Concord · Licensed center
Lockhart Child Development Center
At a glance
- Medium Creative Curriculum center, licensed for 106 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Tuition $1,234 to $1,451 a month, full time; the age it is for isn’t stated. See costs
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since July 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 6, 20264 citations
Citation
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space 104 there was no activity plan posted.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“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. The ABCMS roster has not been updated to include all of the staff members that is employed at the facility.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2026
Citation
“Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. There were 10 topical medication permission to administer forms that did not contain all of the required information, such as the amount of the medication to administer and the dates that the medications would expire.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. The Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma form for (2) children did not contain the children’s date of enrollment.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Mar 19, 2026Nothing cited
Jul 8, 20255 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. A fire inspection was completed March 2024, and another inspection was not completed until May 2025. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
Citation
“Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have on-going training certificates on file and available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
Citation
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on 3/14/23 did not have a current staff development plan on file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have a current staff development plan or annual staff evaluation on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
Citation
“Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file. A staff member hired on 7/7/25 did not have a medical report on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
Citation
“Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not complete all health and safety trainings.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
- Mar 13, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 11, 20251 citation
Citation
“Discipline was not appropriate for the child's age and development. Two staff members stated that when a three year old child displayed challenging behaviors in the classroom, on more than one occasion the child was placed in a one year old classroom during rest time.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2025
Feb 13, 20253 citations
Citation
“On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 10/23/24 did not have a copy of a negative TB test on file or available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/27/2025
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 7/31/23 did not have a First Aid certificate on file and available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/4/2025
Citation
“The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 9/25/23, 5/11/22, 6/13/22 and 8/24/22 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment certificate on file and available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/27/2025
Jul 9, 202415 citations
Citation
“The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 103 one child's feeding plan did not have a parent's signature, and one child's feeding plan did not have the date the plan was received.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. In space 102 children's hands were not washed before meal time.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“Staff did not wash their hands thoroughly before beginning work, before/after handling food, before bottle feeding or serving to other children, after toileting or handling body fluids, after diaper changing and after handling soiled items. In space 102 teachers did not wash their hands before prepping and serving meals to children.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space 104 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 103 there was not a permission to administer form on file for three diaper creams. In space 102 there was not a permission to administer form on file for four diaper creams. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for two medications.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the emergency medical care plan annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 5/10/24 did not have a medical report on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a TB test on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a health questionnaire on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/3/21, 2/26/24, and 10/18/23 did not have a current First Aid certification on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current CPR certification on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on on 1/3/21 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The EPR plan has not been reviewed or updated since June 2022.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the EPR plan annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child's parent or health care professional. In space 101 an emergency medication had an expired emergency medical action plan.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Citation
“The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
The state cited rules at 5 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times had fewer: 56% of 86 had rules cited at 4 or fewer.
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%
- 4 of 721%
- 5 of 726%This center
- 6 of 716%
- All 72%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- July 6, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since July 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 28 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.
Jul 2026 Unannounced visit 4 findings
Unannounced visit · July 6, 2026
A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space 104 there was no activity plan posted.
Violation corrected during visit
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. The ABCMS roster has not been updated to include all of the staff members that is employed at the facility.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2026
Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. There were 10 topical medication permission to administer forms that did not contain all of the required information, such as the amount of the medication to administer and the dates that the medications would expire.
Violation corrected during visit
A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. The Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma form for (2) children did not contain the children’s date of enrollment.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jul 2025 Unannounced visit 5 findings
Unannounced visit · July 8, 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. A fire inspection was completed March 2024, and another inspection was not completed until May 2025. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have on-going training certificates on file and available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on 3/14/23 did not have a current staff development plan on file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have a current staff development plan or annual staff evaluation on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file. A staff member hired on 7/7/25 did not have a medical report on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not complete all health and safety trainings.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/21/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · March 11, 2025
Discipline was not appropriate for the child's age and development. Two staff members stated that when a three year old child displayed challenging behaviors in the classroom, on more than one occasion the child was placed in a one year old classroom during rest time.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Feb 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · February 13, 2025
On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 10/23/24 did not have a copy of a negative TB test on file or available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/27/2025
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 7/31/23 did not have a First Aid certificate on file and available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/4/2025
The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 9/25/23, 5/11/22, 6/13/22 and 8/24/22 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment certificate on file and available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/27/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jul 2024 Unannounced visit 15 findings
Unannounced visit · July 9, 2024
The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 103 one child's feeding plan did not have a parent's signature, and one child's feeding plan did not have the date the plan was received.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. In space 102 children's hands were not washed before meal time.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Staff did not wash their hands thoroughly before beginning work, before/after handling food, before bottle feeding or serving to other children, after toileting or handling body fluids, after diaper changing and after handling soiled items. In space 102 teachers did not wash their hands before prepping and serving meals to children.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space 104 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 103 there was not a permission to administer form on file for three diaper creams. In space 102 there was not a permission to administer form on file for four diaper creams. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for two medications.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the emergency medical care plan annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 5/10/24 did not have a medical report on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a TB test on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a health questionnaire on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/3/21, 2/26/24, and 10/18/23 did not have a current First Aid certification on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current CPR certification on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on on 1/3/21 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The EPR plan has not been reviewed or updated since June 2022.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the EPR plan annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child's parent or health care professional. In space 101 an emergency medication had an expired emergency medical action plan.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/23/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000588 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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What it costs
$1,234 to $1,451 a month
Charlotte-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
- Application fee
- $50
A day here
7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Meals, outdoors, updates for parents and two more
- Meals
- LCDC provides meals/snacks following USDA guidelines; parents provide alternate food items only when required (e.g. for allergies)
- Outdoors
- Children play outside every day, weather permitting, for at least 5 minutes
- Updates for parents
- Sign-in via the Pro-Care App; also notes, letters, notices, and email
- Schedule
- Full-day
- Closed
- 12 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
New Year's Day, MLK Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday (staff workday), Memorial Day, Independence Day (1 week), Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas (3 days), Juneteenth, plus a TBA staff workday
How they teach
Creative Curriculum
“Creative Curriculum”
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Excluded for fever of 100°F+ (underarm) and other illness symptoms; may return after 24 hours fever-free without fever-reducing medication, or with a physician's note
Details
- Phone
- (704) 260-0040
- Address
- 525 Lake Concord Rd NE, Concord, 28025
- License
- 13000588
- 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.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org
What it costs
- Monthly tuition, Application fee — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Updates for parents, Hours, Schedule, Closed — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org/…/972029_cca51b40e45d42879aa074af3290f35d.pdf
- Outdoors — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org/…/972029_cca51b40e45d42879aa074af3290f35d.pdf
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000588 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 lockhartcdc.org/…/972029_cca51b40e45d42879aa074af3290f35d.pdf
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000588 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Medium means the middle half of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 51 to 162 children. Small is 11 to 50; large is 163 to 528.