NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: LITTLE SWEET POTATOES Facility ID: 19000322 Consultant: BRANDON FRY Operation Type: Family CC Home Case Number: Visit Date: 5/28/2025 Number Present: 7 Completed Date: 5/28/2025 Age: From 0 To 11 Total Minutes: 125 Time In: 10:10 AM Time Out: 12:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Family CC Home Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. Your program currently operates with a five-star license, issued October 27, 2023, earning 7 points in the education component, 7 points in the program standards component meeting minimum requirements , completing self-study and scoring a 6.16 on the FCCERS-R and 1 quality point by restricting infant capacity to no more than two children under one year of age. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred percent as of May 28, 2025. Upon arrival, it was observed that the operator left due to an unplanned absence and left their 19-year-old niece in charge. The operator notified parents of their unplanned absence via text message prior to leaving. The caregiver left in charge, M. Pedrotty, did not have a complete criminal background check on file. It was also discovered during today’s inspection that the criminal background check for C. Pedrotty expired February 12, 2025. A walk-through of the facility was completed today; all indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. I observed children in both the indoor and outdoor learning environments. Children throughout the facility were participating in group time, free play in activity areas, transitions, and personal care routines. Infants were engaged in tummy time, napping, and diapering routines. Sleep checks were monitored during today’s inspection. The caregivers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. Rated license requirements were reviewed to ensure compliance was maintained with the current program and education components as well as the quality point. The following was cited during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 930 Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years from the date of issuance). C. Pedrotty did not complete and submit the required forms for their criminal background check prior to their qualification letter expiring. G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(n) & (o) 1831 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review at the facility. C. Pedrotty did not have a valid qualification letter on file. G.S. 110-90.2 (b) & (d) & .2703(e) .1702(b)(1) 1847 A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The operator has not updated their roster in the ABCMS Provider Portal. G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) 2006 Individuals who provide care during unplanned absences of the operator, such as medical emergencies, were not 18 years old, and have not submitted criminal background checks forms as required in Rule .2703. The operator left left during and unplanned absence and left an individual (M. Pedrotty) in charge that did not have a completed criminal background check with the division. .1729(d) 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 June 11, 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: Brandon Fry, Child Care Consultant, 80 Blake Blvd, PO Box 4441, Pinehurst, NC 28374, brandon.fry@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: Carla Pedrotty, Operator, Little Sweet Potatoes, ID # 19000322 Technical assistance: We discussed the importance of renewing your background check and having someone on call that has a completed criminal background check to use for emergencies. As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119. No action is needed on your part if you have completed the reference training and are currently using the ABCMS Provider Portal to update information regarding new hires or residents. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS 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 (919) 814-8601 and someone will assist you. For the latest information on child care 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 printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. Contact me at Brandon Fry, Child Care Consultant, 80 Blake Blvd, PO Box 4441, Pinehurst, NC 28374, brandon.fry@dhhs.nc.gov if you have questions. 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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