Little Gems Daycare
A family child care home in Madison, North Carolina 27025
712 West Decatur Street, Madison, North Carolina 27025. (336) 427-0625.
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The short answer
- 9 violations in the last three years
- Jul 62026 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 6, 2026.
9 violations cited in the last three years, 9 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 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. 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.
Jul 6, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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Operator and/or staff who work with children, did not complete health and safety training as part of on-going training so that every five years, all the topic areas were covered.
“Ms. King was unable to locate her Health and Safety trainings.”
Jul 21, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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Operator did not successfully complete a CPR course as referenced in Rule.1702(b)(2) CPR training was not renewed on or before the expiration of the certification.
“Ms. King’s CPR and First Aid certification expired in June.”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Operator did not have a written discipline policy describing the methods and practices used to discipline children enrolled and/or did not share the policy with parents. There is no discipline policy on file for two children.”
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Telephone numbers for the fire department, law enforcement office, emergency medical service, and poison control were not posted in a location visible in the home.
“There were no emergency numbers posted.”
Aug 13, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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Health questionnaire was not completed annually.
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Operator did not complete the required number of on-going training hours as specified in rule.
“Ms. King lacks one hour of the number of hours she is required to have each year.”
Nov 20, 2023: unannounced3 violations
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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.
“One child’s medical report was not on file.”
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Operator did not complete Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within the required time frame.
“Ms. King has not taken Child Maltreatment in the last five years. Her last class was 6-27-2018.”
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Signed and dated statement which attests that a copy of the discipline policy was given to and discussed with a parent/guardian of each child prior to enrollment was not on file in the home.
“The signed discipline policy was not on file for two children.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 17, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Child Care Home, holding a Four Star Family CC Home License since Jun 26, 2024.
- Licensed for 8 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 79000283.
- Restriction: Other - Serves no more than two infants under one year of age.
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: King, Myra W.
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 51 child care providers in Rockingham County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| Western Rockingham Early Childhood Center | 7 |
| Huntsville Elementary School Age Child Care | 21 |
| Huntsville Elementary Preschool | 8 |
| Little Gems Daycare This child care provider | 9 |
| Dillard Elementary School Sacc | 2 |
| Madison Head Start | 8 |
| Locomotion Madison | 25 |
| Reidsville Baptist Child Care | 28 |
| Community Baptist Schools | 6 |
| Little Kings and Queens Developmental Preschool | 4 |
| Trinity Wesleyan Education Center | 23 |
| The Increase Learning Center, Inc. | 7 |
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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