Children's Center At Gracelyn - Asheville NC Five Star Center License

789 MERRIMON AVE , ASHEVILLE NC 28804
(828) 253-0542
1 Review

About the Provider

Description: Welcome to The Children’s Center at Gracelyn. The Children’s Center is a certified “Green” five star child enrichment facility. Our cleaning supplies are certified “green” and all of our foods are organic, whole wheat and whole grain. We provide morning and afternoon snacks and serve organic milk with the children’s lunches that are packed and brought from home.

Our educated and experienced teacher teams work hard to provide our children with exciting daily experiences where they can learn, grow and develop socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically through developmentally appropriate practices. Our learning curriculums are focused on play and creatively planned learning experiences (NC Foundations and The Creative Curriculum). These experiences are carefully designed to encourage children to learn colors, shapes, counting and numbering, to enhance fine motor skills (strengthening hands and fingers for writing), offer simple problem solving activities, daily storytelling and to follow multi-step directions with a special focus on social-emotional development. All of which are developmentally appropriate and necessary components for successful future educational experiences for our little ones.

Additional Information: Five Star Center License

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 1152012
  • Capacity: 70
  • Age Range: 1 through 12
  • State Rating: 5
  • 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
2023-06-27 Announced Inspection No
2022-11-22 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2022-11-22 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. The infant feeding plan for child CW was not signed by the parents.
2022-11-22 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. Benadryl in classroom space 4 was not kept in locked storage. Prescription diaper cream, Nyastatin, in classroom space 6 was not kept in locked storage.
2022-11-22 Violation 844 .0803(2)(a)
Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional. Nyastatin in classroom space 6 was not kept in original prescription label.
2022-11-22 Violation 852 .0802 (e)
Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. Incident reports were not maintained in the children's files.
2022-11-22 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. Staff member BP with a hire date of 8/9/2022 did not complete First Aid training within 90 days of hire.
2022-11-22 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. Staff member BP with a hire date of 8/9/22 did not receive CPR training within 90 days of hire.
2021-12-07 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2021-12-07 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 emergency drill was conducted 8/4/21.
2021-05-05 Unannounced Inspection No
2021-03-02 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2021-03-02 Violation
Children were not adequately supervised at all times. A three-year old child was left unsupervised for fifty (50) minutes.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Violation corrected during visit
2021-01-13 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2021-01-13 Violation 807 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a)
A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. Two (2) exterior doors in the outdoor play area had peeling paint.

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Reviews

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Emily N. Nov 08, 2015
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

The Children's Center at Gracelyn provided my son outstanding care. The high teacher to child ratio in the toddler room in combination with the fact all the teachers (in all rooms) have been there a very long time is wonderful. I very highly recommend them!

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