Description: GATES COUNTY HEAD START is a Five Star Center License in GATES NC, with a maximum capacity of 20 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 3 through 6. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-30 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. The fall zone around the climbing structures had grass growing in the sand. | |||
| 2024-01-30 | Violation | 1823 | .0607(d)(10) |
| The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and or the required information. The Ready to Go File, available for review, did not contain Emergency Information forms for the staff. | |||
| 2024-01-30 | Violation | 1825 | .0607(f) |
| All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. The EPR plan on file was last updated 8/24/23. Documentation that the current plan was reviewed with staff was not on file. | |||
| 2024-01-30 | Violation | 1890 | .0701(d) |
| 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. The Medical Report, TB Test, and Health Questionnaire for one staff member, hired on 2/27/23, were filed in the staff file binder. | |||
| 2023-09-14 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-03-14 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-03-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-03-08 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. There was grass growing under the stationary climbing structures on the playground. | |||
| 2023-03-08 | Violation | 1756 | 10A NCAC 09 .2818 |
| Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. A staff member was left alone with 15 children in care. The youngest child was 3 years of age. The staff/child ratio for this group would be 1:9. | |||
| 2022-12-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-12-08 | 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. The black storage cabinet was not locked and contained Febreze aerosol air freshener and Clorox disinfectant wipes. | |||
| 2022-04-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-04-11 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. Two medication authorization forms for an Epi-pen and an Albuterol Inhaler were originally signed on 8/19/2021 and were not re-authorized by 2/19/2022. | |||
| 2022-04-11 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. There was an ample amount of sand surfacing in the fall zones of the complex climber, dinosaur climber, tunnel tubes, spring rockers; however, grass and weeds were present throughout the playground. | |||
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