Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
Academy At Biltmore Church
Arden, NC
· Buncombe County
35 CLAYTON RD,
Arden, NC 28704
Quick Facts
Capacity
180 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Subsidized Program
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Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
11000943
License Holder
BILTMORE BAPTIST CHURCH
License Issued
Oct 10, 2024
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
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About the Provider
ACADEMY AT BILTMORE CHURCH is a Child Care Center in ARDEN NC, with a maximum capacity of 180 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.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-12-04 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
| Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. Two (2) outlets - one (1) by the cubby and one (1) above the counter were not covered with safety outlet covers in room 414. | |||
| 2025-12-04 | 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. A spray bottle of Goo Gone was stored in a unlocked cabinet above the sink in room 421. The warning label include "Harmful or fatal if swallowed. and keep out of reach of children". | |||
| 2025-12-04 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. Two (2) authorization forms for diaper creams in room 417 did not have required information - parental signature and the manner in which the ointments shall be applied. In space 12, Aquaphor, assigned to a child did not include instructions for use and Desitin, assigned to a child had permission to administer forms with no parent signature. | |||
| 2025-12-04 | Violation | 849 | .0803(12) |
| Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. The authorization form for an inhaler in room 421 was dated 5/21/25 and expired on 11/21/25. The inhaler was still present in the classroom. | |||
| 2025-12-04 | Violation | 858 | .0604(q) |
| Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. Ziplock bags were accessible to children two (2) years of age, in room 410. | |||
| 2025-12-04 | Violation | 1834 | .0801(b) |
| Application did not have a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. An action plan was not on file for a child who was on an inhaler for "reactive airway disorder" in room 421. | |||
| 2025-12-04 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Three (3) staff members (employment date - 11/18/24, 11/25/24 and 10/11/24) did not either complete the Health and Safety training within one (1) year of employment or maintain the certificates in their files. | |||
| 2025-09-22 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-09-09 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0825-348L |
| 2025-08-25 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0825-230L |
| 2025-08-25 | Violation | 432 | GS 110-91(12);10A NCAC 09 .0509(1) |
| The center did not have developmentally appropriate equipment and materials accessible daily. On August 11, 2025, a child, who was four (4) months of age at the time, was placed in a Bye-Bye-Bus and taken for a walk. | |||
| 2025-08-25 | Violation | 505 | .0901(e) |
| Drinking water was not freely available to children of all ages. Per interview with staff members, drinking water for infants are not consistently offered. Staff members rely on the parents to provide drinking water for infants. | |||
| 2025-08-25 | Violation | 1911 | .0802(f) |
| An incident report was not completed and mailed to a Division representative within seven days after the incident when medical treatment was required. The incident report for August 6, 2025, when a child was transported to a hospital by an ambulance for severe rash/hives were not submitted to the Division within seven (7) days. | |||
| 2025-08-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-08-12 | Violation | 1044 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) |
| Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). K. Mauney's qualification letter expired on 8/4/25, and the re-application had not been submitted at the time of the visit. | |||
| 2025-08-12 | 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. A staff member who was hired on 5/12/25 did not complete First Aid training within ninety (90) days of employment. | |||
| 2025-08-12 | 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. A staff member who was hired on 5/12/25 did not complete CPR training within ninety (90) days of employment. | |||
| 2025-08-12 | Violation | 1757 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) |
| A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. Two(2) staff member's valid qualification letters were not on file. One (1) staff member's (Date of employment- 5/27/25) letter was printed during the visit and filed. Staff member who was hired on 3/10/25 did not have a valid qualification letter. | |||
| 2025-07-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0625-254L |
| 2025-07-07 | Violation | 1948 | 10A NCAC 09 .2201(i)(1-4) |
| Following the issuance of any administrative action the operator did not post the administrative action, cover letter, and/or corrective action plan, if applicable, in a location visible to parents and visitors near the entrance of the child care facility during the pendency of an appeal and/or throughout the effective time period of the administrative action. (Applicable to administrative actions after 2/1/19). The cover page of the administrative action issued on June 19, 2025, was posted on the bulletin board near the entrance area, but the corrective action plan was not. | |||
| 2025-06-24 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-06-23 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 319 | .0713(a)(10), (c) & (f)(3); .2818(e) |
| Staff/child ratios applicable to a classroom, were not posted in each classroom. Staff/child ratio sheet was not posted in room #418. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 508 | .0901(g) |
| Special diet or food allergy information was not posted where they can be seen in food preparation and eating areas. In room #409, a list of allergy information and special diet was not posted. A staff member stated that one (1) child was allergic to peanuts. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 528 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served. For breakfast, cereal, cut cantaloupes and milk were served, but orange was listed on the menu. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 533 | 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) |
