Description: Grace Academy is a Licensed Childcare Center in Mt Airy, NC. Lovingly serving children ages infants to 12 years old. North Carolina DSS vouchers gladly accepted. Grace Academy is an outreach of Freedom Center Ministries.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-06-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-06-30 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. No safety concerns were observed inside. Outside there were 6 or more spikes on the black, plastic containment border which were not flush with the border, one piece of stationary equipment had rubber steps that were pealing and rust was forming on the exposed metal steps underneath, and there was a blue, metal stationary equipment with rust exposed throughout. | |||
| 2025-06-30 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. There was an incident report for one child dated 10/22/2024, that was not logged on the incident report log. | |||
| 2025-06-30 | 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 administrator completed the ABCMS training. The administrator had not submitted the certificate to gain access to the portal and input hired staff into the portal. | |||
| 2025-06-30 | Violation | 1821 | .0607(d)(8) |
| The EPR Plan did not include the date of the last revision of the plan. The date of the last revision of the EPR plan was January 2024. | |||
| 2024-12-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-12-13 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In Space 3 four medications were onsite with expired authorizations and one expired medication authorization was for a medication that was not on site. | |||
| 2024-12-13 | Violation | 1124 | 10A NCAC 09 .1003(d) |
| Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. Four children did not have pictures on their emergency information forms for transportation on the vehicle. | |||
| 2024-07-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-07-02 | Violation | 716 | .0605(j) |
| All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. Mulch in fall zones of equpment used by ages 3 to school-age measured less than 2 inches in fall zones of equipment. | |||
| 2024-07-02 | 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. An emergency drill was last documented n 3/15/24. A drill was not conducted in June 2024 to meet the requirement for every three months. | |||
| 2024-02-15 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-15 | 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. A staff who works with school age children in the afternoons did not take an approved First Aid training within 90 days of employment. | |||
| 2024-02-15 | 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. A staff employed in May 2023 to work with school age children in the afternoons did not take an approved CPR training within 90 days of employment. | |||
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