Little Kingdom Child Care, Inc.
A child care center in Rockingham, North Carolina 28379
920 Long Drive, Rockingham, North Carolina 28379. (910) 997-3330.
- administrative action in the last three years
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The short answer
- 6 violations in the last three years
- Jan 132026 the latest visit on record
- 195 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 Jan 13, 2026.
6 violations cited in the last three years, 6 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
6 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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.
Jan 13, 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. A. Driggers hired on 11/13/25, has not been entered in the ABCMS system.”
Aug 26, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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All floors and floor coverings were not constructed of nonabsorbent material and/or were not kept clean and in good repair.
“Several rugs throughout the classrooms in the facility were observed with crumbs and a buildup of sand.”
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Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child.
“An electrical outlet in space #4 was observed not covered with a safety plug.”
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The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of.
“The outdoor learning environment used by the two and three year old children was observed with several pieces of trash scattered around and a hard plastic piece off a toy or piece of equipment.”
Jul 2, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas.
“Staff member K.M.’s file did not reflect the six (6) hours of training required in the first two (2) weeks of employment.”
Jan 19, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance Attendance was not recorded for 1/18/24 or 1/19/24 in space #3 and space #4.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Oct 31, 2019.
- Licensed for 195 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 77000125.
- Restriction: Other - Meeting 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 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: Little Kingdom Child Care, Inc..
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: 5 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 24 child care providers in Richmond County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Temple Baptist Church Temple Christian | 12 |
| Little Kingdom Child Care, Inc. This child care provider | 6 |
| West Rockingham School Pre-K | 14 |
| Washington Street School Pre-K | 18 |
| Richmond Kidz Academy | 12 |
| Over the Rainbow Child Development Center Inc. | 23 |
| Busy Bees Academy & Learning Center Inc. | 15 |
| Bluebirds Nest Learning Center | 0 |
| Lighthouse Learning Center | 15 |
| East Rockingham Elementary School PreK | 0 |
| Second Baptist Church Day School | 10 |
| Romper Room | 20 |
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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