J & B Child Care Center
A child care center in Garysburg, North Carolina 27831
242 Reid Road, Garysburg, North Carolina 27831. (252) 536-5100.
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The short answer
- 13 violations in the last three years
- Apr 22026 the latest visit on record
- 56 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?
7 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Apr 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 Apr 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.
Apr 2, 2026: unannounced2 violations
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A copy of the Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not given to or explained to parents of newly enrolled children up to five years of age on or before the first day the child receives care at the center.
“Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy was not on file for A. Kelly-Smith.”
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A violation was found for which there is no item number.
“The facility’s EPR plan was not accessed and reviewed annually and/or when changes occurred.”
Dec 17, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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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.
“New staff, B. Pierce did not have a staff health questionnaire on record for review.”
May 6, 2025: unannounced5 violations
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A child’s file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information.
“S. Norfleet had no signed and dated documentation of receipt of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy”
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A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to a parent of every child enrolled in the center.
“M. Taylor and S. Norfleet did not have a signed and dated statement by the parent acknowledging the receipt of Summary of the Law on record for review.”
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Each employee’s personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan.
“K. Buffaloe and T. Jones did not have an annual staff development plan nor annual staff evaluation on record for review. The last dated documentation expired 4/1/2025.”
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Operational policies were not discussed with parents on or before the child’s first day and/or they were not notified in writing of all changes.
“S. Norfleet had no documentation of receipt and discussion of the operational policies”
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The operator did not notify the parent of each child enrolled in writing of the smoking and tobacco restriction.
“S. Norfleet had no notification of smoking and tobacco policy, on file for review by consultant.”
Dec 11, 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. Annual fire inspection was completed 8/21/2024, however it was not submitted to DCDEE within a week of the inspection.”
Jun 11, 2024: unannounced4 violations
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Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually.
“Emergency information form was not on file for review for A. Thorne”
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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.
“Health questionnaire was not on file for review for A. Thorne”
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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.
“Health and safety trainings expired on 3/15/2022 for C. Richardson. Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment expired 3/13/2024”
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Signed and dated statement by parent that discipline policy received and explained at enrollment was not in child’s file.
“The signed and dated discipline policy was not on file for T. Squire.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| May 6, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 5 violations cited |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 4 violations cited |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Dec 29, 2023 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Three Star Center License since Jun 1, 2018.
- Licensed for 56 children, ages 1 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 66000012.
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: Kidd, Dorothy B..
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: 3 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 14 child care providers in Northampton County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8.5; 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 |
|---|---|
| J & B Child Care Center This child care provider | 13 |
| Woodland Head Start | 15 |
| Reid’s Family Child Care Center | 0 |
| Little Eagles Preschool | 7 |
| Tinee’s World Childcare | 4 |
| Gaston Elementary Pre-Kindergarten Center | 12 |
| Central Elementary School | 17 |
| A&j Kiddieland Child Care Center | 18 |
| Creative Minds Learning Academy | 4 |
| Kipp Enc Childcare | 6 |
| N-JOY Childcare | 5 |
| Lizzy’s Educational Center | 11 |
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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