Sonlight Child Care Center
A child care center in West End, North Carolina 27376
7027 Hwy 211, West End, North Carolina 27376. (910) 215-5522.
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The short answer
- 13 violations in the last three years
- Jun 22026 the latest visit on record
- 50 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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?
7 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jun 2, 2026.
13 violations cited in the last three years, 13 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
13 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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.
Jun 2, 2026: unannounced7 violations
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Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months.
“A medical report was not on file for one staff member.”
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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.
“Heath information was not kept separate for at least one staff member.”
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Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete.
“The last fire drill documented was on 4/15/26.”
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Meals/snacks did not comply with the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs.
“Breakfast consisted of cereal and milk.”
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Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection.
“Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The last fire inspection on file is dated 5/15/25.”
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Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete.
“The last shelter-in-place or lockdown drill documented was on 2/11/26.”
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Staff/child ratios applicable to a classroom, were not posted in each classroom.
“In space #1, documentation was not on file.”
Nov 19, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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All staff did not review the center’s EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff.
“Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. Four staff did not complete the annual review of the EPR plan.”
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Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics.
“One staff person had not completed the health and safety training since the initial completion in 2017.”
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The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised.
“Four staff had not completed the EMC plan review on an annual basis.”
Nov 26, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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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.
“One child did not have updated emergency medical care information updated annually. The last update was August 2023.”
Sep 18, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Children were not adequately supervised at all times.
“On September 5, 2024, a three-year-old child was injured by another child during outdoor play. The cause of the injury was not observed by staff.”
Jun 21, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection.
“Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The last fire inspection was completed on May 1, 2024. However, the operator submitted it to me today, June 21, 2024.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 7 violations cited |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a GS 110-106 since Dec 16, 2014.
- Capacity: 50 children, ages 1 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 63000398.
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: Sonlight Independent Church, Inc..
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?
- North Carolina’s licence for this facility is not star-rated: GS 110-106.
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 60 child care providers in Moore County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 13.
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 |
|---|---|
| West End Elementary Preschool | 1 |
| Luv - A - Kid Montessori Learning Center | 10 |
| Shining Stars Child Development Center, Inc. | 3 |
| Sonlight Child Care Center This child care provider | 13 |
| Christ Way Deliverance Preschool | 8 |
| Ds Angels Learning Center LLC | 18 |
| Oasis Kidz | 10 |
| Helen Cole’s Child Care | 6 |
| Lee’s Early Learning Center | 32 |
| Little Miracles Day Care Center | 6 |
| Lil’s Child Care Center | 9 |
| Nette’s Fun Care Small Day Care Home | 2 |
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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