Longwood Head Start Center
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About the Provider
Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, FCCS serves 1,000 children in 15 Head Start facilities, five of which are agency-owned.
FCCS’ Head Start program provides a learning environment that supports children’s growth in the following domains: language and literacy; cognition and general knowledge; physical development and health; social and emotional development; and approaches to learning.
Head Start staff also provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services. Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family’s ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.
Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teacher. FCCS Head Start staff build relationships with families that support: family well-being and positive parent-child relationships; families as learners and lifelong educators; family engagement in transitions; family connections to peers and community; and families as advocates and leaders.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-12-02 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-04-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-04-02 | 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. In space 3, an inhaler used with a child for asthma was not in the original labeled container. | |||
| 2025-04-02 | 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Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization.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 space 2, an emergency medication for a child no longer enrolled at the program was not returned to parents or discarded within 72 hours as required. | |||
| 2024-10-03 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-04-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-04-10 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. The activity plan posted in Space #1 was dated March 4-8, 2024. | |||
| 2024-04-10 | 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. A medical action plan was not on file for a child with a chronic condition requiring daily medication at school. | |||
| 2023-10-10 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-04-19 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-11-01 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-10-20 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-09-22 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-05-31 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-05-24 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-05-24 | Violation | 125 | 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(4) |
| Daily records of arrival and departure times for children enrolled at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. Per administrator report, departure times are not recorded for children who are car riders. | |||
| 2022-05-24 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Annual evaluations were not on file for two staff members. | |||
| 2022-05-24 | Violation | 1756 | 10A NCAC 09 .2818 |
| Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. From 9:10-9:15am, one staff member was present in Space #3 with 14 children three and four years of age. | |||
| 2022-05-24 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member employed February 7, 2022 has not yet completed this training. | |||
| 2022-05-24 | Violation | 1874 | .0608(d)(1-4) |
| The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. A signed acknowledgement of this policy was not on file for a staff member whom has been caring for children since February 16, 2022. | |||
| 2022-05-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-05-10 | Violation | 1810 | GS 110-105.6(a) |
| There was a substantiation of child maltreatment. The Division of Child Development and Early Education substantiated child maltreatment based on supervision needs. | |||
| 2022-05-10 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On May 5, 2022, two staff members failed to provide a safe environment when a four-year-old child was left unattended on the bus for approximately ten to twenty minutes. | |||
| 2022-05-10 | Violation | 1118 | GS 110-91 (13); .1003(g) |
| Children were left in a vehicle unattended by an adult. On May 5, 2022, two staff members left a four-year-old child unattended on the bus for approximately ten to twenty minutes. | |||
| 2022-05-10 | Violation | 1128 | 10A NCAC 09 .1003(l) |
| For routine transport of children to and from the center, staff did not use the list to document attendance as children boarded and departed the vehicle. Staff members routinely failed to document when children boarded and departed the vehicle. | |||
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