Concord · Licensed center
Grandma's Kidz Child Care Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 100 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 10 licensing inspections since September 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 4, 2026Nothing cited
Aug 25, 20261 citation
Citation
“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 confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2026
May 28, 20261 citation
Citation
“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
- Nov 25, 2025Nothing cited
- Sep 23, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 20, 2025Nothing cited
- Jun 10, 2025Nothing cited
- Jul 18, 2024Nothing cited
Apr 29, 20243 citations
Citation
“A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. A tube of Aquaphor had a 2023 expiration date.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“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medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization.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
Citation
“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
Sep 8, 20231 citation
Citation
“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
The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 10 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: more than 99% of 271.
How all 271 Charlotte-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 271 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Someover 99%This center
- Allunder 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- September 4, 2026
- On file
- 10 visits since September 2023 — 6 cited nothing, 5 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 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 confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000445 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000445 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000445 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · September 8, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
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
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000445 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 792-1668
- Address
- 4220 Orphanage Road, Concord, 28027
- License
- 13000445
- Quality program
- Four Star License
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State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000445 under License Number, and open the result.
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000445 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Medium means the middle half of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 51 to 162 children. Small is 11 to 50; large is 163 to 528.