Hearth Record

Greenhouse Preschool

A child care center in Greenville, North Carolina 27858

1342 Rouse Road, Greenville, North Carolina 27858. (252) 355-2404.

North Carolina’s own record, on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Every month

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 Sep 9, 2026.

9 violations cited in the last three years, 9 of them marked corrected.

Source:

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 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

8 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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
Source:

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.

Source:

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 22, 2025: unannounced2 violations
  • Children were not adequately supervised at all times.

    “One staff exited space #1, leaving three infant children unattended as she opened the lobby door.”

    Rule Children were not adequately supervised at all times.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Dec 31, 2025. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

  • Discipline was not appropriate for the child’s age and development.

    “On December 12, 2025, in space #4, a child two years of age, was separated from the group by being placed in the outdoor environment for three minutes, in thirty-six (36) degree weather without a coat.”

    Rule Discipline was not appropriate for the child's age and development.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Dec 31, 2025. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

Apr 2, 2025: unannounced1 violation
  • All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet.

    “One bottle of Great Value Fabric Freshener and one bottle of L.A. Awesome Glass Cleaner was stored in an unlocked cabinet, above five feet, in space #5.”

    Rule All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet.. Corrected during the inspection.

Sep 4, 2024: unannounced1 violation
  • All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet.

    “In space #1, one can of Febreze air freshener in a cabinet above five feet, where the key was in the lock. In space #3 there was one can of Febreze air freshener, one can of Glade air freshener, and one bottle of Great Value Glass Cleaner in a cabinet, where the key was in the lock.”

    Rule All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet.. Corrected during the inspection.

Apr 17, 2024: unannounced4 violations
  • A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child’s parent or authorized health professional.

    “In space #7, eight tubes of chapstick had authorizations that expired on 4/1/24.”

    Rule A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 22, 2024. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

  • A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date.

    “One tube of Hello Hello with an expiration date of 2/2024 was located in space #4. One tube of Walgreens 50 SPF sunscreen with an expiration date of 12/2023, was located in space #5.”

    Rule A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 22, 2024. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

  • Children were not adequately supervised at all times.

    “Seven children, one year of age, transisitoned to the outdoor play with one staff member.”

    Rule Children were not adequately supervised at all times.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 22, 2024. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

  • Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete.

    “The last documented shelter-in-place drill was dated 12/27/23.”

    Rule Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete.. Corrected during the inspection.

Nov 13, 2023: unannounced1 violation
  • A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date.

    “One bottle of Blue Lizard Sunscreen with an expiration date of 10/2023 was located space #4. One tube of Up & Up Diaper Rash Cream with an expiration date of 10/2023 was located in space #5.”

    Rule A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Nov 16, 2023. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 10 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 9, 2026Announced visitNo violations cited
Mar 18, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Dec 31, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Dec 22, 2025Unannounced visit2 violations cited
Oct 30, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 2, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Sep 4, 2024Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Apr 22, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 17, 2024Unannounced visit4 violations cited
Nov 13, 2023Unannounced visit1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, holding a Four Star Center License since Dec 16, 2019.
  • Licensed for 135 children, ages 0 through 12.
  • Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
  • North Carolina’s licence number: 74000143.
Source:

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.
Source:

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: Stepping Stones, Inc..
Source:

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.
Source:

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 99 child care providers in Pitt County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 14; this one had 9.
Source:

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.

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

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.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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