Charlotte · Licensed center
Kid's Palace
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 12 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 5, 20261 citation
Citation
“Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission for one (1) enrolled child.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/10/2026
- Mar 6, 2026Nothing cited
Aug 13, 20253 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 last fire inspection was completed 9/1/25. The approved DCDEE report was not completed.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/14/2025
Citation
“A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. One (1) child, RI, with a diagnosed food allergy did not have emergency medication onsite.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/26/2025
Citation
“Application did not have a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. The medical report for RI stated a food allergy. A medical action plan was not completed.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/22/2025
- Feb 24, 2025Nothing cited
- Sep 10, 2024Nothing cited
- May 28, 2024Nothing cited
Sep 29, 20231 citation
Citation
“Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child's first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child. One (1) child did not renew emergency medical care information annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/8/2023
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times had more: 65% of 86 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 86 Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None5%
- 1 of 78%
- 2 of 73%
- 3 of 719%This center
- 4 of 721%
- 5 of 726%
- 6 of 716%
- All 72%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- August 5, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 3 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.
Aug 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · August 5, 2026
Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission for one (1) enrolled child.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/10/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001272 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · August 13, 2025
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 last fire inspection was completed 9/1/25. The approved DCDEE report was not completed.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/14/2025
A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. One (1) child, RI, with a diagnosed food allergy did not have emergency medication onsite.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/26/2025
Application did not have a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. The medical report for RI stated a food allergy. A medical action plan was not completed.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/22/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001272 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · September 29, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 9, 2026
Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child's first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child. One (1) child did not renew emergency medical care information annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/8/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001272 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 342-9683
- Address
- 232 Sylvania Ave, Charlotte, 28206
- License
- 60001272
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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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.
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 60001272 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.