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Rainbow Child Care Center
Chapel Hill, NC
· Orange County
27 KNOX WAY,
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Quick Facts
Capacity
165 children
Age range (listing information)
0 through 12
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Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
5
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Contact Information
📞 (919) 967-1346
Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
19000374
License Holder
KINDERCARE EDUCATION LLC
License Issued
Sep 13, 2024
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
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About the Provider
RAINBOW CHILD CARE CENTER is a Five Star Center License in CHAPEL HILL NC, with a maximum capacity of 165 children. This child care center's listing gives an age range of 0 through 12; please confirm current ages with the provider. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-06-25 | Violation | 106 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) |
| Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The center had a fire inspection on 5/6/2025 and did not receive a new inspection until June 18, 2026. | |||
| 2026-06-25 | 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. J. McClain had a First Aid training that expired 1/2026 and did not receive a new training until 6/2026. | |||
| 2026-06-25 | 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. J. McClain had a CPR training that expired 1/2026 and did not receive a new training until 6/2026. | |||
| 2026-04-27 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0426-270L |
| 2026-02-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-02-12 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Teacher WC did not have a updated health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2026-02-12 | Violation | 1035 | .0701(a) |
| Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. Teacher WC did not have the required Emergency Information form on file. | |||
| 2026-02-12 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Teacher WC is a transfer from another Kindercare Learning Center and did not have verification of completing the health and safety trainings in their file. | |||
| 2025-07-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-07-09 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. The surfacing on the toddler playground has a patch that has come loose and needs to be repaired. | |||
| 2025-07-09 | Violation | 1805 | G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) |
| A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The center's ABCMS Provider Portal is not current with all employees. | |||
| 2025-06-24 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0625-226A |
| 2025-05-09 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0425-194A |
| 2025-04-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0425-194A |
| 2025-04-22 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On 4/8/25, a staff member failed to ensure the safety of a 4-year-old child and the child sustained a minor injury while in care. | |||
| 2025-04-22 | 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. A staff member completed an incident report documenting an injury a four-year-old child sustained on 4/8/25, however the incident report did not contain all required information according to child care rules. | |||
| 2025-04-22 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. A staff member failed to log an incident report for an injury that occurred on 4/8/25. | |||
| 2025-03-17 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-03-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0225-244L |
| 2025-03-06 | Violation | 301 | GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-d) |
| Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. The infant classroom had 14 children and three teachers. While they were following the staff/child ratio of 1:5 for infants, they were over the maximum group size for infants by 4 children. | |||
| 2025-03-06 | 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. Teacher JM did not have acknowledgement of The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy in their file. This was corrected during the visit by signing a copy during the visit. | |||
| 2024-11-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1024-197L |
| 2024-11-12 | Violation | 604 | 15A NCAC 18A .2818(a) |
| Lavatories were not kept clean, in good repair and kept free of storage. The lights in the bathrooms located in the Varsity classroom are out and not working. The bathroom is too dark to see with the door closed. The administrator has submitted a work order and is waiting for it to be repaired. | |||
| 2024-10-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1024-329L |
| 2024-10-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1024-197L |
| 2024-10-30 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. Current activity plans were not current in the infant classroom, the one-year old classroom, and the young preschool classroom. | |||
| 2024-10-30 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Incident logs were not maintained when incident occurred at the center. | |||
| 2024-10-30 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. During the visit I observed the one-year-old class in the outdoor learning environment. During my observation, I observed children on one side of the play area and the teacher on the other side of the play area talking to another teacher who was in a different outdoor play area. The teacher had their back to the children and could not see the children or hear the children from where they were positioned. | |||
| 2024-10-30 | Violation | 452 | .0605(c) |
| Separate outdoor play areas or time schedules were not provided for children under two when 15 or more children were in care. There were 15 one-year-old's and three teachers in the outdoor learning environment. | |||
| 2024-10-30 | Violation | 491 | .0511(b)(1) |
| Caregiver did not respond at the earliest opportunity to an infant or toddler’s physical and emotional needs. During the visit, one of the children in the one-year old class fell forward into a toddler walker and was stuck. The teacher did not respond to assist the child. I intervened and informed the teacher, who then responded to the child and helped them back up. | |||
| 2024-10-30 | Violation | 608 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(c) |
| Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. A teacher in the one-year-old classroom did not wash the child's hands after diapering. | |||
| 2024-10-30 | Violation | 609 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(a) |
| Staff did not wash their hands thoroughly before beginning work, before/after handling food, before bottle feeding or serving to other children, after toileting or handling body fluids, after diaper changing and after handling soiled items. The teacher in the one-year-old classroom did not wash their hands after diaper changing. | |||
