Description: Kid Connection serves elementary students in Newton-Conover, Hickory City, and Catawba County Schools. It offers an affordable, safe, convenient and accessible program with excellent care and supervision for children in grades K-6.
We are designed to meet your needs with before-school and after-school care, student holiday care and summer day camps.
All sites are licensed by the NC Division of Child Development and provide five-star quality care.
Our sites utilize school gyms, playgrounds, cafeterias, classrooms and libraries to provide an after school experience for your child that is staffed by mature, trained individuals. Our programs nurture fun and friendship with daily activities for the kids to enjoy. We also focus on nutrition by offering a healthy snack and fruit juice to each child daily.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-02-07 | 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 shelter-in-place or lockdown drill was conducted on 08/30/2022. The program coordinator stated a shelter-in-place or lockdown drill due in 11/2022 was conducted as required but was not recorded on the drill log as required. | |||
| 2023-02-07 | Violation | 1899 | .1103(b) |
| Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. One staff member, MW, did not complete the training for two health and safety topics due by 04/25/2022 and 05/05/2022. | |||
| 2023-02-01 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-10-05 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-10-05 | Violation | 805 | .0604(t); .0302(d)(5) |
| Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. No fire drill was conducted and recorded on the fire drill log for September 2022. | |||
| 2022-02-24 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-02-24 | Violation | 1921 | .2510(j) |
| Staff working in part-time, full-day or track out school age care programs required to complete BSAC training, did not complete it within three months of employment. One (1) employee (TY) with a date of employment of 11/08/2021 was due to have completed BSAC training or provided proof of completion within three (3) months of employment and by 02/08/2022. As of 02/24/2022, the employee (TY) had not provided proof of having completed BSAC training. | |||
| 2022-02-24 | 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. Departure times were not recorded for ten (10) students on February 21, 2022, nine (9) students on February 22, 2022, and nine (9) students on February 23, 2022. | |||
| 2022-02-24 | 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. Three (3) out of four (4) students enrolled with chronic medical conditions requiring a Medical Action Plan to be on file were missing the required Medical Action Plan. | |||
| 2022-02-24 | 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. One (1) employee (HP) whose date of employment was 12/15/2020 was due to complete The Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within ninety (90) days of employment and by 03/15/2021. The employee (HP) completed the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training on 05/03/2021 which was one-hundred and thirty-nine (139) days after employment. | |||
| 2022-02-24 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. One (1) employee (HP) with a date of employment of 12/15/2020 was due to complete the health and safety training with one year of employment and by 12/15/2021. As of 02/24/2022, the employee (HP) had completed training for three (3) out of the nine (9) required training topics. | |||
| 2021-11-18 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2021-11-18 | Violation | 9995 | |
| A violation was found for which there is no item number. 15A NCAC 18A .2818 LAVATORIES (e) Handwash signs shall be posted at every handwash lavatory area. No handwashing sign was posted in the hall bathroom used by boys. | |||
| 2021-11-18 | 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 for MW expired on 09/24/2021 and no verification of re-certification was in the file. First Aid training for SS expired on 10/30/2020 and no verification of re-certification was in the file. | |||
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