Early Visions Academy
A child care center in Gastonia, North Carolina 28054
818 S. Church Street, Gastonia, North Carolina 28054. (704) 813-0036.
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The short answer
- 3 violations in the last three years
- Jul 152026 the latest visit on record
- 50 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?
5 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 15, 2026.
3 violations cited in the last three years, 3 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 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 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.
Dec 17, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child’s file.
“One incident report dated October 28, 2025, was not maintained in the child’s file. The incident report was maintained in a the file with the incident log.”
Oct 16, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas.
“Two staff, with hire dates of October 1, 2025, did not have documentation on file that six clock hours of training in the required topic areas were received within the first two weeks of employment.”
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Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served.
“Children in space #2 were served ham, wheat bread, mozzarella cheese sticks, green beans, clementines, “Cheez Doodles,” and milk for lunch. The menu that was posted in space #2, and dated October 13, 2025 through October 17, 2025, listed the following food items for lunch on October 16, 2025, turkey lunchmeat, wheat bread, tator tots, green beans, and milk.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Four Star Center License since Feb 15, 2026.
- Licensed for 50 children, ages 2 through 5.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 36000652.
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: Early Visions Academy, LLC.
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: 4 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 83 child care providers in Gaston County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 3.
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 |
|---|---|
| First Baptist Church Childcare Ministries | 10 |
| A Toddler Tech University | 22 |
| Toddler Time Child Care Inc. | 8 |
| Sherwood Elementary Prek | 26 |
| Learning Jungle Gastonia | 49 |
| Gaston Learning Academy LLC | 5 |
| Childcare Network #240 | 58 |
| Fair Chance Learning Academy LLC | 13 |
| E Maries Home Childcare Development Center | 0 |
| Early Visions Academy This child care provider | 3 |
| Kindercare Learning Centers LLC | 26 |
| First Wesleyan Day Care | 55 |
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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