Melinda Sanders Home Day Care
A family child care home in Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
4504 Rockwood Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27612. (919) 389-1230.
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The short answer
- 6 violations in the last three years
- Jul 312026 the latest visit on record
- 8 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?
7 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 31, 2026.
6 violations cited in the last three years, 6 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
6 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. 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 31, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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Operator did not provide a physically safe and healthy indoor and outdoor environment that meets the developmental needs of the children in care.
“Piles of plastic lumber were stacked haphazardly with tall grass growing around the pile to encourage vermin and an inoperable generator sat on the ground in the back yard where the children play.”
Aug 6, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and/or required information.
“A Ready to Go File was not available during today’s visit.”
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The operator did not conduct a monthly fire drill.
“Documentation was not available that a fire drill was conducted in the month of May 2025.”
Mar 4, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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When medication is administered, authorization for the operator to administer the specific medication according to the parent’s or health care professional’s instructions was not on file and available.
“There was no written permission to administer Parent’s Choice Diaper Ointment and Aquaphor for two (2) children.”
Aug 22, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Children were sleeping or napping in a room with a closed door between the child and the supervising staff.
“The door (with a large plexiglass opening) leading from the kitchen to the room used for child care was closed, as a toddler was observed sleeping in the room, in a pack-n-play.”
Mar 26, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Hazardous cleaning supplies and other items that might be poisonous e.g. toxic plants, were not out of reach or in locked storage when children were in care.
“Laundry detergent was not proper stored and was accessible to the children.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Child Care Home, holding a One Star Family CC Home License since Jan 28, 2016.
- Licensed for 8 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 9207556.
- Restriction: Other - Child care children may not use the trampoline during business hours.
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: Sanders, Melinda.
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: 1 star 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 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Melinda Sanders Home Day Care This child care provider | 6 |
| Chesterbrook Academy | 19 |
| Primary Beginnings Child Development Center | 10 |
| Lynn Road Elementary Pre-K Program | 0 |
| Spanish for Fun! | 6 |
| Holy Trinity Preschool | 0 |
| Blue Ridge Daycare | 3 |
| Spanish for Fun! Infant and Toddler Center | 7 |
| Jeffreys Grove Elementary | 0 |
| L’ecole French School of Raleigh | 9 |
| Kindercare at UNC Rex | 21 |
| York Elementary | 0 |
| A Mother’s Touch Child Development Center | 1 |
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.
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