Miss Tammy’s Little Learning Center-Tryon
A child care center in Tryon, North Carolina 28782
25 School Street, Tryon, North Carolina 28782. (828) 820-5997.
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The short answer
- 5 violations in the last three years
- Oct 192026 the latest visit on record
- 99 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?
8 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Oct 19, 2026.
5 violations cited in the last three years, 5 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
5 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 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.
May 19, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Potential biocontaminants were not stored properly (locked storage, removed from premises, inaccessible to children, or covered plastic lined receptacle).
“In space #1, one bag containing clothes soiled with urine was observed in one child’s cubby. The soiled clothes were accessible to seven children, ranging from two years of age to three years of age.”
Feb 18, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child’s parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted.
“(omit posting for centers located in a residence) In space #2, one child, fourteen months of age, did not have a posted feeding plan.”
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Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child’s file.
“One (1) incident report on file dated January 8, 2025, did not include all the information that was required in rule. The report did not document the witness to the incident, time the parent was notified of the incident and by whom.”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. . In space #1, there were 3 plastic diaper packages with the warnings listed as “suffocation hazard, keep out of reach of children,” stored under the unlocked changing table, accessible to three (3) children two years of age.”
Jan 7, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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The child care center premises, including the outdoor learning environment, was not clean, drained to minimize standing water, free of litter and hazards, and/or maintained in a manner which does not create conditions that attract or harbor pests.
“One small plastic container without a lid that used to store outdoor chalk contained water/ice. The plastic container was observed in the open storage bin at the rear of the outdoor learning environment.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| May 19, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Four Star Center License since Jul 6, 2026.
- Licensed for 99 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 75000061.
- Restriction: Other - Enhanced ratios minus 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: MTC-5 Childcare LLC.
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 6 child care providers in Polk County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Tryon Elementary/Forbes Pre-K | 10 |
| Miss Tammy’s Little Learning Center-Tryon This child care provider | 5 |
| Polk Central School Pre-K | 19 |
| Sunny View School Pre K | 6 |
| Saluda School Pre K | 5 |
| WNCsource Columbus Children’s Center | 10 |
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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