Kay’s Family Child Care

A family child care home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909

1206 Jessica Street, Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909. (252) 377-3581.

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The last 24 months 6 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. Every month

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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.
Three Star Family CC Home License since Jun 19, 2026.
Licensed capacity: 10 children.
Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Gary, Karina.

Licence number 70000352

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

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What did inspectors find?

7 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Nov 2, 2026.

6 violations cited in the last three years, 6 of them marked corrected.

When those violations happened

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

6 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023												Dec
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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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.

Apr 23, 2026: unannounced1 violation

All indoor and outdoor areas used by the children were not kept clean, orderly, and free of items which are potentially hazardous to children including removal of items a child can swallow; the removal of loose nails or screws and splinters on inside; and use of outdoor equipment that is too hot to touch.

“The red cooler near the shed and a table within the fenced play area has exposed areas of rust due to peeling paint.”

Rule All indoor and outdoor areas used by the children were not kept clean, orderly, and free of items which are potentially hazardous to children including removal of items a child can swallow; the removal of loose nails or screws and splinters on inside; and use of outdoor equipment that is too hot to touch.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 23, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Feb 6, 2026: unannounced5 violations

Application was not on file for each enrolled child, including his/her own preschool child(ren) who are not school-age.

“Enrollment applications were not available for two out of two children in enrolled.”

Rule Application was not on file for each enrolled child, including his/her own preschool child(ren) who are not school-age.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 12, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.
Copy of each child’s health assessment, including the operator’s own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment.

“A health assessment was not available for one out of two children enrolled.”

Rule Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 12, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.
Operator did not provide a copy of the shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy to parents at time of enrollment, and / or within fourteen days of a changes to the policy.

“Documentation of the receipt of the shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy was not available for two out of two children enrolled.”

Rule Operator did not provide a copy of the shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy to parents at time of enrollment, and / or within fourteen days of a changes to the policy.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 12, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.
Signed and dated statement which attests that a copy of the discipline policy was given to and discussed with a parent/guardian of each child prior to enrollment was not on file in the home.

“A signed and date statement which attests that a copy of the discipline policy was not on file for two out of two children enrolled.”

Rule Signed and dated statement which attests that a copy of the discipline policy was given to and discussed with a parent/guardian of each child prior to enrollment was not on file in the home.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 12, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.
Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child’s parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file.

“Documentation of the receipt of the summary of law was not on file for two out of two children enrolled.”

Rule Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child's parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 12, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 7 visits on record

Visits on record
Date	Visit	What the record says
Nov 2, 2026	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Jul 8, 2026	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Apr 23, 2026	Unannounced visit	1 violation cited
Feb 6, 2026	Unannounced visit	5 violations cited
Jan 22, 2026	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Nov 20, 2025	Announced visit	No violations cited
Sep 3, 2025	Announced visit	No violations cited

Is it licensed?

Family Child Care Home, holding a Three Star Family CC Home License since Jun 19, 2026.
Licensed for 10 children, ages 1 through 7.
Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
North Carolina’s licence number: 70000352.

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: Gary, Karina.

How is it rated?

Star Rated License: 3 stars of five.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 27 child care providers in Pasquotank County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 17; this one had 6.

12 of the 27 in Pasquotank County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Violations cited in the last three years
Kay’s Family Child Care This child care provider	6
Eic Pasquotank/Camden Head Start Center	16
Young Ones Day Care	34
Jump ‘n’ Jack	15
Beverly’s Childcare Services	9
E.i.c. Pasquotank Lois Johnson Center	11
Stepping Stones Day Care	16
Luv & Joy Childcare	19
Just Girls Hearts of the Albemarle	17
Edu Care Learning Center, Inc.	24
Grace Montessori Academy, Inc.	17
Brandy Ferrell’s Child Care	15
Bright Beginnings Academy Inc. I	19

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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