Ford’s Child Care
A family child care home in Salisbury, North Carolina 28144
200 West 12th Street, Salisbury, North Carolina 28144. (704) 640-0308.
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The short answer
- 10 violations in the last three years
- Mar 112026 the latest visit on record
- 5 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?
6 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Mar 11, 2026.
10 violations cited in the last three years, 10 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 Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 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.
Mar 11, 2026: unannounced2 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.
“A health assessment was not on file for a child enrolled on November 6, 2025.”
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Copy of each child’s immunization record, including the operator’s own preschool child(ren), was not on file.
“A child enrolled on November 6, 2025 did not immunization record on file.”
Apr 3, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete.
“The last emergency drill was conducted on 11/5/2024.”
Oct 4, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years from the date of issuance).
“A household member’s qualification letter expired on August 12, 2024.”
May 8, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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Documentation of the operator’s Emergency Preparedness and Response plan was not completed and/or maintained on the template provided by the Division of Emergency Management.
“The EPR plan was last updated in 2016.”
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The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and/or required information.
“The EPR plan with a date of 9/26/16 did not include the Ready to Go File.”
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The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete.
“The last emergency drill (shelter-in-place) was conducted on 1/24/24.”
Nov 29, 2023: unannounced3 violations
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Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns.
“A child that was enrolled in August 2023 had an application on file that did not have the “Health Care Needs” section completed.”
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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 enrolled in August 2023 did not have a copy of the health assessment.”
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Operator did not provide a copy of the shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy to parents at time of enrollment, and / or within fourteen days of a changes to the policy.
“Two children that were enrolled in August 2023 did have documentation that the families received this policy.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 13, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Child Care Home, holding a Five Star Family CC Home License since Jul 1, 2026.
- Licensed for 5 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 80000361.
- Restriction: Other - No more than 4 children under the age of 24 months who are birth to 5 years 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: Ford, Sheri P.
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 48 child care providers in Rowan County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10.5; this one had 10.
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 |
|---|---|
| Wot Fleming Early Head Start | 1 |
| Wiley Lash Head Start Center | 9 |
| St. John’s Child Development Center | 15 |
| Kiddie Land Kindergarten, Inc. | 87 |
| God’s Little Blessings | 25 |
| Livingstone Head Start | 12 |
| Haley’s Future Leaders | 11 |
| Ford’s Child Care This child care provider | 10 |
| A Mother’s Choice Childcare Center | 35 |
| Partners in Learning Child Dev. & Frc at Novant | 18 |
| Gifted Learning Academy | 13 |
| Partners in Learning at the Woods | 23 |
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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