Grace and Mercy Christian Academy
A family child care home in Knightdale, North Carolina 27545
103 Aqua Marine Lane, Knightdale, North Carolina 27545. (919) 523-8261.
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The short answer
- 5 violations in the last three years
- Feb 162026 the latest visit on record
- 10 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 Feb 16, 2026.
5 violations cited in the last three years, 5 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
5 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. 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.
Jul 30, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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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. The Provider and her son’s CBC has not been linked into the ABCMS portal.”
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Home was not equipped with either an electrically operated smoke detector with a battery back-up; or both an electrically operated detector and a battery operated detector located next to each other.
“The provider does not have an electrically operated smoke detector.”
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Operator has not completed ITS-SIDS training every three years from the completion date of the previous ITS-SIDS training.
“The Providers ITS/SIDS training expired on 2-21-25.”
Jan 29, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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Indoor and outdoor area was not checked daily for debris, vandalism, broken equipment, and animal waste.
“I observed a pink tricycle with a broken wheel, a red plastic wagon that was missing a wheel and a radio flyer pink big wheel that had a broken seat, cracked wheels and the plastic was cracked around the back of the seat that could cause pinching hazards and cuts. These toys were removed during the visit.”
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Operator or other transportation provider did not comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations concerning vehicles and the transportation of passengers.
“The operators sticker on her license plate expired August 2024. She has the vehicle inspected on September 2024, although she has not purchased the 2025 sticker.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2026 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 12, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 23, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Child Care Home, holding a Five Star Family CC Home License since Feb 16, 2026.
- Licensed for 10 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 92003692.
- Restriction: Other - Childcare ends at 9PM. Gas logs not used when children in care. NMT 4 children under 24 mts. of the children who are 0 to 5 yrs. old.
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: Grace & Mercy Christian Academy L.L.C..
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 470 child care providers in Wake County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Cora’s Caring Hands | 2 |
| Knightdale Head Start | 4 |
| Kids Educational Center IV | 6 |
| Widewaters Learning Center | 13 |
| Forestville Road Elementary | 1 |
| Hodge Road Elementary | 0 |
| Touched By An Angel Open Arms Child Care Center | 19 |
| Knightdale Station Preschool | 11 |
| Knightdale Elementary | 2 |
| Grace and Mercy Christian Academy This child care provider | 5 |
| Little Achievers Daycare LLC | 1 |
| Young Explorers Child Care Center | 21 |
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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