Description: Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families.
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.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | |||
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