NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: LIL'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 63000097 Consultant: TURKESHIA MCCORMICK Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 12/1/2025 Number Present: 4 Completed Date: 12/1/2025 Age: From 0 To 1 Total Minutes: 115 Time In: 09:40 AM Time Out: 11:35 AM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center 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. This program operates with a three (3) star license, issued September 1, 2017, earning four (4) points for education, two (2) points for program and one (1) for quality point for complying with the education option. License restrictions include daytime and overnight, capacity of 12 on each shift, meets enhanced space. The owner/administrator, Lilia Purington, assisted me with the visit. The last annual compliance visit was conducted on May 15, 2025. The facility’s sanitation and fire inspections are current and up to date. The program’s compliance history was ninety-seven (97) percent as on 11/30/2025 and was reviewed with the administrator. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. A walk-through of the facility was completed today, and all indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. I observed children in the indoor learning environments and found supervision and staff/child ratios to be in compliance. Children throughout the facility were participating in free play in activity areas, personal care routines such as handwashing and toileting and transitions. The caregivers were interacting and meeting the developmental needs for each of the children. Two infants enrolled were observed actively participating in free play. Rated license requirements were reviewed to ensure compliance was maintained with current program and education components as well as the quality point. Breakfast consisted of whole wheat cereal, whole wheat pancakes, pears, carrots and milk. The following violations were cited during today’s visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 451 For children under three years of age, an open area that allows freedom of movement was not available, both indoors or outdoors. Upon my arrival, there were four (4) play pens in the area used by the children that restricted their movement to freely move. .0510(e)(4) 860 Balloons were accessible to children. Four (4) balloons that were full of air where in the children's play area. .0604(q) 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. Operator was not able to show documentation for the entire month of November for two infants ages nine (9) and eleven (11) months. .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. Any violation(s) documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation(s) documented must be corrected immediately. On or before December 15, 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: Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, PO Box 411, Lillington NC 27546. 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 was offered on utilizing your storage area for your play pens in order to have more space in the space used by the children. When the playpens are kept in the main space used by the children through out the day, it can make accessible areas to the children seem in accessible. It also does not leave them very much room to move around the space freely. Technical assistance was also provided on ensuring that balloons are not available or accessible to the children. Ballons are considered a choking hazard for small children. Other alternatives to balloons could be playing with bubbles or pinwheels with teacher direction As a reminder, children under three are not allowed screentime. It would be best practice for you since all of your current children enrolled are one and under, to remove the TV from the area used for care. During this visit we discussed the QRIS Modernization Pathways to the Stars. Mrs. Purington has decided to follow the option #2 Program Assessment for Child Care Centers and Centers Located in a Residence (CLIAR). This pathway includes the following: • Enhanced Ratio(required) and/or Enhanced Space (optional) • 50% of all Lead Teachers and 50% other educators meet 5 Star Education Standards • Family and Community Engagement Foundational Practices AND 2-4 additional choices (depending on the star rating level) • CQI Plan for Facility and Individuals • Approved curriculum and assessments (if applicable to the star rating level), and coaching/training options for administrators and lead teachers (if applicable to the star rating level). • Mrs. Purington and her staff will also begin working on the self-assessment study and develop goals to work towards as well as submit the most recent transcripts to WORKS for evaluation. Mrs. Purington will also work on the CQI plan for both the center and staff and documenting family and community engagement standard practices that the facility already practice. Both she and the staff were given information and website links to the QRIS modernization page as well as NCRLAP to further assist with this current process. If you have any questions please contact me. The following are those links listed above: https://ncrlap.org/ https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Provider/Licensing/Star-Rated-License/QRIS-Modernization https://ncrlap.org/Resources/. 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 Mrs. Purington. Contact me at Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, 910-308-0895, Turkeshia.mccormick@dhhs.nc. 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 .0514 · Violation

Name of Operation: LIL'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 63000097 Consultant: TURKESHIA MCCORMICK Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/15/2025 Number Present: 7 Completed Date: 5/15/2025 Age: From 0 To 3 Total Minutes: 160 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 12:10 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center 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. Lilia Purington, administrator/owner, assisted me with the visit. This program operates with a three (3) star license, issued September 1, 2017, earning four (4) points for education, two (2) points for program and one (1) for quality point for complying with the education option. License restrictions include daytime and overnight, capacity of 12 on each shift, meets enhanced space. The last annual compliance visit was conducted June 20, 2024. The last sanitation inspection was conducted on September 18, 2004, earning a superior rating. The last fire inspection was conducted on November 5, 2024. The program’s compliance history was one hundred (100) percent as of 5/14/20254. I visited each indoor and outdoor space. Children enrolled were observed during teacher directed activities, free play, watching television, routines such as diapering, toileting and handwashing and outdoor play. The following violations were cited during the visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 451 For children under three years of age, an open area that allows freedom of movement was not available, both indoors or outdoors. Seven (7) play pens were placed throughout the space used by all of the children who ranged in ages from five (5) months to 3 years of age and did not allow for free movement. .0510(e)(4) 544 Screen time was offered to children under three years of age. Upon my arrival, seven (7) children ranging in ages from to five (5) months to 3 years of age were watching a children's program on tv. .0510(f) 871 Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. A pillow was placed in a playpen that had a five (5) month old in it. 10A NCAC 09 .0606(a) 1232 Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Two employees did not have annual staff evaluations or development plans on file. 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) 1874 The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. One new staff member hire on 4/22/2025 did not have the signed statement on file. .0608(d)(1-4) 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 May 30, 2025(an extra day given due to the upcoming Holiday), 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: Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, PO Box 411, Lillington NC 27546. 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 was offered on the following areas: Screen time for children under three is not allowed in childcare. Studies have shown that excessive screentime for children under the age of three can negatively impact a child’s development. It can lead to issues with language, attention, social skills, and emotional well being. It can also affect sleep, vision and physical health. All children enrolled need to have open space that allows them to freely move through out the class. When you place materials or items such as playpens, within the interest areas or the areas that the children use and it does not have an intended purpose at that time, you prohibit or send the message to the children that that area or space is not available for use. If it is not nap or rest time, put the play pens up until it is time for their use. 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 Mrs. Purington. Contact me at Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, 910-308-0895, Turkeshia.mccormick@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: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.

