys: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Fisher-Price-Recalls-Brunch-Go-Stroller-Toys-Due-to-Choking-Hazard?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Fisher-Price, Tissue Box Toy sold with SnugaPuppy Activity Center: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Fisher-Price-Recalls-Tissue-Box-Toy-Sold-with-SnugaPuppy-Activity-Centers-Due-to-Choking-Hazard?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Bebamour Baby Bath Seat: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Baby-Bath-Seats-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-to-Babies-from-Drowning-Hazard-Violation-of-Federal-Regulation-for-Infant-Bath-Seats-Sold-on-Bebamour-com-and-Amazon-com-by-Bebamour?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Costway, Babyjoy Convertible High Chair Activity Center: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Costway-Recalls-Babyjoy-Convertible-High-Chair-Activity-Centers-Due-to-Entrapment-and-Serious-Injury-Hazards-Violation-of-Federal-Regulations-for-High-Chairs-and-Stationary-Activity-Centers?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Reminders: For the latest information on childcare rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary and enrollment were reviewed with you, printed and signed. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. 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

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: NEW ADVENTURE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME Facility ID: 25000158 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Family CC Home Case Number: Visit Date: 5/27/2025 Number Present: 3 Completed Date: 5/27/2025 Age: From 2 To 4 Total Minutes: 150 Time In: 09:40 AM Time Out: 12:10 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Family CC Home 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. Your family childcare home currently operates with a 4-star license issued June 15, 2023. Due to travel time, I arrived at your facility at 9:40am. The facility’s last annual compliance visit was conducted on June 6, 2024. The family child care home’s compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred (100%) percent as of May 29, 2025. Restrictions on the permit include 1st, 2nd , and 3rd shift care, a maximum of five (5) preschool children cared for at any time, and the facility serves no more than two (2) infants under age one. You, Merry C. Banks, were present and available for consultation during the visit. Six (6) children between the ages of one (1) and eight (8) are enrolled and three (3) were present. All spaces used by the children, indoors and outdoors, were monitored. Ms. Banks has a room set up exclusively for childcare. Upon arrival at your facility, you and the children were in the designated childcare space. The children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included legos, foam blocks, interlocking puzzles, and food in the dramatic play area. You and the children transitioned to the outdoor space which had a variety of gross motor equipment. A see saw, dome climber, basketball goals, and two (2) small climbers, wagons, tricycles, and a variety of balls were available for the children. Other outdoor equipment included a covered sand box, picnic table, and an umbrella for shade. While in the outdoor space, the children were observed running, climbing, and playing on the see saw. Routine toileting and handwashing procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. Today all children’s files were monitored. Health and safety trainings and the facility’s safe sleep policy were monitored, and requirements were met. Currently no infants were enrolled; therefore, safe sleep checks were not monitored. Today, you completed a copy of the FCCH Operator’s Statements of Responsibility and the Verification of Required Information for Operator and Additional Care 2024givers Form. You are required to complete eight (8) ongoing training hours per year, and you have completed two (2). Six (6) ongoing training hours are due on or before June 6, 2025. Please include these training certificates with your compliance letter. Violation Number Comment Rule 910 Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment. One out of six children’s records reviewed did not have a child’s health assessment on file within 30 days of enrollment. GS 110-91(1); 10A NCAC 09.1721(a)(1) 911 Copy of each child's immunization record, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file. One out of six children’s records reviewed did not have an immunization record. GS 110-91(1); .1721(a)(2) 1718 The written plan of care was not given and explained to parents of children in care on or before the first day the child attended the home. Parents did not sign a statement acknowledging the receipt and explanation of the plan. Parents did not give written permission for their child to be transported by the operator for specific routine tasks that are included on the written schedule. The written plan of care was not given and explained to parents of one child on or before the first day the child attended the home. .1712(e )(6) 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 violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Friday, June 6, 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 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: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 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. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: Children Records The health and safety of individual children requires that information regarding each child in care be kept and available when needed. Children's records consist of various documentation such as a child's medical and immunization history, emergency medical care information and parental permission to participate in specific activities. This information is the basis for meeting each child's physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs. Maintaining accurate documentation at the childcare center to determine compliance with the childcare rules and to ensure the health and safety of each child. Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ Deadline Extended! Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ enrollment deadline has been revised statewide, and schools and child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. The lead-based paint and asbestos enrollment surveys must be completed for ALL schools and child care facilities within school districts prior to receiving on-site inspections. Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 5, 2022. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint-Enrollment started but no results available • Asbestos-Enrollment started but no results available As this is a legislatively mandated effort, facilities are required to meet the rules requirements (NC 10A NCAC 41C.1001-1007, NC 154A NCAC 18A.2816). Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ is designed to ensure facilities meet all requirements, receive direct support throughout the participation process, and have access to communication resources. This program is free, covers testing, inspections, and mitigation, and is intended to improve child-occupied facilities across North Carolina. The DCDEE has a new initiative – Natural Outdoor Learning Initiative. Through this initiative, we hope to increase knowledge and confidence for everyone in developing and implementing best practices to support the creation, programming, and safe use of naturalized outdoor spaces in child care facilities. You can learn more by visiting the NLI website, where you will also find many resources, including an updated Toolkit designed to help you enhance your outdoor learning environment. The downloadable NLI Toolkit is available at: https://naturalearning.org/preschool-outdoor-toolkit. Moodle Helpful Hints: 1. When on the Moodle homepage, scroll down past the three-square boxes to find directions to self-register for various training opportunities. 2. If you do not access a training opportunity for 150 days, the training will be suspended. To regain access, email a request to set status to “active” including the name of the training course to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Send any questions about DCDEE Moodle trainings to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Tips for MY NCID Users: Did you know that if you do not login to any DCDEE platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) for a period of 12 months, your account will be archived? An archived account cannot be reinstated. You will need to create a new one and then email all platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) to merge accounts. Pro Tip: Set your calendar to remind you every 6 months to login and out at https://myncid.nc.gov to keep your account activated and it will NOT be archived. Recalls: Fisher-Price, Brunch & Go Stroller Toys: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Fisher-Price-Recalls-Brunch-Go-Stroller-Toys-Due-to-Choking-Hazard?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Fisher-Price, Tissue Box Toy sold with SnugaPuppy Activity Center: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Fisher-Price-Recalls-Tissue-Box-Toy-Sold-with-SnugaPuppy-Activity-Centers-Due-to-Choking-Hazard?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Bebamour Baby Bath Seat: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Baby-Bath-Seats-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-to-Babies-from-Drowning-Hazard-Violation-of-Federal-Regulation-for-Infant-Bath-Seats-Sold-on-Bebamour-com-and-Amazon-com-by-Bebamour?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Costway, Babyjoy Convertible High Chair Activity Center: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025/Costway-Recalls-Babyjoy-Convertible-High-Chair-Activity-Centers-Due-to-Entrapment-and-Serious-Injury-Hazards-Violation-of-Federal-Regulations-for-High-Chairs-and-Stationary-Activity-Centers?utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=20250411 Reminders: For the latest information on childcare rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary and enrollment were reviewed with you, printed and signed. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. 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