Cathey's Child Care

Home · Charlotte · 315 Short Hill Drive

What kind of place is this?

Size 8 children licensed The same licensed capacity as 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 3 of the 11 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 Three Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
May 27, 2026
On file
11 visits since October 2023 — 8 cited nothing, 5 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 4 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.

May 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
May 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Mar 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Mar 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Sep 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Sep 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · September 18, 2024

Hazardous cleaning supplies and other items that might be poisonous e.g. toxic plants, were not out of reach or in locked storage when children were in care. A plugin air freshener was in the hallway, hand sanitizer was on the counter, and bottle of aromatherapy lotion was on the counter.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Mar 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · March 13, 2024

Safe sleep policy and poster about safe sleep practices was not posted in a prominent place in the infant sleeping room or area where parents and caregivers are able to view daily. The safe sleep policy was not posted.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/14/2024

Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. The incident log was not maintained.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/14/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · October 11, 2023

Safe sleep policy and poster about safe sleep practices was not posted in a prominent place in the infant sleeping room or area where parents and caregivers are able to view daily.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/12/2023

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Cathey's Child Care 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 Cathey's Child Care? 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.