10A NCAC 09 .3208 · Violation

Name of Operation: For Kids Only Early Learning Center Facility ID: 10000319 Consultant: JENNIFER GARNER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/4/2026 Number Present: 144 Completed Date: 6/4/2026 Age: From 0 To 11 Total Minutes: 360 Time In: 08:30 AM Time Out: 02:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Temp Time Period Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today's visit was to monitor compliance with applicable child care requirements pertinent to a first temporary time period visit. This program currently operates with a Temporary License issued May 1, 2026 through November 1, 2026. Restrictions on the permit include a first shift capacity of 252 children aged 0 to 12 years old. According to the North Carolina Secretary of State website today, your corporation For Kids Only Learning Center is current and active. The information on record with DCDEE was verified as correct by Administrator H. Coley. As this is a change of ownership a new building, fire and inspections must be completed prior to the expiration of your Temporary License. Failure to obtain the required approved inspections prior to November 1, 2026, may result in administrative action against your license. I strongly encourage you to request your inspections within the next two months in the event there are any unknown items of non-compliance that must be addressed. H. Coley, Administrator, was present. I explained the purpose of the visit and requested H. Coley accompany me as I conduct a walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces. The menu posted and lunch served today was vegetable beef soup, diced carrots, cheese toast and milk. Today all spaces were measured. A space calculation worksheet was complete and a copy provided for you today. The facility had the following items posted/located in a prominent place in the center for parents and available for me to review: the Temporary License, Safe Arrival and Departure Procedure, fire drill log, emergency medical care plan and the Summary of the NC Child Care Law. Eleven (11) indoor spaces and three (3) outdoor spaces are approved for use by children. Space three (3) is currently used by a private therapy agency and not used for care. In spaces for infants and toddlers, materials are kept in identifiable grouping including books, blocks, dolls, pretend play materials, musical toys, sensory toys and fine motor toys. An open area that allows freedom of movement was available, both indoors and outdoors, for infants and for toddlers; as well as hands-on experiences. Two infants were sleeping in cribs; safe sleep documentation was not current. One infant was being held for a bottle feeding, one infant was in a bouncy seat and other infants were on the floor with a caregiver playing with various age-appropriate toys. Toddlers were observed outside on the fenced in playground. They were climbing, sliding, playing ball and playing in the activity area. Staff moved about the space actively engaged in play with the children. Preschool aged children were observed during group time in their classrooms and outside on the fenced in playground. During group time children were listening to a story and singing. Outside children were dancing, swinging, cooking in dramatic play, climbing, sliding, running, playing in the sandbox and playing ball. School age children were in space 9A were panting, coloring surfboards, building with small blocks, and working on puzzles. School age children enrolled in space 9B were outside playing on an obstacle course they created, playing ball and cooking in the “house”. Spaces for preschool and school age children are arranged into activity areas to include but are not limited to art, blocks, dramatic play, music, cozy, science, manipulatives, writing and language. A variety of age-appropriate learning materials were accessible in each activity area. Staff were observed actively engaged in play with children and attending to children I a nurturing and caring manner. The Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website reflected the following information about your center’s required three-year water testing, lead paint testing, and asbestos testing: Three-year Water Testing was completed November 27, 2023. The Lead Paint Testing and Asbestos Testing section reflected the application process was completed March 8, 2024 and May 1, 2024; no further action is needed. Staff records, children’s records, and required center program records were monitored today. The most current outdoor inspection checklist was completed May 13, 2026. A. The last fire drill was completed on May 7, 2026. The following violation was observed: Violation Number Comment Rule 887 Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. Two infants safe sleep checks were not documented between 9:24 am and 10:02 am. .0606(g) 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. The violation observed and documented today may impact the compliance history score. The violation observed and documented today must be corrected immediately. Additionally, by 5:00 p.m. on June 12, 2026, you must submit a written, dated, and signed statement to me. The statement must describe accurately and in detail, how and when the violations were corrected. If the letter states that corrections have been made when they have not, 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: Jennifer Garner, Child Care Consultant PO Box 2234 Shallotte, NC 28459 910-824-1447 If you email the compliance letter to me, Jennifer.j.garner@dhhs.nc.gov, 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 The compliance history is based on violations that are cited during visits to your facility. If you have an acceptable compliance history at the end of