Child Care Facility Program Summary

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Summary of results from testing water for lead in licensed child care centers and family child care homes.

Results reported are from tests done through the Clean Water for Carolina Kids™ program, a partnership between RTI International and NC Division of Public Health. Child care centers and family child care homes submitted water samples from each tap or fountain used for drinking or cooking. Data shown here is current as of today’s date.

Total Number of Samples: 42,297

Number of Samples, By Lead Level
  < 0.1 ppb   0.1 - 0.99 ppb   1 - 4.99 ppb   5 - 9.99 ppb   10 - 14.99 ppb   >= 15 ppb
11,788 20,979 7,161 1,171 418 780
27.9% 49.6% 16.9% 2.8% 1.0% 1.8%
Number of Facilities, By Maximum Lead Level
  < 0.1 ppb   0.1 - 0.99 ppb   1 - 4.99 ppb   5 - 9.99 ppb   10 - 14.99 ppb   >= 15 ppb
710 2,486 2,002 496 214 512
11.1% 38.7% 31.2% 7.7% 3.3% 8.0%
Enrollment and Program Completion, By Month
Year Month Initial Enrollments Initial Program Complete Retest Enrollments Retest Program Complete
2020 6 658
2020 7 191
2020 8 132 74
2020 9 94 242
2020 10 405 498
2020 11 155 174
2020 12 66 336
2021 1 267 121
2021 2 537 167
2021 3 612 331
2021 4 150 305
2021 5 146 650
2021 6 520 296
2021 7 107 485
2021 8 28 108
2021 9 68 73
2021 10 17 87
2021 11 45 25
2021 12 26 74
2022 1 43 23
2022 2 31 41
2022 3 41 49
2022 4 24 35
2022 5 27 25
2022 6 27 20
2022 7 32 33
2022 8 40 25
2022 9 62 62
2022 10 58 40
2022 11 33 59
2022 12 26 27
2023 1 22 23
2023 2 27 24
2023 3 40 27
2023 4 17 33
2023 5 19 23 134 0
2023 6 35 13 107 38
2023 7 42 30 84 92
2023 8 41 56 96 131
2023 9 21 27 123 54
2023 10 30 22 157 0
2023 11 16 20 88 250
2023 12 19 22 117 113
2024 1 33 24 229 143
2024 2 93 33 280 135
2024 3 112 65 261 240
2024 4 192 85 283 195
2024 5 113 78 166 154
2024 6 56 123 114 191
2024 7 53 179 80 265
2024 8 54 62 94 118
2024 9 47 38 64 72
2024 10 55 61 74 77
2024 11 44 28 61 37
2024 12 36 92 67 137
2025 1 52 35 66 46
2025 2 45 30 43 59
2025 3 41 91 40 76
2025 4 50 32 44 32
2025 5 52 51 45 48
2025 6 37 51 33 49
2025 7 40 43 30 33
2025 8 34 35 26 20
2025 9 35 36 29 26
2025 10 22 29 31 24
2025 11 25 23 10 31
2025 12 15 38 19 22
2026 1 21 9 31 21
2026 2 26 18 29 15
2026 3 34 29 26 29
2026 4 34 31 28 28
2026 5 29 22 72 18
2026 6 30 47 170 93
2026 7 29 21 98 77
2026 8 28 31 97 132
2026 9 28 27 135 112
2026 10 20 31 77 129
2026 11 1 4 0
Totals 6,613 6,434 3862 3562