Five Star Center License
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Pasitos Felices (happy Steps)
Pittsboro, NC
· Chatham County
280 HWY 902,
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Quick Facts
Capacity
60 children
Age range (listing information)
0 through 12
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Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
5
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Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
19000290
License Holder
PASITOS FELICES LLC
License Issued
Aug 3, 2022
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
Reviews
Brittany McCrann
2018-12-13 18:06:40
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
I wanted to write a review about our experience with Pasitos Felices. We were new to the area and this was suggested to us by my husband's work colleague. As a mother it was extremely difficult to leave my child in the care of another individual. However, this place has been a dream come true. We are so grateful for the love and care they show, the consistency of the staff, the cleanliness, the heart they have for children, and the curriculum for learning. We have only good things to say about Pasitos and could not be more pleased with them.
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About the Provider
PASITOS FELICES (HAPPY STEPS) is a Five Star Center License in PITTSBORO NC, with a maximum capacity of 60 children. This child care center's listing gives an age range of 0 through 12; please confirm current ages with the provider. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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Hours of Operation
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Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2026-01-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-01-07 | 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 posted. This was corrected during the visit by posting current activity plans. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 526 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. Current Menus were not posted. This was corrected during the visit by posting the new menus. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | 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. Teachers DP and YM did not have verification on file showing completion of First Aid training. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | 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. Teachers DP and YM did not have verification on file of completing their CPR training. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | 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. Teachers DP and YM did not have verification of completing the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. | |||
| 2026-01-07 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Teachers MB and FE did not have documentation to show they completed their health and safety trainings within one year of employment. | |||
| 2025-05-20 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-05-20 | 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. Teacher YM does not have a medical report on file. | |||
| 2025-05-20 | 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 YM and Substitute AE do not have a TB test or screening on file. | |||
| 2025-05-20 | 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 YM and Substitute AE do not have their Emergency Information form on file. | |||
| 2025-05-20 | Violation | 1067 | .1101(a)(b) |
| Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. Teacher YM and Substitute AE do not have documentation of completing at least 6 clock hours of training within their first two weeks of employment. | |||
| 2025-05-20 | 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 YM has signed the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy however it was not dated. Substitute AE has not signed the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy. | |||
| 2025-05-20 | Violation | 1958 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Substitute providers and volunteers did not have a health questionnaire on or before the first day of work and annually thereafter. Substitute AE does not have a health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2025-01-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-01-09 | Violation | 402 | 15A NCAC 18A .2819(a) & (b) |
| Each child's diapers were not changed at areas designated exclusively for diapering, on a surface that was smooth, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable and of tight construction. The changing mat in the one and two year old room is torn and is no longer nonabsorbent. Please replace with a new changing mat. | |||
| 2025-01-09 | 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. Teacher DP did not complete their medical report prior to employment. It was completed on November 20, 2024. They were hired October 1, 2024. | |||
| 2025-01-09 | 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 DP did not complete their TB screening/test prior to employment. It was completed on November 22, 2024. They were hired October 1, 2024. | |||
| 2025-01-09 | 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 DP did not have verification of completing their Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. | |||
| 2024-06-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-05-29 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0524-272L |
| 2024-05-29 | Violation | 528 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served. The posted menu was not updated with the substitution for today. This was corrected during the visit by the administrator updating the posted menu. | |||
| 2024-05-29 | Violation | 871 | 10A NCAC 09 .0606(a) |
| Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. Two infants were asleep in bouncers. This was corrected during the visit by the teachers moving the infants to a crib. | |||
| 2024-05-29 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. Teachers FE, AS and MB did not complete a criminal background check prior to employment. | |||
| 2024-05-29 | Violation | 1043 | G.S. 110-91( 9) |
| All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. Teachers FE, AS and MB did not have staff records available for review. | |||
| 2024-05-29 | Violation | 1757 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) |
| A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. Teachers FE, AS and MB did not have a valid qualification letter on file. | |||
| 2024-01-25 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-25 | Violation | 402 | 15A NCAC 18A .2819(a) & (b) |
| Each child's diapers were not changed at areas designated exclusively for diapering, on a surface that was smooth, nonabsorbent, easily cleanable and of tight construction. The changing mat in the two year old room is torn. | |||
| 2024-01-25 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Staff JS did not have a annual health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2024-01-25 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Staff ME, JS, RD did not have a Annual Staff Evaluation and Staff Development Plan on file. | |||
| 2024-01-25 | 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. Staff DC did not have a signed acknowledgement of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy. | |||
| 2024-01-25 | 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. Staff ME, MA, IR did not have the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training on file | |||
| 2024-01-25 | 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. Staff JS did not renew their Health and Safety Training within the last five years. | |||
| 2023-12-19 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 1223-194L |
| 2023-06-01 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-06-01 | 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. Sleep checks were not documented. The last sleep check was May 23, 2023. | |||
| 2023-06-01 | 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. Staff KZ does not have a TB test on file. | |||
| 2023-06-01 | 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. Staff BH as been employed longer than 90 days and does not have their First Aid training on file. | |||
| 2023-06-01 | 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. Staff BH as been employed longer than 90 days and does not have their CPR training on file. | |||
| 2023-06-01 | Violation | 1065 | .1102(f) |
| Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. Staff KZ did not have their ITS-SIDS training on file for review. | |||
| 2023-06-01 | 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. Staff BH has been employed longer than 90 days and does not have documentation of Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training. | |||
| 2023-02-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-02-06 | Violation | 526 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. Menus posted in each classroom were not current. | |||
| 2023-02-06 | Violation | 1030 | .0302(d)(1)(A) |
| Application for employment and date of birth was not on file for all staff. Staff MD and MG did not have a application date listed on their employment application. | |||
| 2023-02-06 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Staff MD did not have a medical statement on file to review. | |||
| 2023-02-06 | Violation | 1824 | .0607(e) |
| The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. Staff AE, CO, JS, and AA did not have documentation in their file showing they reviewed the EPR Plan annually. | |||
| 2023-02-06 | 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. Staff MD, ME, MG, NG, EG did not show documentation they completed the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training. | |||
| 2023-02-06 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. There was not documentation on file showing Staff AA completed the Health and Safety training within their first year of employment. | |||
| 2023-02-06 | 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. Staff C.O did not renew their health and safety trainings within the five year requirement. | |||
| 2022-05-13 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-02-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-02-16 | 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. 'Although the owner, Ms. Espinosa, stated she provides parents opportunities to be involved through volunteering to read or assist otherwise and sends out newsletters, there was no parent participation plan posted or a parents statement they received a copy on file.' | |||
| 2022-02-16 | Violation | 415 | GS 110-91(12);.0508(a) |
| A current schedule was not posted for each group of children for reference. 'There was no schedule posted for the school age children in space 4.' | |||
| 2022-02-16 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. 'There was no activity plan available for the school age chilldren in space 4.' | |||
| 2022-02-16 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. 'In the large playground, there were small, pointed, hard plastic pieces of toys scattered through out the playground. In the same playground, there was a large broken board made of composite material on the ground. The broken end was zagged. Ms. Escalante who was accompanying me corrected the violation when I brought these to her attention.' | |||
| 2022-02-16 | Violation | 858 | .0604(q) |
| Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. 'In the one and two year old's classroom, there was a plastic bottle containing a dime size pompoms. The lid was not secured tight making it accessible to the children.' | |||
| 2022-02-16 | 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. 'Sleep check chart listed the time the children went to sleep. However, the time each visual check was completed was not entered.' | |||
| 2022-02-16 | 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. 'The new staff member did not have a medical record on file.' | |||
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