Joyce's Day Care

Center · Charlotte · 2616 Hemphill St

What kind of place is this?

Size 12 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 2 of the 6 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
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

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

Mar 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Sep 2024 Announced visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Joyce's Day Care 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

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

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 Joyce's Day Care? 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.