| 2024-10-30 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. Teacher BB did not have a TB Test that was done within 12 months of being hired. They were hired October 28, 2024 and the TB Test was last completed August 8, 2023. | |||
| 2024-07-17 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-07-17 | Violation | 525 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Menus for all meals and snacks were not planned at least 1 week ahead and dated. Menus were posted and current but did not reflect the correct dates. This was corrected during the visit by the administrator correcting the dates. Going forward the administrator stated they would have the correct dates associated with the menu. | |||
| 2024-07-17 | 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. Teacher NE did not have their certificate of completing the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training on file. | |||
| 2024-07-17 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Teacher JM did not complete their health and safety training within one year of employment. | |||
| 2024-04-04 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-04-04 | Violation | 106 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) |
| Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. A fire inspection was completed on March 19, 2024. The inspector left the program with some items to correct and will be back soon to complete the inspection. The last inspection was completed March 30, 2023. | |||
| 2024-04-04 | Violation | 887 | .0606(g) |
| Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. Teachers in the Infant 2 room did not document their visual checks. They reported that they record sleep time electronically. During the visit, they transcribed the information over and reported that they will continue to record visual sleep checks going forward. | |||
| 2024-04-04 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. Teacher DW was employed January 2, 2024. A Criminal Background Check was not completed until January 22, 2024. Teacher DW is qualified and the qualification expires January 22, 2029. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0324-282L |
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 820 | .0604(h) |
| A person(s) was smoking in a vehicle used to transport children or on the premises of the child care center. On March 4, 2024 a teacher had an electronic cigarette/vape pen on their person and used it while caring for children on the outdoor playground. The center terminated the employee the following day March 5, 2024. | |||
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 821 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(h) |
| Smoking materials were not kept in locked storage. On March 4, 2024 a teacher did not lock their electronic cigarette/ vape pen in locked storage. They kept it on their person. The center Terminated the employee and all staff reviewed the centers tobacco policy on March 19, 2024. Teachers were also instructed to ensure that all personal belongings are locked in a cabinet or locked in their car. | |||
| 2024-03-21 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0124-213A |
| 2024-01-25 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0124-213A |
| 2024-01-25 | Violation | 902 | G.S. 110-91(10) |
| Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs. During the week of 9/18/2023, a staff member pushed a 1-year-old child down on their cot, when the child tried to get up from the cot. | |||
| 2023-07-25 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-25 | 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. The was one expired EpiPen that needed to be returned to the parent. | |||
| 2023-07-25 | Violation | 893 | 10A NCAC 09 .0606(c) |
| A copy of the safe sleep policy was not given to and/or explained to the parent of each child on or before the first day the infant attended the center. Child EA did not have documentation that the safe sleep policy was given to and/or explained to the parent. | |||
| 2023-07-25 | Violation | 1207 | 10A NCAC 09 .0515(a) |
| Parent participation plan was not discussed with parents on or before the child's first day of attendance and/or a copy was not given to them or posted in the center. Child EA did not have documentation of parent acknowledgment of the Parent Participation plan. | |||
| 2023-07-25 | Violation | 1321 | GS110-91(1) |
| Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. Child TF did not have a medical exam or health assessment on record within 30 days after admission. | |||
| 2023-04-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-03-29 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-09-23 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-09-23 | Violation | 1052 | .1103(a) |
| Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. Staff VC and Staff JC did not complete the required number of hours according to their education and experience. | |||
| 2022-09-23 | Violation | 1203 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(b) |
| Operational policies were not discussed with parents on or before the child's first day and/or they were not notified in writing of all changes. One child did not have on file a parents signature of receiving operational policies. | |||
| 2022-09-23 | Violation | 1207 | 10A NCAC 09 .0515(a) |
| Parent participation plan was not discussed with parents on or before the child's first day of attendance and/or a copy was not given to them or posted in the center. One child did not have parents signature acknowledging the parent participation plan. | |||
| 2022-09-23 | Violation | 1311 | .0802(c) |
| Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child's first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child. Some children files did not have their emergency medical care information updated annually. | |||
| 2022-09-23 | Violation | 1835 | .0801(b) |
| The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child's parent or health care professional. The medical action plan for a child was not updated annually. | |||
| 2022-09-23 | Violation | 1882 | .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) |
| Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. One child did not have a permission slip on file to administer medication for an allergy. | |||
| 2022-09-23 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Staff JC did not have documentation of completing health and safety within their first year of hire. | |||
| 2022-03-16 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-02-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-02-02 | Violation | 1445 | .2510(c) |
| All group leaders were not at least 18 years of age, have a high school diploma, and/or had not completed Basic School Age Care (BSAC) training. The Group Leader (T.H.) has not completed BSAC training. The training was due by the end of January 2022. | |||
| 2022-02-02 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. Three staff members (K.M., K.C., K.J.) did not have a medical report on file. | |||
| 2022-02-02 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Five staff members (E.F., V.S., A.H., T.H., L.S.) did not have a current health questionnaire on file. | |||
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