Monroe · Licensed family home
Katherine Eldin's Child Day Care Home
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 8 licensing inspections since October 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jun 15, 20261 citation
Citation
“Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. Ms. Eldin did not have a copy of monthly fire drills, or emergency drills.”
Violation corrected during visit
Jan 23, 20262 citations
Citation
“Operator did not complete the required number of on-going training hours as specified in rule. Four (4) hours were completed and four (4) more are due.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/23/2026
Citation
“A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review at the facility. Ms. Eldin did start the qualification process but it was closed before she was able to finish.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/23/2026
- Jan 21, 2026Nothing cited
Jun 30, 20252 citations
Citation
“Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. The last playground inspection was completed in February.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/7/2025
Citation
“The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The last emergency drill was conducted in December 2024.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Jan 24, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 16, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 18, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 25, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 8 inspections. Charlotte-area family homes inspected 8 times split three ways: 18% had fewer, 36% the same, and 46% more (28 family homes).
How all 28 Charlotte-area family homes inspected 8 times compare
Of the 28 Charlotte-area family homes the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None4%
- 2 of 814%
- 3 of 836%This home
- 4 of 87%
- 5 of 825%
- 6 of 87%
- 7 of 87%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- June 15, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since October 2023 — 5 cited nothing, 5 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 5 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 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · June 15, 2026
Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. Ms. Eldin did not have a copy of monthly fire drills, or emergency drills.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 9005148 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · January 23, 2026
Operator did not complete the required number of on-going training hours as specified in rule. Four (4) hours were completed and four (4) more are due.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/23/2026
A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review at the facility. Ms. Eldin did start the qualification process but it was closed before she was able to finish.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/23/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 9005148 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jun 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · June 30, 2025
Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. The last playground inspection was completed in February.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/7/2025
The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The last emergency drill was conducted in December 2024.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 9005148 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 292-7028
- Address
- 1105 Deese Rd, Monroe, 28110
- License
- 9005148
- Quality program
- One Star License
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State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 9005148 under License Number, and open the result.
- Quality program — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 9005148 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.