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Home › NC › Red Springs › Peterson Early Childhood Program
102 Phillips AVE, Red Springs NC 28372 · License #78000252 · Child Care Center
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G.S. 110-90 · Violation
Name of Operation: PETERSON EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM Facility ID: 78000252 Consultant: NAKITA BELLAMY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 9/16/2025 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 9/16/2025 Age: From 4 To 4 Total Minutes: 225 Time In: 09:15 AM Time Out: 01:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance visit. Tarsha Patterson, Lead Teacher assisted me with the visit. The program operated with a five star license, issued January 27, 2017, earning seven points for education, seven points for program standards, and one quality point for complying with an education option. License restrictions include daytime care only, no children under three years old, and meeting all enhanced requirements and reduced ratios minus one. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on September 14, 2024. The sanitation inspection was completed February 18, 2025, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted on March 17, 2025, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. You visited each indoor and outdoor space with me. Children were observed during outdoor free play activities. Teachers observed interacting with children while they played. Age-appropriate materials and equipment were accessible to children. Children were also observed during personal care routines, lunch, and transition to teacher lead activities. Children were adequately supervised. Lunch consisted of hamburger, buns, uncrustable peanut better & jelly, spiral fries, green beans, 100% fruit juice, and milk. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1044 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 for the date of issuance). Tommy Freeman, Administrator did not complete and submit required forms to completed a criminal background check prior to the expiration of the pervious qualification letter on file. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. Tommy Freeman, Administrator did not have a current qualification on file or available for review. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) 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. On or before September 30, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is 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: Nakita Bellamy Child Care Consultant 2201 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-2201 Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Reminder There was no qualification letter for Mr. Tommy B Freedom on file or available for review. Mr. Freedom must submit a current qualification letter to Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, within 15 days (October 1, 2025). If no qualification letter is on file by the end of the 15th day, Mr. Freedom cannot be counted in ratio or provide supervision. 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 Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, (910) 651-0362, Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, (910) 709-4160, Janet.Edwards@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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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
NC GS 110-90 · Violation
Name of Operation: PETERSON EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM Facility ID: 78000252 Consultant: NAKITA BELLAMY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 9/16/2025 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 9/16/2025 Age: From 4 To 4 Total Minutes: 225 Time In: 09:15 AM Time Out: 01:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance visit. Tarsha Patterson, Lead Teacher assisted me with the visit. The program operated with a five star license, issued January 27, 2017, earning seven points for education, seven points for program standards, and one quality point for complying with an education option. License restrictions include daytime care only, no children under three years old, and meeting all enhanced requirements and reduced ratios minus one. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on September 14, 2024. The sanitation inspection was completed February 18, 2025, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted on March 17, 2025, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. You visited each indoor and outdoor space with me. Children were observed during outdoor free play activities. Teachers observed interacting with children while they played. Age-appropriate materials and equipment were accessible to children. Children were also observed during personal care routines, lunch, and transition to teacher lead activities. Children were adequately supervised. Lunch consisted of hamburger, buns, uncrustable peanut better & jelly, spiral fries, green beans, 100% fruit juice, and milk. The following violations were observed during today’s visit. Violation Number Comment Rule 1044 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 for the date of issuance). Tommy Freeman, Administrator did not complete and submit required forms to completed a criminal background check prior to the expiration of the pervious qualification letter on file. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) 1757 A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. Tommy Freeman, Administrator did not have a current qualification on file or available for review. G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) 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. On or before September 30, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is 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: Nakita Bellamy Child Care Consultant 2201 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-2201 Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Reminder There was no qualification letter for Mr. Tommy B Freedom on file or available for review. Mr. Freedom must submit a current qualification letter to Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, within 15 days (October 1, 2025). If no qualification letter is on file by the end of the 15th day, Mr. Freedom cannot be counted in ratio or provide supervision. 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 Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, (910) 651-0362, Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, (910) 709-4160, Janet.Edwards@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
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
10A NCAC 09 .0604 · Violation
Name of Operation: PETERSON EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM Facility ID: 78000252 Consultant: NAKITA BELLAMY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 10/10/2023 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 10/10/2023 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 150 Time In: 08:30 AM Time Out: 11:00 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance a rated license visit. Tarsha Patterson, Lead Teacher assisted me with the visit. The program operated with a five-star license, issued January 27, 2017, earning seven points for education, seven points form program, and one quality point for complying with an education option. License restrictions include daytime care only, no children under 3 years old, and meeting all enhanced requirements and reduced ratios minus one. The last annual compliance visit was conducted October 24, 2022. The sanitation inspection was completed January 30, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted February 22, 2023, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. You visited each indoor and outdoor space with me. Children enrolled in space were observed children during fire truck experience with fire personal and free play activities. Teachers were observed interacting with children while they played. Age-appropriate materials and equipment were accessible to the children. Children were adequately supervised. Violation Number Comment Rule 813 Electric fans were not mounted out of reach or did not have a mesh guard to prevent access. One electric fan did not have a mesh guard and was not out of reach of children. 10A NCAC 09 .0604(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 October 24,2023, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, 3059 N Main St Ste 19 PMB#62, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Nakita.Bellamyl@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Reminder: You have requested to have the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale conducted. You can also visit NCRLAP.org for additional information and clarifications to help you prepare for the assessment. 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 Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, (910) 651-0362, Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, (910) 709-4160, Janet.Edwards@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
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
NC GS 110-90 · Violation
Name of Operation: PETERSON EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM Facility ID: 78000252 Consultant: NAKITA BELLAMY Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 10/10/2023 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 10/10/2023 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 150 Time In: 08:30 AM Time Out: 11:00 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s unannounced visit was to monitor compliance with applicable child care requirements for an annual compliance a rated license visit. Tarsha Patterson, Lead Teacher assisted me with the visit. The program operated with a five-star license, issued January 27, 2017, earning seven points for education, seven points form program, and one quality point for complying with an education option. License restrictions include daytime care only, no children under 3 years old, and meeting all enhanced requirements and reduced ratios minus one. The last annual compliance visit was conducted October 24, 2022. The sanitation inspection was completed January 30, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted February 22, 2023, and your facility was approved for daytime care only. You visited each indoor and outdoor space with me. Children enrolled in space were observed children during fire truck experience with fire personal and free play activities. Teachers were observed interacting with children while they played. Age-appropriate materials and equipment were accessible to the children. Children were adequately supervised. Violation Number Comment Rule 813 Electric fans were not mounted out of reach or did not have a mesh guard to prevent access. One electric fan did not have a mesh guard and was not out of reach of children. 10A NCAC 09 .0604(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 October 24,2023, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, 3059 N Main St Ste 19 PMB#62, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Nakita.Bellamyl@dhhs.nc.gov If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Reminder: You have requested to have the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale conducted. You can also visit NCRLAP.org for additional information and clarifications to help you prepare for the assessment. 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 Nakita Bellamy, Child Care Consultant, (910) 651-0362, Nakita.Bellamy@dhhs.nc.gov or Janet Edwards, Licensing Supervisor, (910) 709-4160, Janet.Edwards@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
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.