“We use the Reggio Emilio approach where children are viewed as capable of much more creative and greater levels of communication than we may currently give them credit for in child care.” familiesfirstcc.org, July 2026
“We utilize a developmental play-based bilingual curriculum! We believe children learn and develop best in a structured play-based, safe and fun environment.” familiesfirstcc.org, July 2026
“Our mission is to impact children, one at a time, in a high-quality and bilingual developmentally appropriate learning environment.” familiesfirstcc.org, July 2026
North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 2 of the 6 visits below. Across Charlotte centers it cites something at about 57% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Charlotte with Charlotte and never with another state.
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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.
Unannounced visit · May 7, 2026
Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current . One employee with the hire date of 7/1/15 did not have the required number of on-going training certificates available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/18/2026
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. Not all staff employed were captured in ABCMS as required.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/18/2026
The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. An employee with a hire date of 8/18/25 did not receive their Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment until 3/3/26.
Violation corrected during visit
Unannounced visit · August 18, 2023
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Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. Three staff did not have documentation of completing the renewal of Health and Safety training topics within the required five year time frame.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/5/2023
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