Charlotte · Licensed family home
Inspired Minds Daycare
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 12 licensing inspections since November 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 19, 2026Nothing cited
- Jun 22, 2026Nothing cited
- Jun 18, 2026Nothing cited
- Nov 4, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 29, 2025Nothing cited
- Apr 16, 2025Nothing cited
- Nov 7, 2024Nothing cited
- Nov 5, 2024Nothing cited
- Jun 20, 2024Nothing cited
Jun 13, 20241 citation
Citation
“The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The shelter-in-place drill/lockdown drills were not completed at least every three (3) months; completed May 2, 2023, August 1, 2023, November 6, 2023, February 5, 2024, and June 4, 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/17/2024
- Jun 6, 2024Nothing cited
- Nov 9, 2023Nothing cited
Fewer than 20 Charlotte-area family homes have had 10 or more licensing inspections, so there is no comparison yet.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- October 19, 2026
- On file
- 12 visits since November 2023 — 11 cited nothing, 11 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 1 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.
Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · June 13, 2024
The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The shelter-in-place drill/lockdown drills were not completed at least every three (3) months; completed May 2, 2023, August 1, 2023, November 6, 2023, February 5, 2024, and June 4, 2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/17/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003273 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 249-3867
- Address
- 5918 Twin Brook Drive, Charlotte, 28269
- License
- 60003273
- Quality program
- Four Star License
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003273 under License Number, and open the result.
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Charlotte-area’s 139 licensed family homes hold. Small is 5 to 7; larger is 9 to 11.