The Learning Experience Raleigh Northeast
A child care center in Raleigh, North Carolina 27616
8101 Target Side Dr, Raleigh, North Carolina 27616. (919) 876-3428.
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The short answer
- 10 violations in the last three years
- Jul 222026 the latest visit on record
- 193 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?
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.
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Jun 10, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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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.”
Jan 13, 2026: unannounced2 violations
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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.”
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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.”
Jan 9, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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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 facility did not complete the required ABCMS criminal record portal.”
Jun 17, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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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.”
Apr 4, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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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.”
Jan 15, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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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.”
Jun 26, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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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.”
Feb 7, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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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.”
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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.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 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.
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: 7hillsraleigh LLC.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| The Learning Experience Raleigh Northeast This child care provider | 10 |
| Primary Beginnings Child Development Center, LLC | 2 |
| Fee’s Daycare + | 0 |
| The Neighborhood Nanny | 4 |
| Kids Educational Center VI, Inc. | 3 |
| A Bright Child Development Center | 18 |
| Touched By An Angel | 3 |
| Learning As We Go Child Care Center | 27 |
| Kids Party Zone & Daycare Center | 1 |
| Star Cares | 4 |
| Baby Z’s Child Care Family Child Care Home | 4 |
| The Goddard School of Raleigh at 5401 North | 15 |
| Highland Creek Kindercare | 25 |
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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Replies
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