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Two or three providers side by side, across the public record: licensing, ratings, inspections, penalties, staffing, ownership, and what care costs locally. Where no agency publishes a figure for a kind of provider, the cell says so rather than sitting empty next to a number and reading like a low score.
A New Beginning vs. Hobbs Helping Hands
Care types
What each provider is licensed or certified to deliver. Different care types answer to different regulators, which is why the rows below are not always comparable.
A New Beginning
Assisted Living
Hobbs Helping Hands
Assisted Living
Licensed capacity
Beds or units on the license. A capacity, not an occupancy.
A New Beginning
6 beds or units
Hobbs Helping Hands
5 beds or units
License status
The status word the state registry uses, reproduced exactly. We do not translate or grade it.
A New Beginning
LICENSED
Issued by North Carolina · License FCL-054-060
Hobbs Helping Hands
LICENSED
Issued by North Carolina · License FCL-054-042
Published rating
Whatever the publishing regulator published, on the scale the regulator used. Nothing here is rescaled to five stars.
A New Beginning
3.0out of 4 on North Carolina's adult care home star ratingPublished for 2026-07-30
Hobbs Helping Hands
3.0out of 4 on North Carolina's adult care home star ratingPublished for 2026-07-30
Inspection citations
How many citations are on record, and how recent the newest one is.
Not a like-for-like comparison. We hold no inspection citations for either of these providers, and cannot yet say whether that means there is nothing to report or a file we have not read. Nothing here should be read as a difference between them.
A New Beginning
Not establishedWe don't have inspection reports for this provider yet. The state licensing agency can share its latest ones.
Hobbs Helping Hands
Not establishedWe don't have inspection reports for this provider yet. The state licensing agency can share its latest ones.
Fines and payment denials
Enforcement actions on record, with the total fine amount where the source publishes one.
A New Beginning
None on recordNorth Carolina lists no penalties against this home in the last three years.
Hobbs Helping Hands
None on recordNorth Carolina lists no penalties against this home in the last three years.
Nurse staffing hours
Payroll-based nurse hours per resident per day, against the median for the same state.
Not a like-for-like comparison. No public system publishes nurse staffing hours for either of these providers, so there is nothing to compare here for either one.
A New Beginning
Not comparableStaffing hours are published only for nursing homes, not for assisted living communities.
Hobbs Helping Hands
Not comparableStaffing hours are published only for nursing homes, not for assisted living communities.
Ownership and chain
Who owns the provider, and who runs it when those are different companies.
Not a like-for-like comparison. We hold no ownership and chain for either of these providers, and cannot yet say whether that means there is nothing to report or a file we have not read. Nothing here should be read as a difference between them.
A New Beginning
Not establishedOwnership details are not on file yet.
Hobbs Helping Hands
Not establishedOwnership details are not on file yet.
Typical local cost
The published monthly median for this care type in this provider's city. A market figure, never a price quoted by this provider.
Not a like-for-like comparison. We hold no typical local cost for either of these providers, and cannot yet say whether that means there is nothing to report or a file we have not read. Nothing here should be read as a difference between them.
A New Beginning
Not establishedWe have not published a monthly median for this care type in Kinston, NC yet.
Hobbs Helping Hands
Not establishedWe have not published a monthly median for this care type in Kinston, NC yet.
What the blank cells mean
- None on record.
- The public record covers this provider and lists nothing.
- Not comparable.
- No agency publishes this measure for this kind of provider. Shown hatched.
- Not established.
- We don't have this record for this provider yet.
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