Agelink Child Development Center - Cherokee NC Four Star Center License

61 CHILDREN'S HOME LOOP ROAD , CHEROKEE NC 28719
(828) 497-5001

About the Provider

Description: AGELINK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER is a Four Star Center License in CHEROKEE NC, with a maximum capacity of 164 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

Additional Information: Three Star Center License

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 8755020
  • Capacity: 164
  • Age Range: 0 through 12
  • State Rating: 4
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • District Office: North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
  • District Office Phone: (919) 662-4499 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Violations Rule
2023-06-23 Unannounced Inspection No
2023-06-15 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2023-06-15 Violation 318 10A NCAC 09 .0713(a)(6)
Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. Upon my arrival to the facility I noticed children playing outside that appeared to be between the ages of one year of age through children three years of age. Based on teacher report the classroom for one year old children and the classroom for children two through three years old combine for outside for play time. There is currently one (1) three-year-old in the classroom for children ages two through three years old. The child turned three in April.
2023-06-15 Violation 1831 .01102 (f)
At least one child care provider, who has completed ITS-SIDS training was not present in the infant room, while children were in care. A teacher was left alone with infants and had not completed ITS-SIDS training.
2023-02-02 Unannounced Inspection No
2023-01-24 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2023-01-24 Violation 303 .1801(a)(1-5)
Children were not adequately supervised at all times. At 11:30 am a teacher from the group of four-year-old children was observed leaving the classroom unsupervised while children were eating lunch at the table and walking down the hall to the kitchen to get ketchup.
2023-01-24 Violation 840 .2820(b)
All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In the classroom for children ages three-year-old there was a can of shaving cream and a bottle of white out stored on top of the large cabinet near the door.
2023-01-24 Violation 1035 .0701(a)
Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. The following staff did not have an Emergency Information Form on file on or before their first day of employment, M.F, S.O
2023-01-24 Violation 1045 .1101(a)
New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. The following staff did not receive 16 hours of orientation within six (6) week of hire, P.B, M.F
2023-01-24 Violation 1048 .1102(c)
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. The following staff have not completed First Aid K.W., A.M, T.M ,and S.O.
2023-01-24 Violation 1049 .1102(d)
All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. The following staff have not completed CPR certification, K.W., A.M, T.M ,and S.O.
2023-01-24 Violation 1065 .1102(f)
Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. The following staff have not completed ITS SIDS training, K.W.
2023-01-24 Violation 1067 .1101(a)(b)
Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. The following staff did not complete six hours of training within the first two (2) weeks of hire, P.B and M.F.
2023-01-24 Violation 1230 10A NCAC 09 .0514(e)
Personnel policies were not discussed with each staff at employment and a copy was not available to all staff. The following staff did not receive a copy of personnel polices on or before their first day, P.B, A.M, M.T, and M.F.

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