| Human milk, formula and other bottled beverages including sippy cups, sent from child's home were not fully prepared, dated, and labeled for the appropriate child. In room #422, one (1) child's bottles were not dated. In #420, one (1) child's bottles were labeled with the dates, June 20. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 540 | 10A NCAC 09 .0902(a) |
| An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child's parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted. (omit posting for centers located in a residence). In room #418, one (1) infant was present, and the child's feeding plan was not posted. In room #417, the feeding plan for a child who was younger than fifteen (15) months old, was not posted in the classroom. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 541 | .0902(a) |
| The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In room #422, one (1) child's feeding plan was not signed by the parent. Also in room #419, one (1) child's feeding plan was not signed by the parent. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. Across fifteen (15) classrooms, a total of thirteen (13) children's faces were covered by their blankets fully or partially but were not removed from their face by the staff members. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | 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 room #404, an aerosol can of Sun Bun Kids SPF 50 was on the shelf by the door. In room #414, an aerosol can of Equate shaving cream was stored in a lockbox on the top shelf in a cabinet. However, the combination lock was set for the correct numbers, and the box was not locked. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 841 | 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d) |
| Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. In room #410, Nystatin cream was in the plastic bin with other over-the-counter diaper creams on the top shelf in the cabinet, and the cabinet was not locked. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In room #508, authorization form for Aveeno eczema therapy expired on 2/22/25. In room #410, the authorization form for Nystatin was over-the-counter medication form. In room 418, the authorization form for Eucerin Eczema Relief Cream expired on 5/6/25. Also, the form for A+D ointment for a child expired on 2/22/25. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 849 | .0803(12) |
| Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In room #410, Aquaphor cream expired in April 2025. In room #420, Boudreaux's Butt Paste original expired in August 2024. In room #408, Aveeno Eczema therapy expired in April 2025. In room #406, Aquaphor cream expired in March 2025. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 851 | .0803(13)(a-e); .2318(3) |
| When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. For administration of Albuterol in room #406, a check mark was used to log the medication administration on March 12, 2025. Time of administration of the medication and the signature of the person who administrator the medication were not included. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member, LP, who was hired on 6/2/25, did not have medical report in the file. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member who was employed on 4/9/25 did not have a second page of TB screening. The staff member used the TB form that was provided by the Division's website. The staff member answered yes to one (1) of the questions, but the information for the skin test was not included in the documentation. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | 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. One (1) staff member, AC, who was employed on 6/2/25, did not have the current emergency information form in the file. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | 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. First Aid training certificates were not in the staff file for EF who was hired on 12/14/24, ZF who was hired on 6/12/24, DH who was hired on 8/26/24, CS, who was hired on 9/9/24, MS, who was hired on 1/18/24, and CS, who was hired on 12/6/24. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | 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. CPR training certificates were not in the staff file for EF who was hired on 12/14/24, ZF who was hired on 6/12/24, DH who was hired on 8/26/24, CS, who was hired on 9/9/24, MS, who was hired on 1/18/24, and CS, who was hired on 12/6/24. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 1757 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) |
| A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. A valid qualification letters were not maintained the staff files for the following staff members: MA (employed on 3/3/25), LA (employed on 2/10/25, SH (Employed on 5/27/25), CM (Employed on 2/10/25, SP (employed on 5/12/25) and LP (employed on 6/2/25). | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 1811 | .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) |
| Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last shelter-in-place drill was completed on 2/27/25. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | 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 documentation of the EPR review was not in staff file for NC, who was hired on 4/7/25, CH, who was hired on 3/3/25, and CM, who was hired on 2/10/25. The date of the review was written on the documentation for LA, who was hired on 2/10/25 and SP, who was hired on 5/12/25 and AW, who was hired on 2/10/25. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | 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. Some of the medical information were maintained in regular staff files for the following staff members: MA (hired on 3/3/25), MA (hired on 3/24/25), AC (hired on 6/2/25) and LS (hired on 6/2/25). | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 1915 | .1403(b)(1-5) |
| Aquatic activities were permitted in hot tubs, spas, saunas or steam rooms, portable wading pools, natural bodies of water, or other unfiltered non disinfected containments of water. Wading pools were accessible and offered to infants during water play. | |||
| 2025-06-23 | Violation | 9995 | |
| Employee purses and other personal effects were not kept out of reach of children. In room #404, a pink purse for a staff member was accessible to the children on the counter. | |||
| 2025-05-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0525-176L |
