Description: GIGGLES N' GRINS CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER is a Five Star Center License in MORGANTON NC, with a maximum capacity of 90 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-01-16 | Violation | 1907 | .0608(b) |
| A copy of the Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not given to or explained to parents of newly enrolled children up to five years of age on or before the first day the child receives care at the center. One child enrolled on 8/4/25, had a shaken baby acknowledgement form that did not include the date of enrollment and the date the policy was explained to the parent. | |||
| 2026-01-16 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The required depth of mulch in and around the composite structure is six inches in depth. The mulch around the structure measured three inches or less in depth. | |||
| 2025-06-12 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-01-23 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-07-23 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0724-170L |
| 2024-06-10 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-06-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-06-06 | Violation | 104 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(b) |
| Center has not passed required sanitation inspection and received an approved or superior rating. A yearly sanitation inspection had not been conducted. The last sanitation inspection was conducted on March 27, 2023. | |||
| 2024-05-16 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0524-204A |
| 2024-02-12 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-02-08 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-03-14 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-03-14 | 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 not scheduled within 12 months of the previous inspection. A fire inspection was conducted on January 11, 2022. The next inspection was not conducted until January 24, 2023. | |||
| 2023-03-14 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
| Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. Two power strips in space 1b did not have electrical outlet covers. A total of seven outlets that were not being used were not covered with safety plugs. | |||
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I enrolled my 13 month old son into this facility and I was extremely unsatisfied. My son has been in daycare else where without any issues. I felt my child was not taken care of in his best interest. The teachers in this facility do the bare minimum with the kids to make it through the day. Every time I would drop my child off he and many other kids would be screaming crying as the same when I would get there to pick him up. They would let the children have snot ran all down their face and did not care to wipe it at all. On my sons last day when I got there to pick him up he was screaming and the teacher had him by his arm. He was in the process of being broke from a bottle and they refused to let him have a bottle at all. The only person in the facility who seemed to care about the kids was Amber. As for the director she never even took the time to meet me or my son. I would not recommend this daycare to anyone. On top of the poor treatment of my child, I paid for his month of January early and he only attended the first day of this month there and the daycare refused to refund me for that month. I am beyond glad that I found him a new daycare and when I took him to it he went straight to his teacher with no problems!
The teachers and staff are just phenomenal. They truly care for the children they are teaching and really care about the growth of each child. But my favorite teacher has to be, Miss Amber. She goes above and beyond just teaching, she genuinely cares. Thank you to each and every teacher and staff.