Child care in Jackson County
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16 child care providers in Jackson County, North Carolina.
From the 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. The record lists 5,076 child care providers in North Carolina.
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What the words on these cards mean9
- 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.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Not read
- The file this site reads doesn’t carry what inspectors found, so nothing is counted here. It doesn’t mean the place has a clean record: the state’s own site may have its reports. Source: How this site reads each source.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Family child care home A home child care provider in Sylva, North Carolina 28779 Name withheld: it may name a person 1violation in the last three yearsJun 242026the latest visit on record8children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 years1Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionJun 24, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 5 of 5 1 violation in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026.
- Child care center Blue Ridge School Pre-K Cashiers, North Carolina 28717 13violations in the last three yearsFeb 202026the latest visit on record36children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years13Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionFeb 20, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 5 of 5 13 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026.
- Child care center Cashiers Valley Preschool Cashiers, North Carolina 28717 administrative action in the last three years 17violations in the last three yearsOct 62026the latest visit on record40children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years17Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionOct 6, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 3 of 5 17 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026.
- Child care center Cullowhee Kids Preschool Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 2violations in the last three yearsMay 182026the latest visit on record32children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years2Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 18, 2026Quality ratingNot published 2 violations in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025.
- Child care center Cullowhee Valley Elementary Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 24violations in the last three yearsAug 282026the latest visit on record150children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years24Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 28, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 3 of 5 24 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026.
- Child care center Cullowhee Valley School Pre-K Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 administrative action in the last three years 22violations in the last three yearsAug 282026the latest visit on record18children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years22Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 28, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 5 of 5 22 violations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026.
- Child care center Fairview Head Start Sylva, North Carolina 28779 3violations in the last three yearsApr 282026the latest visit on record40children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years3Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionApr 28, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 5 of 5 3 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2024.
- Child care center Fairview School Pre-K Sylva, North Carolina 28779 21violations in the last three yearsMay 202026the latest visit on record36children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years21Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 20, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 5 of 5 21 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026.
- Family child care home First Steps Preschool Whittier, North Carolina 28789 administrative action in the last three years 19violations in the last three yearsAug 122026the latest visit on record8children, its licensed capacity TypeFamily Child Care HomeFindings, 3 years19Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 12, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 1 of 5 19 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026.
- Child care center Hampton Preschool and Early Learning Center Cashiers, North Carolina 28717 13violations in the last three yearsAug 172026the latest visit on record41children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years13Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionAug 17, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 4 of 5 13 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026.
- Child care center Kidz Playhouse Sylva, North Carolina 28779 15violations in the last three yearsMar 182026the latest visit on record20children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years15Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMar 18, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 3 of 5 15 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026.
- Child care center Kneedler Child Development Center Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 administrative action in the last three years 3violations in the last three yearsMay 182026the latest visit on record70children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years3Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 18, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 5 of 5 3 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2025.
- Child care center Pam’s Child Development Center, LLC Sylva, North Carolina 28779 8violations in the last three yearsDec 152025the latest visit on record75children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years8Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionDec 15, 2025Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 5 of 5 8 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025.
- Child care center Scotts Creek School Preschool Sylva, North Carolina 28779 24violations in the last three yearsMar 102026the latest visit on record28children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years24Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMar 10, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 4 of 5 24 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026.
- Child care center Smokey Mountain Elementary Pre-K Whittier, North Carolina 28789 19violations in the last three yearsOct 122026the latest visit on record36children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years19Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionOct 12, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 5 of 5 15 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026.
- Child care center The Fairview Kids’ Place Sylva, North Carolina 28779 14violations in the last three yearsMay 82026the latest visit on record50children, its licensed capacity TypeChild Care CenterFindings, 3 years14Most seriousNot publishedLast inspectionMay 8, 2026Quality ratingNorth Carolina Star Rated License: 3 of 5 14 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026.
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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.
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