Description: LITTLE LAMBS CHILDCARE is a Five Star Family CC Home License in HICKORY NC, with a maximum capacity of 8 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-19 | Violation | 714 | 10A NCAC .1721(e)(5)(A-F) |
| Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division. "Outdoor Inspection Checklist for Family Child Care Homes” documents were missing for January 2023, February 2023, and March 2023. | |||
| 2023-07-19 | Violation | 929 | G.S.110-91(12) & .1718(a)(6) |
| Developmentally appropriate activities for the ages of children in care, were not provided as planned on the written schedule and activity plan. The activity plan did not include developmentally appropriate activities for children 0 to 24 months of age. | |||
| 2023-07-19 | Violation | 1301 | GS 110-91(11); 10A NCAC 09 .1705(b)(5) |
| Operator did not complete the required number of on-going training hours as specified in rule. The owner/operater had completed 9 out of the 10 required on-going training hours. | |||
| 2023-07-19 | Violation | 1720 | .1712(f) |
| Operator did not give written notice of the written plan of care amendment to parents of all children enrolled, at least 30 days before the change was implemented. Each parent did not sign a statement acknowledging the receipt and explanation of the amendment. The operator did not retain the acknowledgment in the child's record for as long as the child was enrolled in the home and a copy was not maintained on file for review by Division representatives. The Written Plan of Care on file for 7 out of 8 children enrolled was not the most recent plan of care and the plan currently being followed. | |||
| 2023-07-19 | Violation | 1804 | .1724(b) |
| Safe sleep policy and poster about safe sleep practices was not posted in a prominent place in the infant sleeping room or area where parents and caregivers are able to view daily. The Safe Sleep Policy was not posted in the child care area where the infant slept and the parents and caregivers were able to view the policy daily. | |||
| 2023-07-19 | Violation | 1828 | 10A NCAC 09. 1715(b) |
| The Family Child Care Home operator did not discuss the operational policies with parents on or before the child's first day of attendance. A signed and dated parent acknowledgement statement of having received written operational policies was not on file for 2 out of 8 children enrolled. | |||
| 2023-07-19 | Violation | 1875 | .1714(d)(10) |
| The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and/or required information. The Ready to Go file was not up to date with information for 2 out of 8 children enrolled not included in the current file and multiple children who were no longer enrolled included in the current file. | |||
| 2023-01-27 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-07-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-07-28 | Violation | 2030 | .1719(a)(11) |
| Operator did not provide a written statement to parents regarding the smoking and tobacco restriction. Three (3) child record files (AC, BD, LD) were missing a signed statement acknowledging the parent(s) had received a written copy of the smoking and tobacco restriction policy. | |||
| 2022-07-28 | Violation | 940 | .1729(b) |
| Individuals who provide care for less than 5 hours a week, during planned absences of the operator, had not completed a health questionnaire. Two (2) substitute files were missing an updated health questionnaire for 2022. The health questionnaires on file were dated 06/30/2021. | |||
| 2022-07-28 | Violation | 1704 | GS 110-102 |
| Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child's parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file. Three (3) child record files (AC, BD, LD) were missing a signed statement acknowledging the parent had received the NC Summary of Child Care Laws prior to enrollment. | |||
| 2022-07-28 | Violation | 1741 | 10 NCAC 09 .1719(b)(3) |
| Prior to enrollment of children in a Family Child Care Home, and before animals come into the Family Child Care Home, the operator did not obtain each parent's signature on a form acknowledging the type of animal located on the premises and where the animal will be kept during child care operating hours and /or the signed form was not maintained in the child's file. Two (2) child record files (AF & KH) were missing a signed statement acknowledging the parent(s) had been notified there was a pet in the FCCH prior to the child being enrolled. | |||
| 2022-07-28 | Violation | 1895 | .1721 (a ) (3)(D) |
| Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns. Ten (10) child enrollment applications were missing information in the health care needs section: AS, JL, AH, DP, LD, BD, AC, AA, ZA, and TP. | |||
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