Tumblin Toddler

A family child care home in Mills River, North Carolina 28759

685 Cardinal Rd, Mills River, North Carolina 28759. (828) 290-3747.

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The short answer

2 violations in the last three years
Mar 172026 the latest visit on record
8 children, its licensed capacity

The last 24 months 2 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. 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.

On this record

Who runs it

Family Child Care Home.
Four Star Family CC Home License since Jul 3, 2018.
Licensed capacity: 8 children.
Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Sutton, Jennifer L..

Licence number 45000155

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.

Where it comes from

Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violationsNorth Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), checked Oct 21, 2026

Every source, in full

What did inspectors find?

5 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Mar 17, 2026.

2 violations cited in the last three years, 2 of them marked corrected.

When those violations happened

2 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

2 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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2026	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov

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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

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.

Mar 21, 2025: unannounced1 violation

Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years from the date of issuance).

“Jennifer and Charles Sutton’s criminal background qualification letters expired 2/18/25. The valid criminal background letters on file are dated 2/21/25.”

Rule Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years from the date of issuance).. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Mar 21, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

May 10, 2024: unannounced1 violation

Infant feeding plans did not include the required information, including but not limited to the type and amount of milk, formula and food, and the frequency of feedings, and/or was not available for reference.

“One child’s (W.M.)feeding plan did not have the parent’s signature.”

Rule Infant feeding plans did not include the required information, including but not limited to the type and amount of milk, formula and food, and the frequency of feedings, and/or was not available for reference.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: May 20, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 5 visits on record

Visits on record
Date	Visit	What the record says
Mar 17, 2026	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Oct 3, 2025	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Mar 21, 2025	Unannounced visit	1 violation cited
May 10, 2024	Unannounced visit	1 violation cited
Nov 28, 2023	Unannounced visit	No violations cited

Is it licensed?

Family Child Care Home, holding a Four Star Family CC Home License since Jul 3, 2018.
Licensed for 8 children, ages 0 through 12.
Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
North Carolina’s licence number: 45000155.
Restriction: Other - Serves no more than two infants under age one.

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.

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: Sutton, Jennifer L..

How is it rated?

Star Rated License: 4 stars of five.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 53 child care providers in Henderson County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 2.

11 of the 53 in Henderson County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Violations cited in the last three years
Mills River Psam - Pspm - Plus	10
Glenn Marlow Psam-Pspm-Plus	5
Tumblin Toddler This child care provider	2
Pisgah Cradle	6
Mills River Christian Academy	5
Upward Psam-Pspm-Plus	3
Dana Psam-Pspm-Plus	0
Hendersonville Psam-Pspm-Plus	9
Edneyville Psam-Pspm-Plus	0
Wncsource Sugar Hill Children’s Center	11
Hillandale Elementary Psam-Pspm-Plus	14
Alice’s Playground Center	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

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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Replies

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