Freedom Preschool
A child care center in Liberty, North Carolina 27298
304 W Swannanoa Ave, Liberty, North Carolina 27298. (336) 622-3033.
- administrative action in the last three years
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The short answer
- 7 violations in the last three years
- Jul 92026 the latest visit on record
- 80 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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 9, 2026.
7 violations cited in the last three years, 7 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
7 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 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 9, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S.
“110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. Two new staff members were not entered into the system within five business days.”
Feb 18, 2026: unannounced2 violations
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Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements.
“An inspection was not on file for January 2026.”
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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. The current inspection is dated 8/18/25. The previous inspection was dated 8/15/24. Technical assistance was provided.”
Jul 8, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy.
“Two infants sleeping in Room 1 were observed wrapped in blankets in their cribs.”
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Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete.
“A drill was not logged on the drill sheet for April-June 2025.”
Apr 18, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child’s developmental needs.
“A staff member kicked a three-year-old child in the abdomen causing the child to fall down and then threatened and spoke harshly to the child. In addition, another staff member abruptly grabbed the same child by the shoulders and took a toy from the child.”
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There was a substantiation of child maltreatment.
“A staff member failed to meet the physical needs of a child when the staff member kicked the child in their abdomen causing them to fall to the ground and then yelled at the child harshly.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| May 30, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 19, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a GS 110-106 since Aug 28, 2019.
- Capacity: 80 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 76000499.
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 issued one or more administrative actions for this facility in the past three years; North Carolina’s page doesn’t say what they were, and shows one only after its 30-day appeal period.
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: Freedom Education Foundation.
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?
- North Carolina’s licence for this facility is not star-rated: GS 110-106.
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 44 child care providers in Randolph County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13.5; this one had 7.
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 |
|---|---|
| Liberty Early Childhood Center | 7 |
| Freedom Preschool This child care provider | 7 |
| Children’s Learning Center | 10 |
| Precious Memories Preschool | 24 |
| Neighbors Grove Child Development Center | 36 |
| Connie H. Redding Head Start | 12 |
| Early Childhood Development Center | 7 |
| Early Childhood Development Center #2 | 9 |
| First Church of God Dayschool | 16 |
| It’s A Kids World, Inc. | 46 |
| Shepherd’s Way Day School | 38 |
| Head Start Station | 13 |
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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