Pam’s Child Development Center, LLC
A child care center in Sylva, North Carolina 28779
5 Mitchell Road, Sylva, North Carolina 28779. (828) 631-0540.
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The short answer
- 8 violations in the last three years
- Dec 152025 the latest visit on record
- 75 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?
11 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Dec 15, 2025.
8 violations cited in the last three years, 8 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
8 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. 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.
Dec 15, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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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. The child care operator has not notified the Division of the staff that are hired at the child care facility, as well as the legal operator.”
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Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child’s first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child.
“Four (4) child files did not have updated emergency care information annually. Refer to the children’s worksheet.”
May 24, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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Children were not adequately supervised at all times.
The inspectors’ words, 196 words
“As I entered the classroom for children one year of age there were six (6) one year olds sitting at the two (2) tables eating lunch. Three (3) children were sitting at the table closest to the door and three (3) children at the table pushed up to the wall. There was one (1) teacher in the classroom, and she was observed putting out children’s cots. In the classroom for two-through-three-year-olds there were sixteen (16) children with two (2) teachers. Children were observed eating lunch. One (1) teacher was observed standing by the table near the door and could see the children eating at the table directly in front of her and children that were facing towards her. The other teacher was observed putting out cots. There were several children sitting table at the table near the sink and at the table near the diaper changing table that were sitting with their back turned towards the teacher that was standing and she could not see them. Because teachers in both classrooms were involved in other activities and not positioned where all children could be seen and heard while eating, adequate supervision was not provided during meals.”
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Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care.
“During my walk through of the classrooms it was noted that in the classroom for children ages two-through-three year of age there was a bottle of diet mountain dew sitting on a high shelf.”
Jan 26, 2024: unannounced4 violations
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Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years.
“Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. After review of the staff and training worksheet it was noted that a floater that works in the infant room had not completed the required ITS-SIDS training.”
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Children were not adequately supervised at all times.
“In the classroom for children aged one year of age children were observed sitting at the table eating while the two teachers were observed at the food cart with their backs turned towards the children fixing plates and children’s milk cups. In the classroom for children two years of age three teachers were observed putting out mats, assisting children at the sink, helping children to their cots and involved in other activities turning their backs to the children that were still at the tables eating.”
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Parent’s medication authorization did not include required information.
“In the classroom for children under one year of age there was a tube of diapering cream without parent’s medication authorization. In the classroom for children one year of age there was a container of diapering cream without parent’s medication authorization.”
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Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional.
“In the classroom for children under one year of age there was a tube of prescribed diapering cream not stored in the original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| May 24, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Feb 5, 2026.
- Licensed for 75 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 50000109.
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: Pam’s Child Development Center, 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: 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 16 child care providers in Jackson County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 14; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Fairview Head Start | 3 |
| Patty’s House | 1 |
| The Fairview Kids’ Place | 8 |
| Kidz Playhouse | 15 |
| Pam’s Child Development Center, LLC This child care provider | 8 |
| Fairview School Pre-K | 16 |
| Scotts Creek School Preschool | 24 |
| Kneedler Child Development Center | 3 |
| Cullowhee Valley Elementary | 24 |
| Cullowhee Valley School Pre-K | 22 |
| First Steps Preschool | 19 |
| Hampton Preschool and Early Learning Center | 13 |
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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