your temporary license you will be eligible to apply for a star rated license. Failure to maintain an acceptable compliance history may result in the issuance of administrative action up to and including denial of a full license at the end of the temporary time period. Technical Assistance Specific to Today’s Visit: Safe Sleep: The frequency of visual checks should be included in your Safe Sleep Policy and followed. Visual checks must be documented every 15 minutes. Consider using a timer to ensure visual checks are completed and documented within the required timeframe. Various sample sleeping charts are available to you on the DCDEE website, under the “provider documents” tab. Safe sleep checks must be kept for each child and kept on file for a minimum of one month. Rated License Assessment: The facility has chosen to apply for a 2-5 star rated license via Pathway 2: Classroom and Instructional Quality. Today I provided TA and consultation regarding the Family and Community Engagement Standards CQI, and Professional Development Plans. 1) Application for Assessment for a Rated License for Centers will be received by July 31, 2026. 2) Staff/Child Ratio or Space Option: The program agrees to follow enhanced ratios as outlined in 10A NCAC 09 .3208. Today I verified that the facility is currently developmental day ratios as outlined in 10A NCAC 09 .2902 and is meeting enhanced space. 3) Staff Education Standards: Fifty percent (50%) of lead teachers and fifty percent (50%) of other educators must meet the desired star education standards. Ensure all staff education is accurately reflected in WORKS. Each staff’s WORKS letter must be submitted along with your completed Staff Information and Education worksheet. 4) Family and Community Engagement Standards: A copy of the Family and Community Engagement Standards was reviewed. The facility must meet the foundational practices and identified number additional options based on their desired star level. 5) Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Professional Development (PD) Plan: Annual Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI/PD) plans for administrators and staff members with caregiving responsibilities will be on file. The Facility will also have an annual CQI Plan. The plans will detail how to carry out, complete, and maintain the documented Programmatic goal to improve the consistency and quality of daily experiences for all children. 6) Curriculum: You have selected the Creative Curriculum, 4th edition. The Creative Curriculum activities frequently use guided play. In guided play, a child pursues his/her interests within a caregiver-supported situation that reflects a program’s goals for learning. A caregiver provides materials of interest to a child and gently offers comments or actions that can broaden or deepen a child’s explorations. Experts view guided play as a middle ground between direct instruction and open-ended free play. Research indicates that guided play is more effective than free play in supporting goals for a child’s learning. The administrator shall participate in one of the following activities regarding classroom and instructional quality practices: (C) annual completion of 0.5 continuing education unit, in addition to applicable requirements in Rule .1103 of this Chapter and Rules .3211, .3212, .3213, .3214, .3215, .3216 and .3218 of this Section. All lead teachers shall participate in one of the following activities regarding classroom and instructional quality practices: (C) annual completion of 0.5 continuing education unit, in addition to applicable requirements in Rule .1103 of this Chapter and Rules .3211, .3212, .3213, .3214, .3215, .3216 and .3218 of this Section. 7) Formative assessment: We discussed the importance of using the formative assessment to inform your activity planning. You chose to use the Teaching Strategies Gold formative assessment. Teaching Strategies Gold is used to observe and rate their skills and knowledge in key developmental domains such as Social and Emotional Development, Language and Literacy Development, and Cognition. Educators use the developmental assessments to understand each child's current development, inform instruction, improve programs, and report on program outcomes at the state and federal levels. The assessment is based on ongoing, authentic observations of children in their natural daily routines and activities. I suggest sharing the websites of the curriculum and the formative assessment with your families. They can complete observations at home and partner with you when you share your ongoing assessment with them annually. Please keep the child’s assessment with anecdotal observations in an easily accessible file. I recommend you focus on a few each week. When you know what you’re looking for, you will become more purposeful with your observations of the children as they grow. As a reminder, the facility must transition to a 3-5 Star Rated License to continue to be eligible to receive subsidized care at the completion of your six (6) month temporary time period. Stay up to date with the Division of Child Development and Early Education by visiting www.ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. This website enables you to view the entire Law and Child Care Requirements for North Carolina as well as download required forms. Click on the “What’s New” tab for important updates impacting child care in North Carolina. At the completion of the visit, this summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. If you have any questions, please contact me, at 910-824-1147/ jennifer.j.garner@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Kim Sherry at 910-824-0470/ 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

