A Little Piece of Heaven

A family child care home in Albemarle, North Carolina 28001

123 Morningside Ave, Albemarle, North Carolina 28001. (980) 439-3170.

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The short answer

4 violations in the last three years
Jul 282026 the latest visit on record
8 children, its licensed capacity

The last 24 months 4 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. Every month

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.

On this record

Who runs it

Family Child Care Home.
Three Star Family CC Home License since Oct 21, 2019.
Licensed capacity: 8 children.
Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Tyson-Little, Andrica D.

Licence number 84000139

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.

Where it comes from

Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violationsNorth Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), checked Oct 21, 2026

Every source, in full

What did inspectors find?

7 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 28, 2026.

4 violations cited in the last three years, 4 of them marked corrected.

When those violations happened

4 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

4 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
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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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most

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.

Feb 12, 2025: unannounced2 violations

Infant feeding plans did not include the required information, including but not limited to the type and amount of milk, formula and food, and the frequency of feedings, and/or was not available for reference.

“A parent’s signature was missing from the feeding plan.”

Rule Infant feeding plans did not include the required information, including but not limited to the type and amount of milk, formula and food, and the frequency of feedings, and/or was not available for reference.. Corrected during the inspection.
The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current.

“The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually.”

Rule The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 25, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Feb 15, 2024: unannounced2 violations

Sleeping infants, ages 12 months and younger were not visually checked every 15 minutes.

“Records of visual checks were not maintained or available for review.”

Rule Sleeping infants, ages 12 months and younger were not visually checked every 15 minutes.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 27, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.
The health and safety training did not include all of the required topic areas.

“The operator did not complete trainings in all of the required topic areas. Five (5) additional topics are needed.”

Rule The health and safety training did not include all of the required topic areas.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 27, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 7 visits on record

Visits on record
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jul 28, 2026	Announced visit	No violations cited
Feb 6, 2026	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Oct 30, 2025	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Aug 19, 2025	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Feb 12, 2025	Unannounced visit	2 violations cited
Aug 27, 2024	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Feb 15, 2024	Unannounced visit	2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

Family Child Care Home, holding a Three Star Family CC Home License since Oct 21, 2019.
Licensed for 8 children, ages 0 through 12.
Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
North Carolina’s licence number: 84000139.

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.

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: Tyson-Little, Andrica D.

How is it rated?

Star Rated License: 3 stars of five.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 27 child care providers in Stanly County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 11; this one had 4.

11 of the 27 in Stanly County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Violations cited in the last three years
A Little Piece of Heaven This child care provider	4
Robinson Daycare	20
Little One’s Child Development Center	41
J & S Blessed Daycare II, LLC	21
Tillery Academy	14
Love-N-Care II	15
Love-N-Care West	6
Save the Children Albemarle Head Start Academy	4
Eagles Academy	15
Kiddie Kare Too	17
Little Friends Learning Center	11
Tat’s Corner Daycare	16

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

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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Replies

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