10A NCAC 09 .0606 · Violation

Name of Operation: LIL'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 63000097 Consultant: TURKESHIA MCCORMICK Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/15/2025 Number Present: 7 Completed Date: 5/15/2025 Age: From 0 To 3 Total Minutes: 160 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 12:10 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center 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. Lilia Purington, administrator/owner, assisted me with the visit. This program operates with a three (3) star license, issued September 1, 2017, earning four (4) points for education, two (2) points for program and one (1) for quality point for complying with the education option. License restrictions include daytime and overnight, capacity of 12 on each shift, meets enhanced space. The last annual compliance visit was conducted June 20, 2024. The last sanitation inspection was conducted on September 18, 2004, earning a superior rating. The last fire inspection was conducted on November 5, 2024. The program’s compliance history was one hundred (100) percent as of 5/14/20254. I visited each indoor and outdoor space. Children enrolled were observed during teacher directed activities, free play, watching television, routines such as diapering, toileting and handwashing and outdoor play. The following violations were cited during the visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 451 For children under three years of age, an open area that allows freedom of movement was not available, both indoors or outdoors. Seven (7) play pens were placed throughout the space used by all of the children who ranged in ages from five (5) months to 3 years of age and did not allow for free movement. .0510(e)(4) 544 Screen time was offered to children under three years of age. Upon my arrival, seven (7) children ranging in ages from to five (5) months to 3 years of age were watching a children's program on tv. .0510(f) 871 Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. A pillow was placed in a playpen that had a five (5) month old in it. 10A NCAC 09 .0606(a) 1232 Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Two employees did not have annual staff evaluations or development plans on file. 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) 1874 The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. One new staff member hire on 4/22/2025 did not have the signed statement on file. .0608(d)(1-4) 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 May 30, 2025(an extra day given due to the upcoming Holiday), 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: Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, PO Box 411, Lillington NC 27546. 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 was offered on the following areas: Screen time for children under three is not allowed in childcare. Studies have shown that excessive screentime for children under the age of three can negatively impact a child’s development. It can lead to issues with language, attention, social skills, and emotional well being. It can also affect sleep, vision and physical health. All children enrolled need to have open space that allows them to freely move through out the class. When you place materials or items such as playpens, within the interest areas or the areas that the children use and it does not have an intended purpose at that time, you prohibit or send the message to the children that that area or space is not available for use. If it is not nap or rest time, put the play pens up until it is time for their use. 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 Mrs. Purington. Contact me at Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, 910-308-0895, Turkeshia.mccormick@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

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: LIL'S CHILD CARE CENTER Facility ID: 63000097 Consultant: TURKESHIA MCCORMICK Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/15/2025 Number Present: 7 Completed Date: 5/15/2025 Age: From 0 To 3 Total Minutes: 160 Time In: 09:30 AM Time Out: 12:10 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center 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. Lilia Purington, administrator/owner, assisted me with the visit. This program operates with a three (3) star license, issued September 1, 2017, earning four (4) points for education, two (2) points for program and one (1) for quality point for complying with the education option. License restrictions include daytime and overnight, capacity of 12 on each shift, meets enhanced space. The last annual compliance visit was conducted June 20, 2024. The last sanitation inspection was conducted on September 18, 2004, earning a superior rating. The last fire inspection was conducted on November 5, 2024. The program’s compliance history was one hundred (100) percent as of 5/14/20254. I visited each indoor and outdoor space. Children enrolled were observed during teacher directed activities, free play, watching television, routines such as diapering, toileting and handwashing and outdoor play. The following violations were cited during the visit: Violation Number Comment Rule 451 For children under three years of age, an open area that allows freedom of movement was not available, both indoors or outdoors. Seven (7) play pens were placed throughout the space used by all of the children who ranged in ages from five (5) months to 3 years of age and did not allow for free movement. .0510(e)(4) 544 Screen time was offered to children under three years of age. Upon my arrival, seven (7) children ranging in ages from to five (5) months to 3 years of age were watching a children's program on tv. .0510(f) 871 Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. A pillow was placed in a playpen that had a five (5) month old in it. 10A NCAC 09 .0606(a) 1232 Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Two employees did not have annual staff evaluations or development plans on file. 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) 1874 The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. One new staff member hire on 4/22/2025 did not have the signed statement on file. .0608(d)(1-4) 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 May 30, 2025(an extra day given due to the upcoming Holiday), 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: Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, PO Box 411, Lillington NC 27546. 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 was offered on the following areas: Screen time for children under three is not allowed in childcare. Studies have shown that excessive screentime for children under the age of three can negatively impact a child’s development. It can lead to issues with language, attention, social skills, and emotional well being. It can also affect sleep, vision and physical health. All children enrolled need to have open space that allows them to freely move through out the class. When you place materials or items such as playpens, within the interest areas or the areas that the children use and it does not have an intended purpose at that time, you prohibit or send the message to the children that that area or space is not available for use. If it is not nap or rest time, put the play pens up until it is time for their use. 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 Mrs. Purington. Contact me at Turkeshia McCormick, Child Care Consultant, 910-308-0895, Turkeshia.mccormick@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