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Childcare Network #59

A child care center in Raleigh, North Carolina 27609

221 E Six Forks Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609. (919) 277-2017.

  • administrative action in the last three years
North Carolina’s own record, on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 10 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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?

32 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Oct 20, 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 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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.

Apr 6, 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 ABCMS portal was set up but it is not linked to employees. (repeat violation)”

    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: Apr 23, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Mar 4, 2026: unannounced2 violations
  • 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 ABCMS portal was not set up to show current employees.”

    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: Apr 23, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Vehicles used to transport children enrolled in the child care center did not comply with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations.

    “The bus that was used to transport children had a license plate that expired 2/2026.”

    Rule Vehicles used to transport children enrolled in the child care center did not comply with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Mar 18, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Sep 12, 2025: unannounced1 violation
  • Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child’s developmental needs.

    “A teacher grabbed a child by the arm in an aggressive manner while waiting to use the restroom.”

    Rule Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Sep 25, 2025. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

Mar 26, 2025: unannounced1 violation
  • Children were not adequately supervised at all times.

    “A one year old child hit their head which caused a large bump on the child’s forehead. The two staff members in the classroom could not confirm how the incident occurred. One staff member was feeding an infant a bottle and talking with a parent. The other staff member was not moving about the area interacting with the children.”

    Rule Children were not adequately supervised at all times.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Apr 1, 2025. Correction verified: at a follow-up visit by DCDEE.

Sep 26, 2024: unannounced4 violations
  • A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children.

    “On September 17, 2024, staff members failed to provide a safe environment for a six-year-old child when the staff members left the child in the facility bus for approximately thirty minutes, placing the child at risk of harm.”

    Rule A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Nov 4, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Children were left in a vehicle unattended by an adult.

    “On September 17, 2024, a six-year-old child was left on the bus unattended for approximately thirty minutes.”

    Rule Children were left in a vehicle unattended by an adult.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Nov 4, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • For routine transport of children to and from the center, staff did not use the list to document attendance as children boarded and departed the vehicle.

    “On September 17, 2024, an administrator did not adequately use the attendance list as children departed the facility bus, resulting in a six-year-old child being left unattended in the vehicle for approximately thirty minutes.”

    Rule For routine transport of children to and from the center, staff did not use the list to document attendance as children boarded and departed the vehicle.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Nov 4, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • There was a substantiation of child maltreatment.

    “This Division confirmed sufficient information to determine child maltreatment.”

    Rule There was a substantiation of child maltreatment.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 7, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

May 31, 2024: unannounced1 violation
  • Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child’s developmental needs.

    “A staff member made an inappropriate comment to a child and about a child.”

    Rule Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jun 7, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 32 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 20, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 4, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 22, 2026Announced visitNo violations cited
Apr 22, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 6, 2026Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Mar 4, 2026Unannounced visit2 violations cited
Feb 5, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Feb 5, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Dec 29, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Nov 20, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Oct 31, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Sep 25, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Sep 12, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Sep 12, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jul 31, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 27, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
May 13, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 8, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Apr 1, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Mar 26, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Mar 26, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Mar 6, 2025Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jan 15, 2025Announced visitNo violations cited
Dec 19, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Dec 3, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Nov 4, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Sep 26, 2024Unannounced visit4 violations cited
Aug 1, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Aug 1, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 14, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 14, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
May 31, 2024Unannounced visit1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Sep 4, 2024.
  • Licensed for 170 children, ages 0 through 12.
  • Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
  • North Carolina’s licence number: 92003996.
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 issued one or more administrative actions for this facility in the past three years; North Carolina’s page doesn’t say what they were, and shows one only after its 30-day appeal period.
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: Child Development Schools North Carolina, 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: 5 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.

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An example nursing home

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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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