Description: The Sunshine House is dedicated to providing families with a safe and caring place to help educate and nurture their most precious gift. We offer children a fun and educational curriculum that will help children develop socially while providing a strong foundation for a lifetime of learning -- everything your child needs to grow up happy and healthy.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-19 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-02-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-13 | 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 was observed to wash her hands prior to feeding an infant a bottle, but she did not wash the infant’s hands prior to feeding the child the bottle. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | 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. The teacher did not document compliance with visually checking on three sleeping infants for a 45-minute period during the visit. | |||
| 2024-02-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-07 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. The teacher in the room for infants was not within reach of infants while they ate and was not positioned so she could see the children while they ate. While changing a diaper, the teacher did not visually scan the classroom to supervise the other four children in the classroom. | |||
| 2024-01-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-12 | 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. Six incident reports were reviewed on file for one child enrolled. One incident report did not include documentation of who informed the parent of the incident. One incident report did not include a time of when the parent was informed of the incident. One incident report did not include documentation of who informed the parent or when the parent was informed of the incident. Three incident reports did not include steps taken to prevent reoccurrence. | |||
| 2023-12-14 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-10-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-10-09 | 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 most recent fire inspection was completed on 8/19/2022. | |||
| 2023-10-09 | Violation | 468 | .0510(d)(1) |
| When three year old children and older were in care, the materials and equipment in the activity area was not in sufficient quantity to allow at least three children to use the area regardless of whether the children choose the same or different activities. In Space 4, the blocks and literacy centers did not have a sufficient amount of materials for at least three children to use the area regardless of whether the children choose the same or different activities. | |||
| 2023-10-09 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In Space 4, greater than three foam blocks were observed to either have teeth marks or missing pieces. | |||
| 2023-10-09 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On the playground used by children four years old and older, a yellow cracked plastic bin, sharp to the touch, was observed inside a small stationary structure and a yellow piece of plastic, sharp to the touch, was observed on the ground. On the playground used for children three years of age, the O-rings and bolts connecting each of four chains to each of two tire swings were observed to be rusting. A cracked, broken Frisbee, sharp to the touch was also observed inside a toy bin. On the playground used by infants and toddlers, both sets of stairs of the stationary climbing structure were observed to be cracked in greater than three areas across both sets of stairs, each of which have metal exposed which was observed to be beginning to rust. | |||
| 2023-10-09 | Violation | 830 | .0802(h) |
| A First Aid information sheet was not posted in a place for referral and/or the information sheet did not include all the required information. A First Aid information sheet including first aid guidance regarding burns, scalds, fractures, sprains, head injuries, poisons, skin wounds, stings and bites was not posted for referral. | |||
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