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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: For Kids Only Early Learning Center Facility ID: 10000319 Consultant: JENNIFER GARNER Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 6/4/2026 Number Present: 144 Completed Date: 6/4/2026 Age: From 0 To 11 Total Minutes: 360 Time In: 08:30 AM Time Out: 02:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Temp Time Period Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today's visit was to monitor compliance with applicable child care requirements pertinent to a first temporary time period visit. This program currently operates with a Temporary License issued May 1, 2026 through November 1, 2026. Restrictions on the permit include a first shift capacity of 252 children aged 0 to 12 years old. According to the North Carolina Secretary of State website today, your corporation For Kids Only Learning Center is current and active. The information on record with DCDEE was verified as correct by Administrator H. Coley. As this is a change of ownership a new building, fire and inspections must be completed prior to the expiration of your Temporary License. Failure to obtain the required approved inspections prior to November 1, 2026, may result in administrative action against your license. I strongly encourage you to request your inspections within the next two months in the event there are any unknown items of non-compliance that must be addressed. H. Coley, Administrator, was present. I explained the purpose of the visit and requested H. Coley accompany me as I conduct a walk-through of the indoor and outdoor spaces. The menu posted and lunch served today was vegetable beef soup, diced carrots, cheese toast and milk. Today all spaces were measured. A space calculation worksheet was complete and a copy provided for you today. The facility had the following items posted/located in a prominent place in the center for parents and available for me to review: the Temporary License, Safe Arrival and Departure Procedure, fire drill log, emergency medical care plan and the Summary of the NC Child Care Law. Eleven (11) indoor spaces and three (3) outdoor spaces are approved for use by children. Space three (3) is currently used by a private therapy agency and not used for care. In spaces for infants and toddlers, materials are kept in identifiable grouping including books, blocks, dolls, pretend play materials, musical toys, sensory toys and fine motor toys. An open area that allows freedom of movement was available, both indoors and outdoors, for infants and for toddlers; as well as hands-on experiences. Two infants were sleeping in cribs; safe sleep documentation was not current. One infant was being held for a bottle feeding, one infant was in a bouncy seat and other infants were on the floor with a caregiver playing with various age-appropriate toys. Toddlers were observed outside on the fenced in playground. They were climbing, sliding, playing ball and playing in the activity area. Staff moved about the space actively engaged in play with the children. Preschool aged children were observed during group time in their classrooms and outside on the fenced in playground. During group time children were listening to a story and singing. Outside children were dancing, swinging, cooking in dramatic play, climbing, sliding, running, playing in the sandbox and playing ball. School age children were in space 9A were panting, coloring surfboards, building with small blocks, and working on puzzles. School age children enrolled in space 9B were outside playing on an obstacle course they created, playing ball and cooking in the “house”. Spaces for preschool and school age children are arranged into activity areas to include but are not limited to art, blocks, dramatic play, music, cozy, science, manipulatives, writing and language. A variety of age-appropriate learning materials were accessible in each activity area. Staff were observed actively engaged in play with children and attending to children I a nurturing and caring manner. The Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website reflected the following information about your center’s required three-year water testing, lead paint testing, and asbestos testing: Three-year Water Testing was completed November 27, 2023. The Lead Paint Testing and Asbestos Testing section reflected the application process was completed March 8, 2024 and May 1, 2024; no further action is needed. Staff records, children’s records, and required center program records were monitored today. The most current outdoor inspection checklist was completed May 13, 2026. A. The last fire drill was completed on May 7, 2026. The following violation was observed: Violation Number Comment Rule 887 Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. Two infants safe sleep checks were not documented between 9:24 am and 10:02 am. .0606(g) 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. The violation observed and documented today may impact the compliance history score. The violation observed and documented today must be corrected immediately. Additionally, by 5:00 p.m. on June 12, 2026, you must submit a written, dated, and signed statement to me. The statement must describe accurately and in detail, how and when the violations were corrected. If the letter states that corrections have been made when they have not, 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: Jennifer Garner, Child Care Consultant PO Box 2234 Shallotte, NC 28459 910-824-1447 If you email the compliance letter to me, Jennifer.j.garner@dhhs.nc.gov, 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 The compliance history is based on violations that are cited during visits to your facility. If you have an acceptable compliance history at the end