| 2025-05-28 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
| Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. Two (2) outlets in the hallway were not covered by the safety covers. | |||
| 2025-05-28 | Violation | 1792 | .0901(i) |
| Staff did not model appropriate eating behaviors by consuming food or beverages that meet the nutritional requirements specified in the Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs in the presence of children in care. In two (2) classrooms, two (2) transparent cups—one containing a brown liquid and the other a dark brown or black liquid—were observed within reach of children. One (1) cup was on the shelf by the door and the other (1) on the counter, both within reachable distance for the children. | |||
| 2025-05-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0525-176L |
| 2025-05-19 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On May 12, 2025, at approximately 9:48 a.m., a three (3) year old child was found unattended in space #5 (room 408) for approximately eight (8) minutes. A staff member discovered the child alone in the classroom, washing his/her hands. The incident occurred during a transition from the classroom to the bathroom. | |||
| 2025-04-11 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0325-436L |
| 2025-04-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0325-436L |
| 2025-04-03 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. The incident occurred on March 25, 2025, at approximately 12:30 p.m. during the transition from the bathroom to the classroom space #406. After using the bathroom, the children lined up by the closed bathroom door. As the group exited, a five-year-old child left the line and re-entered one of the eleven (11) individual bathroom stalls. Staff did not conduct a headcount as the children crossed the threshold. As a result, the child was left unattended for approximately two (2) to five (5) minutes before being found by a staff member in another classroom. | |||
| 2025-01-28 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0125-030L |
| 2025-01-17 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0125-030L |
| 2025-01-17 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. The incident occurred on 12/31/24 at approximately 4:45 pm. A group of six (6) children from space #408, four-to-five years of age, and five (5) children from space #404, three (3) years of age, were combined on the playground #3. The group of eleven (11) children and two (2) staff members came into the building and use the communal girl’s bathroom located across the hallway from the entrance lobby. One (1) teacher was in the bathroom aiding the children, while the other teacher was in the hallway supervising the children who finished using the bathroom. One (1) child, three (3) years of age, walked away from the group and went in the classroom space #410, which is the closest classroom by the bathroom. Upon finishing the bathroom, the group of ten (10) children and two (2) staff members walked down the hallway, exited the building and went to playground #2. The child, three (3) years of age were left unsupervised in the space #410 for approximately five-to-eight minutes until a teacher from space #410 found the child. At the time the child was found, the classroom was empty and no one else was present. | |||
| 2024-12-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-12-10 | Violation | 608 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(c) |
| Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. A child's hands were not washed after diaper change in space #422. | |||
| 2024-12-10 | Violation | 609 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(a) |
| Staff did not wash their hands thoroughly before beginning work, before/after handling food, before bottle feeding or serving to other children, after toileting or handling body fluids, after diaper changing and after handling soiled items. A staff member did not wash hands after diaper change in space #422. | |||
| 2024-12-10 | Violation | 841 | 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d) |
| Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. Nystatin cream was maintained on the top shelf along with the other diaper creams in space #414. | |||
| 2024-12-10 | Violation | 862 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The documentation for EMC review for T. Brewer, K. Cagle, J. Covert, G. Crow, A. Curry, J. Flynn, R. Hammond, E. Johnson, S. Lovelace, L. Satterfield, and V. Vallejos were outdated. | |||
| 2024-12-10 | Violation | 1757 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) |
| A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. The criminal background qualifying letter was not printed for C. Steward and maintained in the staff file. Per ABCMS, this staff member has completed the background check. | |||
| 2024-12-10 | Violation | 1824 | .0607(e) |
| The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The documentation for EPR review for T. Brewer, K. Cagle, J. Covert, G. Crow, A. Curry, J. Flynn, R. Hammond, E. Johnson, S. Lovelace, L. Satterfield, and V. Vallejos were outdated. | |||
| 2024-01-29 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-29 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
| Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In space #1 (Room 404), two (2) outlets on the wall above the counter was not covered with safety outlet covers. | |||
| 2024-01-29 | 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 #408, two (2) cans of shaving cream were on the counter less than five (5) feet high, and two (2) cans of shaving cream were on the top shelf in the cabinet with baby-proof slide lock. | |||
| 2024-01-29 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The last playground inspection was completed on 11/27/23. | |||
| 2024-01-29 | 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. First Aid training certificate for the staff member, CG was not maintained in the staff file. | |||
| 2024-01-29 | 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. CPR training certificate for the staff member, CG was not maintained in the staff file. | |||
| 2023-12-07 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-11-20 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-11-07 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-07-12 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-06-13 | Announced Inspection | No | |
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