Charlotte · Licensed center
Joyce's Day Care
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 12 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 6 licensing inspections since March 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 5, 20263 citations
Citation
“Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The center's last fire inspection was 2/25/25, and has not have a fire inspection within 12 months of the last one.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/16/2026
Citation
“Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. I observed children the attendance for children and some children did not have departure times available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/16/2026
Citation
“All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. I observed cans of paint on the floor of the kitchen/ not locked and accessible to children.”
Violation corrected during visit
Nov 13, 20251 citation
Citation
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The centers last shelter in place/ lockdown drill was on 6/17/25.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/27/2025
- Mar 12, 2025Nothing cited
- Sep 12, 2024Nothing cited
- Jun 12, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 13, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 65% of 79 had rules cited at 3 or more.
How all 79 Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 79 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None10%
- 1 of 65%
- 2 of 620%This center
- 3 of 619%
- 4 of 620%
- 5 of 615%
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- March 5, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since March 2024 — 4 cited nothing, 3 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.
Mar 2026 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · March 5, 2026
Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The center's last fire inspection was 2/25/25, and has not have a fire inspection within 12 months of the last one.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/16/2026
Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. I observed children the attendance for children and some children did not have departure times available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/16/2026
All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. I observed cans of paint on the floor of the kitchen/ not locked and accessible to children.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000706 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Nov 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · November 13, 2025
Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The centers last shelter in place/ lockdown drill was on 6/17/25.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/27/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000706 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 398-2858
- Address
- 2616 Hemphill St, Charlotte, 28208
- License
- 60000706
- Quality program
- Four Star License
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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 60000706 under License Number, and open the result.
Small means the smallest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.