Grandma's Kidz Child Care Center

Center · Concord · 4220 Orphanage Road

What kind of place is this?

Size 100 children licensed In the middle half for Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit North Carolina DCDEE names a limited company as the licensee, and it is not in the IRS register of tax-exempt organisations. ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 4 of the 9 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.

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 Four Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
August 25, 2026
On file
9 visits since September 2023 — 5 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
Fixed?
5 of 6 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.

Aug 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · August 25, 2026

A child was handled in a rough way, including shaking, pushing, shoving, pinching, slapping, biting, kicking, or spanking. A teacher slapped a child on their forearm in response to the child slapping the teacher's arm.

Violation pending provider response

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May 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · May 28, 2026

When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. 2 Medication documentation forms was not up to date in space 1 ( two year old space).

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/4/2026

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Nov 2025 Announced visit nothing cited
Sep 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jun 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jul 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · April 29, 2024

A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. A tube of Aquaphor had a 2023 expiration date.

Violation corrected during visit

Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. A permission to administer had expired and the ointment was still in the classroom.

Violation corrected during visit

Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. The administrator's ITS SIDS certification expired on March 15, 2024.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/8/2024

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Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · September 8, 2023

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. One Staff did not complete health and safety required trainings within the required five years.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/21/2023

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Before you tour

Grandma's Kidz Child Care Center 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

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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 Grandma's Kidz Child Care Center? 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.