Salem Elementary YMCA Childcare
A child care center in Morganton, North Carolina 28655
1329 Salem Rd, Morganton, North Carolina 28655. (828) 437-8461.
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The short answer
- 4 violations in the last three years
- Oct 12026 the latest visit on record
- 100 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
9 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Oct 1, 2026.
4 violations cited in the last three years, 4 of them marked corrected.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
3 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each violation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 19, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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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. An employee, with a hire date of 12/30/25, was not listed in the ABCMS system for the program.”
Sep 25, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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A child was handled in a rough way, including shaking, pushing, shoving, pinching, slapping, biting, kicking, or spanking.
The inspectors’ words, 95 words
“A group leader went over to a child, spoke harshly to the child, took hold of the child’s arm and forcefully led the child down the steps from the stage to the gym floor. The group leader continued to lead the child forcefully across the gym, holding the child by the arm. The child dropped to his knees. The group leader continued walking, dragging the child with her for several steps. She picked the child up from behind and took the child to the bleachers, where she sat the child down in a rough manner.”
Jun 12, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Emergency and identifying information, including the child’s name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported.
“The emergency information book, used during field trips did not have photographs of the enrolled children with the emergency and identifying information.”
Nov 16, 2023: unannounced1 violation
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The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment.
“One staff employed on 6/26/23 did not complete the training until 10/3/23. The date was past the 90 day requirement.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 3, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Feb 17, 2022.
- Licensed for 100 children, ages 5 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 12000439.
- Restriction: Other - Playground area does not meet child care playground safety standards.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Has North Carolina acted against it?
- DCDEE says it has taken no action against this facility, for its current licence and location, in the last three years.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- North Carolina’s page gives a staff-to-child ratio policy as the provider reports it, unverified by DCDEE, so it isn’t shown.
Who owns it?
- Owner, as North Carolina lists it: YMCA of Catawba Valley Inc..
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
How is it rated?
- Star Rated License: 5 stars of five.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 40 child care providers in Burke County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5.5; this one had 4.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Salem Elementary YMCA Childcare This child care provider | 4 |
| Quaker Meadows Generations | 5 |
| Creative Beginnings, LLC | 6 |
| Giggles N’ Grins Child Care and Learning Center | 3 |
| Miss Sheila’s | 0 |
| W A Young Pre-K/More at Four | 0 |
| Hillcrest Pre-K | 5 |
| Glen Alpine Pre-K | 5 |
| Drexel Primary Pre-Kindergarten | 12 |
| Mull Elementary Pre-K | 0 |
| Salem Elementary Pre-K | 0 |
| Forest Hill Pre-K | 3 |
| Morganton Day School | 4 |
What the record doesn’t say
- North Carolina doesn’t show a visit summary tied to an open child maltreatment investigation while the case is active, and shows an administrative action only after its 30-day appeal period, without saying what it was.
- DCDEE’s descriptions of violations are shown in its own words; a description that names or may name a person isn’t shown. Visit summaries, the consultants’ full reports, aren’t read.
- North Carolina’s page lists the provider’s own features (transport, ratios) as furnished by the provider and unverified by DCDEE, so they aren’t shown.
Sources
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations.
Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily. nc.gov terms: copying and distribution for non-commercial use, without alteration, citing the source. Shown free and never sold; DCDEE’s own words are quoted.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). North Carolina’s own record is on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.
From the provider
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