Charlotte · Licensed family home
Ms Horton's Little Angels Day Care
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 7 licensing inspections since April 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Apr 27, 2026Nothing cited
Feb 25, 20262 citations
Citation
“Health questionnaire was not completed annually. The health questionnaire was not completed.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Operator has not completed ITS-SIDS training every three years from the completion date of the previous ITS-SIDS training. ITS-SIDS training expired February 13, 2026. Ms. L. Horton's ITS-SIDS training expired February 13, 2026.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2026
Oct 8, 20251 citation
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 roster was incomplete in ABCMS.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/16/2025
- Mar 5, 2025Nothing cited
- Dec 9, 2024Nothing cited
- Jun 7, 2024Nothing cited
Apr 11, 20241 citation
Citation
“The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The lockdown or shelter-in-place drill was not completed at least quarterly/every three months; completed September 9, 2023, January 11, 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/12/2024
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 7 inspections. Charlotte-area family homes inspected 7 times split three ways: 38% had fewer, 24% the same, and 38% more (37 family homes).
How all 37 Charlotte-area family homes inspected 7 times compare
Of the 37 Charlotte-area family homes the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None5%
- 1 of 714%
- 2 of 719%
- 3 of 724%This home
- 4 of 711%
- 5 of 719%
- 6 of 78%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- April 27, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since April 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.
Feb 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · February 25, 2026
Health questionnaire was not completed annually. The health questionnaire was not completed.
Violation corrected during visit
Operator has not completed ITS-SIDS training every three years from the completion date of the previous ITS-SIDS training. ITS-SIDS training expired February 13, 2026. Ms. L. Horton's ITS-SIDS training expired February 13, 2026.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/17/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001252 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · October 8, 2025
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 roster was incomplete in ABCMS.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/16/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001252 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 11, 2024
The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The lockdown or shelter-in-place drill was not completed at least quarterly/every three months; completed September 9, 2023, January 11, 2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/12/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60001252 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 527-8041
- Address
- 5640 Southampton Rd, Charlotte, 28217
- License
- 60001252
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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Sources and dates
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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 60001252 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.