Audrey’s Care
A family child care home in Clinton, North Carolina 28328
1201 Barden St, Clinton, North Carolina 28328. (910) 990-5999.
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The short answer
- 8 violations in the last three years
- Mar 302026 the latest visit on record
- 9 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 Mar 30, 2026.
8 violations cited in the last three years, 8 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
8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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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.
Feb 23, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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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.
“Enrolled child J.S., with a date of enrollment of 10/24/2023, did not have a completed health assessment on file within 30 days of enrollment, as required by the rule.”
Aug 15, 2025: unannounced4 violations
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Electrical outlets not in use were not covered.
“A power strip not in use was not covered.”
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Individual who provides care for 5 hours or more a week, did not complete ITS-SIDS training prior to caring for infants.
“A caregiver with a hire date of 7/30/25 did not complete ITS-SIDS training as required by the rule.”
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Individuals who provide care for 5 hours or more hours in a week, during planned absences of the family child care home operator, did not meet the requirements as specified in rule.
“A caregiver under 21 years of age was observed providing care for a group of children during outdoor play while the operator was located inside the home.”
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Negative TB test or screening results for all operators were not available.
“A caregiver with a hire date of 7/30/25, did not have a negative TB test or screening on file.”
Mar 5, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Operator did not retain the safe sleep acknowledgement in the child’s records as long as the child was enrolled.
“One child, N.H., did not have a signed statement on file acknowledging receipt of the safe sleep policy.”
Mar 19, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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Individual who provides care for 5 hours or more a week, did not complete Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training.
“The additional caregiver did not complete Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“The operator did not inform substitute providers and volunteers of the EPR plan and its location and/or did not document, and have available for review, they were informed. Volunteer did not document”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 4 violations cited |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Child Care Home, holding a Five Star Family CC Home License since Apr 13, 2026.
- Licensed for 9 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 82000304.
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: Mimms, Audrey D.
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 36 child care providers in Sampson County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Audrey’s Care This child care provider | 8 |
| Debbie’s Day Care Home | 13 |
| Faith Academy Inc. | 34 |
| Dolly’s Child Care | 8 |
| Little Dolphins Child Care Center | 30 |
| Margie Hill’s Day Care Home | 18 |
| Hicks Child Care | 19 |
| Toddlers Preschool, Inc. | 6 |
| Fun Time Academy, Inc. | 4 |
| Lottie’s Day Care | 7 |
| Newkirk’s Childcare Center, Incorporated | 3 |
| The Ark Child Care and Learning Center | 22 |
| Union Elementary | 11 |
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.
From the provider
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