Tom A. Finch Community YMCA School Age Program
A child care center in Thomasville, North Carolina 27360
1010 Mendenhall Street, Thomasville, North Carolina 27360. (336) 475-8380.
- administrative action in the last three years
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The short answer
- 18 violations in the last three years
- Jul 162026 the latest visit on record
- 318 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?
10 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 16, 2026.
18 violations cited in the last three years, 18 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
18 violations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
Jul 16, 2026: unannounced2 violations
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“All vehicles used to transport children were not free of hazards. **Seats in two vehicles were observed ripped, which allowed the contents of the insides of the seats to be exposed**”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“The EPR Plan did not include the date of the last revision of the plan. **Information observed in the EPR plan did not include all required updated information including some contact information was outdate.**”
Jan 6, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. ** On the upper-level playground one of the climbing structures has a section in which the ropes on the climber is disconnected. The connector that should be appended to the ropes is missing causing a breach in a “4-area” sections of the rope.”
Jul 30, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“All vehicles used to transport children were not free of hazards. **Seats on two of the vehicles used to transport children for field trips had seats which had ripped areas with accessible foam.** The administrator and a staff member immediately took action to correct and repair the seats on the buses during the visit.**”
Jun 26, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements.
“The last playground inspection was conducted on April 4, 2025.”
Dec 5, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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All vehicles used to transport children were not free of hazards.
“One of the 15-Passenger vans/buses had several ripped seats with exposed foam/interior.**”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“The materials and equipment indoors and outdoors were not sufficient to provide a variety of play experiences to promote the children’s emotional and social development, health and physical development, approaches to play and learning, language and communication development, and cognitive development. **There are not sufficient amount of blocks available for student to simultaneously construct three large structures.**”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. **The climbing structure located on the top-far left playground did not maintain adequate depth and width of surfacing base on critical height.**”
Jul 8, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children.
“Staff members were not aware a five-year-old child was left unsupervised in a center vehicle on 6/26/24 for approximately 30 minutes which created an unsafe environment and placed the child at significant risk of harm.”
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Children were left in a vehicle unattended by an adult.
“Children were left in a vehicle unattended by an adult. Staff left a five-year-old child unattended on a bus after after it was parked and staff exited the vehicle.”
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Staff did not use the list of participating children to check attendance when leaving the center, periodically when the children were involved in the activity, before leaving the activity to return to the center, and/or upon return to the center.
“On 6/26/24, staff members failed to document children’s arrival and departure from a vehicle, during an offsite trip.”
Jun 18, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child.
“This was observed in room 1-A.”
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Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible.
“In the dramatic play area there is a door off the hinge on a toy cabinet. Further, in the music area in this same classroom there is a broken tambourine.”
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The materials and equipment indoors and outdoors were not sufficient to provide a variety of play experiences to promote the children’s emotional and social development, health and physical development, approaches to play and learning, language and communication development, and cognitive development.
“There were an insufficient amount a toys and experiences appropriate for the school-age children in this group.”
Dec 19, 2023: unannounced4 violations
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Documentation of staff’s education, training, and experience was not on file.
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Surfacing did not extend six (6) feet beyond the external limits of the equipment or 3 feet for equipment used only by children less than 2 years of age.
“Surfacing did not extend six-feet, beyond the stationary equipment.”
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Vehicles used to transport children enrolled in the child care center did not comply with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations.
“The registration decals on two vehicles had expired tags. Buses with tag numbers KHY-4342 and KHY-4343 stickers show an expiration date of 7/2023.”
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When equipment on the outdoor learning environment met one of the exceptions outlined in .0605(m)(1-4), the protective surfacing did not meet the specifications in rule.
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Jul 16, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Unannounced visit | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Aug 14, 2025.
- Licensed for 318 children, ages 4 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 29000588.
- Restriction: Other - Meets all enhanced requirements and reduced ratios. Stairwell closest to gym can only be used by school aged children.
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 issued one or more administrative actions for this facility in the past three years; North Carolina’s page doesn’t say what they were, and shows one only after its 30-day appeal period.
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: Tom A. Finch Community YMCA.
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 64 child care providers in Davidson County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9.5; this one had 18.
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 |
|---|---|
| Bethany Stepping Stones | 5 |
| Thomasville Head Start | 6 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College Child Dev. Center | 22 |
| Tom A. Finch Community YMCA School Age Program This child care provider | 18 |
| Thomasville Primary Preschool | 9 |
| Pilot Preschool | 7 |
| Fair Grove Preschool | 5 |
| Little Hands | 17 |
| Kids Only | 27 |
| Honey Bunch Kids | 19 |
| Kiddie Kasa in Home Learning Center | 5 |
| A New Hope for All Aftercare LLC | 22 |
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.
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