of your temporary license you will be eligible to apply for a star rated license. Failure to maintain an acceptable compliance history may result in the issuance of administrative action up to and including denial of a full license at the end of the temporary time period. Technical Assistance Specific to Today’s Visit: Safe Sleep: The frequency of visual checks should be included in your Safe Sleep Policy and followed. Visual checks must be documented every 15 minutes. Consider using a timer to ensure visual checks are completed and documented within the required timeframe. Various sample sleeping charts are available to you on the DCDEE website, under the “provider documents” tab. Safe sleep checks must be kept for each child and kept on file for a minimum of one month. Rated License Assessment: The facility has chosen to apply for a 2-5 star rated license via Pathway 2: Classroom and Instructional Quality. Today I provided TA and consultation regarding the Family and Community Engagement Standards CQI, and Professional Development Plans. 1) Application for Assessment for a Rated License for Centers will be received by July 31, 2026. 2) Staff/Child Ratio or Space Option: The program agrees to follow enhanced ratios as outlined in 10A NCAC 09 .3208. Today I verified that the facility is currently developmental day ratios as outlined in 10A NCAC 09 .2902 and is meeting enhanced space. 3) Staff Education Standards: Fifty percent (50%) of lead teachers and fifty percent (50%) of other educators must meet the desired star education standards. Ensure all staff education is accurately reflected in WORKS. Each staff’s WORKS letter must be submitted along with your completed Staff Information and Education worksheet. 4) Family and Community Engagement Standards: A copy of the Family and Community Engagement Standards was reviewed. The facility must meet the foundational practices and identified number additional options based on their desired star level. 5) Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Professional Development (PD) Plan: Annual Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI/PD) plans for administrators and staff members with caregiving responsibilities will be on file. The Facility will also have an annual CQI Plan. The plans will detail how to carry out, complete, and maintain the documented Programmatic goal to improve the consistency and quality of daily experiences for all children. 6) Curriculum: You have selected the Creative Curriculum, 4th edition. The Creative Curriculum activities frequently use guided play. In guided play, a child pursues his/her interests within a caregiver-supported situation that reflects a program’s goals for learning. A caregiver provides materials of interest to a child and gently offers comments or actions that can broaden or deepen a child’s explorations. Experts view guided play as a middle ground between direct instruction and open-ended free play. Research indicates that guided play is more effective than free play in supporting goals for a child’s learning. The administrator shall participate in one of the following activities regarding classroom and instructional quality practices: (C) annual completion of 0.5 continuing education unit, in addition to applicable requirements in Rule .1103 of this Chapter and Rules .3211, .3212, .3213, .3214, .3215, .3216 and .3218 of this Section. All lead teachers shall participate in one of the following activities regarding classroom and instructional quality practices: (C) annual completion of 0.5 continuing education unit, in addition to applicable requirements in Rule .1103 of this Chapter and Rules .3211, .3212, .3213, .3214, .3215, .3216 and .3218 of this Section. 7) Formative assessment: We discussed the importance of using the formative assessment to inform your activity planning. You chose to use the Teaching Strategies Gold formative assessment. Teaching Strategies Gold is used to observe and rate their skills and knowledge in key developmental domains such as Social and Emotional Development, Language and Literacy Development, and Cognition. Educators use the developmental assessments to understand each child's current development, inform instruction, improve programs, and report on program outcomes at the state and federal levels. The assessment is based on ongoing, authentic observations of children in their natural daily routines and activities. I suggest sharing the websites of the curriculum and the formative assessment with your families. They can complete observations at home and partner with you when you share your ongoing assessment with them annually. Please keep the child’s assessment with anecdotal observations in an easily accessible file. I recommend you focus on a few each week. When you know what you’re looking for, you will become more purposeful with your observations of the children as they grow. As a reminder, the facility must transition to a 3-5 Star Rated License to continue to be eligible to receive subsidized care at the completion of your six (6) month temporary time period. Stay up to date with the Division of Child Development and Early Education by visiting www.ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. This website enables you to view the entire Law and Child Care Requirements for North Carolina as well as download required forms. Click on the “What’s New” tab for important updates impacting child care in North Carolina. At the completion of the visit, this summary was printed, reviewed, and a copy was left with you. If you have any questions, please contact me, at 910-824-1147/ jennifer.j.garner@dhhs.nc.gov or my supervisor, Kim Sherry at 910-824-0470/ 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

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.