A Unique Inspiration Family Childcare Home

Home · Statesville · 124 Slate Dr

What kind of place is this?

Size 10 children licensed Larger than at least half of Charlotte home daycares, which license 8. Measured across 141 Charlotte home daycares, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 2 of the 5 visits below. Across Charlotte home daycares it cites something at about 44% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Charlotte with Charlotte and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Five Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
July 9, 2026
On file
5 visits since June 2025 — 3 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 2 record a correction, in the licensor’s own words.
Most serious
North Carolina DCDEE does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

North Carolina DCDEE describes every citation in the licensor’s own words and records the correction in that same text — the only one of the six states that publishes whether a violation was fixed. It attaches no rule number and no report document.

Jul 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jul 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · November 20, 2025

Openings in equipment, steps, decks, and handrails were not smaller than 3 1/2 inches or greater than 9 inches to prevent entrapment. There is a section of the fence on the left hand side closest to the house that has an opening that is measuring between 4-5 inches between the mesh and fence post.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/24/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Sep 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · September 16, 2025

Openings in equipment, steps, decks, and handrails were not smaller than 3 1/2 inches or greater than 9 inches to prevent entrapment. The protective covering used to cover the entrapment hazards (spaces between posts larger than 3.5 inches) on the railing on the deck and fence surrounding the fence around the outdoor play area was very loose and pulled away from the railing and fence.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/30/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2025 Announced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

A Unique Inspiration Family Childcare Home hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious.North Carolina DCDEE records the correction in its own words, but never says how serious it was.

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run A Unique Inspiration Family Childcare Home? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.