Miss Candy's Playland

Home · Concord · 4023 Clover Road NW

What kind of place is this?

Size 8 children licensed The same licensed capacity as at least half of Charlotte home daycares, which license 8. Measured across 141 Charlotte home daycares, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit North Carolina DCDEE names a limited company as the licensee, and it is not in the IRS register of tax-exempt organisations. ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 4 of the 6 visits below. Across Charlotte home daycares it cites something at about 44% 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
May 26, 2026
On file
6 visits since November 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 2 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.

May 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · December 2, 2025

Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns. The application for a child with the enrollment date of 9/15/25 did not contain the required information.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/15/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Feb 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · August 22, 2024

Products that are labeled "keep out of reach of children" without any other warnings, were not stored on a shelf or in an unlocked cabinet that is five feet above the finished floor. A bottle of bulk soap was on the toilet in the bathroom used by children.

Violation corrected during visit

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Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · April 17, 2024

Application did not include the names and the phone numbers of the child's physician and the persons to be contacted in an emergency situation. One child's application did not include the choice of physician and another child's application did not include the hospital preference.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/17/2024

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Nov 2023 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · November 9, 2023

Operator did not successfully complete a first aid course as referenced in Rule.1702(b)(2) First aid training was not renewed on or before the expiration of the certification. The operator had a First aid certification which expired on September 20, 2023.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023

Operator did not successfully complete a CPR course as referenced in Rule.1702(b)(2) CPR training was not renewed on or before the expiration of the certification. The operator had a CPR certification which expired on September 20, 2023.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023

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Before you tour

Miss Candy's Playland 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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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 Miss Candy's Playland? 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.