Description: LITTLE HANDS is a Two Star Family CC Home License in THOMASVILLE NC, with a maximum capacity of 8 children. The home-based daycare service 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-11-13 | Violation | 543 | .1718(c) |
| Screen time was not prohibited for children under the age of three. The operator did not offer alternative activities for children under the age of three years. Screen time logs contained documentation of times, for which children who are one(1) and two(2) years old were allowed to participate in screen time. | |||
| 2023-11-13 | Violation | 716 | 10A NCAC .1719(a)(27) |
| Electrical outlets not in use were not covered. In the pre-school space two electrical outlets, not currently in use were observed uncovered. | |||
| 2023-11-13 | Violation | 923 | .1721 (e)(7) |
| Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. The shelter-in-place drills were not documented for the first three quarters. | |||
| 2023-11-13 | Violation | 2023 | .1703(d)(2) |
| Operator and/or staff who work with children, did not complete health and safety training as part of on-going training so that every five years, all the topic areas were covered. Documented health and safety trainings were last completed in June 2018. The provider had not began renewing the trainings. | |||
| 2023-06-01 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-05-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-05-19 | Violation | 606 | .1706(k) |
| Each child was not held or placed in an appropriate feeding chair or other age appropriate seating apparatus to be fed. Upon arrival to the facility a child was observed sitting in a stroller with a bottle propped by a blanket. | |||
| 2023-05-19 | Violation | 706 | .1719 (a)(7) |
| Corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, and products under pressure in an aerosol dispenser and any substance that may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not kept in locked storage when children were in care. Lysol spray can was observed on a shelf and not in required lock storage. | |||
| 2023-05-19 | Violation | 906 | .1721(a)(3)(I) |
| Authorization to seek medical care in the parent's absence was not available. This documentation was not available for review in three children's files. | |||
| 2023-05-19 | Violation | 923 | .1721 (e)(7) |
| Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. The provider did not have documentation of conducting the required fire and emergency drills nor the outdoor safety inspections for 2023. | |||
| 2023-05-19 | Violation | 929 | G.S.110-91(12) & .1718(a)(6) |
| Developmentally appropriate activities for the ages of children in care, were not provided as planned on the written schedule and activity plan. Activity plans for the school-age children enrolled in the program were not posted or available for review. | |||
| 2023-05-19 | Violation | 1306 | .1703(a)(4) |
| Operator has not completed ITS-SIDS training every three years from the completion date of the previous ITS-SIDS training. The operators ITS-SIDS training expired in March 2023. | |||
| 2023-05-19 | Violation | 1417 | .1720(b)(4)(A-E) |
| Over-the-counter medications were not stored in the manufacturer's original packaging on which the child's name is written or labeled and was not accompanied by written instructions specifying required information. A tube of sunscreen, which had three warnings, including the keep out of reach of children warning, was observed on a shelf just above the changing table and not in locked storage. The Over-the-counter medication did not have written instructions on how to administer. | |||
| 2023-05-19 | Violation | 1704 | GS 110-102 |
| Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child's parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file. This required document was not available for review in the three children's records. | |||
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