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A child care center in Raleigh, North Carolina 27616

8101 Target Side Dr, Raleigh, North Carolina 27616. (919) 876-3428.

North Carolina’s own record, on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 10 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. 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.

What did inspectors find?

15 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 22, 2026.

10 violations cited in the last three years, 10 of them marked corrected.

Source:

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

10 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

10 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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
Source:

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.

Source:

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.

Jun 10, 2026: unannounced1 violation
  • Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member’s individual personnel file.

    “Four new staff files reviewed today had the staffs medical/personal information in their main file and not kept separate.”

    Rule Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jun 23, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jan 13, 2026: unannounced2 violations
  • Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience.

    “During file review it was determined that eight staff did not meet their annual in-service training requirement.”

    Rule Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jan 26, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised.

    “There was no documentation in the staff meeting binder showing the completion of EMC plan review.”

    Rule The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jan 26, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jan 9, 2026: unannounced1 violation
  • 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 facility did not complete the required ABCMS criminal record portal.”

    Rule A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jan 23, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jun 17, 2025: unannounced1 violation
  • Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete.

    “A fire drill was not conducted and documented in the month of May 2025.”

    Rule Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jun 25, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Apr 4, 2025: unannounced1 violation
  • Discipline was delegated to another child.

    “Per staff interview a two-year-old child hit a classmate and the teacher gave the child being hit a directive to hit back and was observed by a parent.”

    Rule Discipline was delegated to another child.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 9, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jan 15, 2025: unannounced1 violation
  • Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission.

    “Two files reviewed did not have a completed form. The health assessment was completed by the parent but the physical section from the doctor was not completed.”

    Rule Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jan 23, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jun 26, 2024: unannounced1 violation
  • Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met.

    “On June 18, 2024, one staff member was responsible for seventeen (17) two-year-old children.”

    Rule Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met.. Corrected during the inspection.

Feb 7, 2024: unannounced2 violations
  • A violation was found for which there is no item number.

    “Per sanitation 15A NCAC 18A .2820 storage- bleaches, disinfectants, detergents must be kept out of reach. The bleach solution spray, disinfectant spray and soapy water spray were on the counter accessible to the enrolled children. this was corrected during visit.”

    Rule A violation was found for which there is no item number.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • A violation was found for which there is no item number.

    “Per sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A .2806 Food storage- food shall be stored in air tight containers/bags. Inspection of the kitchen found a bag of chex mix used for snack rolled and closed with a chip clip. this was corrected during the visit.”

    Rule A violation was found for which there is no item number.. Corrected during the inspection.

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 22, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 10, 2026Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Jan 13, 2026Unannounced visit2 violations cited
Jan 9, 2026Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Nov 12, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Oct 1, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Sep 3, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 17, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Apr 10, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 4, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Jan 15, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Nov 5, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 26, 2024Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Feb 22, 2024Announced visitNo violations cited
Feb 7, 2024Unannounced visit2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, holding a Four Star Center License since Sep 28, 2023.
  • Licensed for 193 children, ages 0 through 12.
  • Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
  • North Carolina’s licence number: 92003934.
  • Restriction: Other - meets all enhanced requirements.
Source:

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.
Source:

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: 7hillsraleigh LLC.
Source:

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.
Source:

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 10.
Source:

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.

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

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.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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