A Sensational Start
A family child care home in Roxboro, North Carolina 27574
1446 Lawson Chapel Church Road, Roxboro, North Carolina 27574. (336) 330-0229.
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The short answer
- 14 violations in the last three years
- Jul 212026 the latest visit on record
- 8 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?
10 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 21, 2026.
14 violations cited in the last three years, 14 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
14 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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.
Jul 21, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. **Documentation of current fire and lockdown/shelter-in-place drills, playground inspections for March, April, and May and the updated EPR plan were not available for Division Representative review.”
Aug 12, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division. **Documentation of the July play area checks was not recorded. **”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Record of monthly fire drills, giving the date, time of day and length of time to evacuate, and operator’s signature, were not available. **Documentation of the July fire drill was not recorded.**”
Feb 13, 2025: unannounced5 violations
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All records required shall be available during operating hours, for review by a representative of the Division.
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Copy of each child’s health assessment, including the operator’s own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment.
“Two children’s file did not have the physical examination part was not filled out.”
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Copy of each child’s immunization record, including the operator’s own preschool child(ren), was not on file.
“At least one child did not have a immunization record.”
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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.
“The shaken baby policy was not given to parent and or signed prior to employment.”
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The operator did not develop an Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan within four months of completing the Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care training and/or the Plan was not completed on the template provided by the Division.
“The operator did not have the plan printed out.”
Jul 29, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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Bacteriological analysis indicating the water is free of bacteria had not been performed on a sample of water from each well used for the children’s water supply every two years.
“Results were not kept on file in the home. The current well water test expired on 5/17/23, instead of 5/17/24.”
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Documentation of the operator’s Emergency Preparedness and Response plan was not completed and/or maintained on the template provided by the Division of Emergency Management.
“This was not completed in the timeframe of 6/22/24.”
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Operator did not complete Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within the required time frame.
“This was not completed within the required timeframe of 5/22/24.”
Apr 22, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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Application was not on file for each enrolled child, including his/her own preschool child(ren) who are not school-age.
“This was not available for review for one child currently enrolled in care.”
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Copy of each child’s health assessment, including the operator’s own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment.
“This was not available for review for one child currently enrolled in care.”
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Operator did not develop and adopt a written plan of care for completing routine tasks to ensure routine tasks did not interfere with the care of children during hours of operation.
“This was not available for review for one child currently enrolled in care.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 12, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 5 violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Child Care Home, holding a Four Star Family CC Home License since Aug 23, 2024.
- Licensed for 8 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 73000252.
- Restriction: Other - Serves no more than two infants under age one.
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: Betts, Charlotte.
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: 4 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 37 child care providers in Person County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 14.
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.
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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.
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