It Takes A Village Child Care Center

Home · Charlotte · 9540 John Russell Road

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 5 of the 8 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?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

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
April 29, 2026
On file
8 visits since August 2023 — 3 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 12 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.

Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · April 29, 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. It was observed that the Family Child Care Home provider had not created a CBC roster for her program via ABCMS.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/3/2026

DCDEE facility lookup

Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 5 findings

Unannounced visit · December 3, 2025

Health questionnaire was not completed annually. The provider’s annual Healthcare Questionnaire was reviewed. It was observed that the last one the provider had on file was due to be updated either before or on December 14, 2024.

Violation corrected during visit

Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of 30 days. Safe sleep checks were monitored for two (2) currently enrolled infants. It was observed that none were on file and accessible for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/15/2025

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. During today’s visit the program’s CBC roster that was required to be created utilizing the ABCMS Provider Portal was checked. The provider stated that she was unaware of this requirement and had not begun this process.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/3/2026

Operator and/or staff who work with children, did not complete health and safety training as part of on-going training so that every five years, all the topic areas were covered. During today’s visit it was observed that there was no documentation on file to verify that required health and safety trainings had been completed in the required timeframe.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/15/2025

The family child care home operator did not collect and submit samples of water from each outlet used for drinking or food preparation for lead analysis to the local health department or a laboratory certified to analyze for lead in drinking water by the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health. During today’s visit I requested information about the program’s most recent lead water testing results. The provider informed me that she had not completed this process, as she was not aware that this was an annual requirement, and did not have this information available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/17/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jul 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Dec 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · December 10, 2024

Safe sleep policy did not contain the required information as indicated in rule .1724(a)(1-12). Ms. Ingram had a file available for review for each enrolled children. It was observed that one child under twelve months of age did not have a completed Safe Sleep policy on file containing all required information.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/20/2024

The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current. The Emergency Response and Preparedness Plan/Ready to Go File was reviewed and it was observed to have last been updated on February 24, 2023 and not annually or as changes occur, as required.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/10/2024

Operator and/or staff who work with children, did not complete health and safety training as part of on-going training so that every five years, all the topic areas were covered. While monitoring Ms. Ingram’s ongoing training requirements it was observed that she was due to complete the five-year renewal process for the required Health and Safety trainings in September 2024 but this did not occur.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/6/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jul 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · July 16, 2024

Operator has not completed ITS-SIDS training every three years from the completion date of the previous ITS-SIDS training. Two (2) staff files were reviewed and it was observed that each staff member was due to complete their three year ITS-SIDS recertification either on or before June 16, 2024 and this did not occur.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/31/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Dec 2023 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · December 14, 2023

Health questionnaire was not completed annually. The operator's health questionnaire expired 6/1/23 and was corrected during the visit today. The additional caregiver's health questionnaire on file expired 6/1/23.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/19/2023

Operator did not complete the required number of on-going training hours as specified in rule. The additional caregiver was required to receive twenty (20) hours of ongoing training hours by 6/1/23. Documentation of receipt of those hours was not available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/19/2023

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited

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All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

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