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Foundations Early Learning Center #238

A child care center in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina 28673

7821 Bradley Long Drive, Sherrills Ford, North Carolina 28673. (828) 201-2374.

North Carolina’s own record, on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 12 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Every month

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?

6 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jun 16, 2026.

12 violations cited in the last three years, 12 of them marked corrected.

Source:

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

12 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

12 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

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.

Jan 6, 2026: unannounced1 violation
  • The written feeding plan did not include the child’s name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center.

    “In the Infant 1 classroom two (2) infant feeding plans that did not contain the parent’s signature and the date received by the center.”

    Rule The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jan 13, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Apr 24, 2025: unannounced1 violation
  • The prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy did not have the required information.

    “Two (2) staff members with the hire dates 2/22/23 and 2/6/23 did not have the date listed on the form that the Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy was given and explained to them.”

    Rule The prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy did not have the required information.. Corrected during the inspection.

Jan 21, 2025: unannounced4 violations
  • All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair.

    “The walls in classroom spaces #6, 4, 3 and 1 have chipped and peeling paint.”

    Rule All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 24, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance.

    “Attendance records in classroom spaces #3 and 4 were not current.”

    Rule Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member’s individual personnel file.

    “The personnel file for one staff member with a hire date of 2/6/2024 had medical information stored in it.”

    Rule Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • Parent’s medication authorization did not include required information.

    “In space #7 there was 1 over the counter hydrocortisone cream that did not have a permission to administer form that provides standing orders to administer the medication for up to 12 months on file.”

    Rule Parent's medication authorization did not include required information.. Corrected during the inspection.

Feb 1, 2024: unannounced6 violations
  • A child’s file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information.

    “The Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy’s for 2 children did not list the child’s date of enrollment on the form.”

    Rule A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference.

    “The activity plan in the pre-k classroom was dated 1/22-26/2024.”

    Rule A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child’s parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted.

    “In the infant classroom 1 and classroom 2 infant feeding plans for 12 children were not posted.”

    Rule An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child's parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance.

    “3 children in the infant 1 classroom were not documented on the attendance record.”

    Rule Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • Parent’s medication authorization did not include required information.

    “In the step up 2 classroom 1 emergency medication permission to administer form did not contain all of the required information such as dosage amount, route of administering and if there were any special instructions.”

    Rule Parent's medication authorization did not include required information.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • 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.

    “Two teachers with hire dates of 10/9/23 and 1/22/24 had not completed The Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy prior to caring for children.”

    Rule 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.. Corrected during the inspection.

All 6 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 16, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jan 6, 2026Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Apr 24, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Jan 21, 2025Unannounced visit4 violations cited
Jun 20, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Feb 1, 2024Unannounced visit6 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Oct 23, 2022.
  • Licensed for 180 children, ages 0 through 12.
  • Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
  • North Carolina’s licence number: 18000594.
Source:

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.
Source:

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: The Sunshine House, Inc. N.C..
Source:

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.
Source:

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 87 child care providers in Catawba County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 12.
Source:

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.

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

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.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.

From the provider

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How to read a record

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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