Ms Suzy's Day Care, Inc

Center · Charlotte · 4939 Hamilton Circle

What kind of place is this?

Size 12 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 3 of the 9 visits below. Across Charlotte centers it cites something at about 57% 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 Five Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
August 11, 2026
On file
9 visits since August 2023 — 6 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 11 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 Announced visit nothing cited
Feb 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · February 18, 2026

Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. The menu did not match with what the children were eating for breakfast.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Feb 2025 Unannounced visit 4 findings

Unannounced visit · February 24, 2025

Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. There were 4 children present during the visit and there were no arrival time records.

Violation corrected during visit

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. There was no current activity plan posted.

Violation corrected during visit

The child care center premises, including the outdoor learning environment, was not clean, drained to minimize standing water, free of litter and hazards, and/or maintained in a manner which does not create conditions that attract or harbor pests. The sensory table was not drained of water. There were branches and limbs in the outdoor learning environment.

Violation corrected during visit

Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. A staff member did not complete the recognizing and responding to maltreatment training for the 5 year mark.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Announced visit nothing cited
Feb 2024 Unannounced visit 6 findings

Unannounced visit · February 26, 2024

Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. There was a ripped trapline assessible to children on the playground.

Violation corrected during visit

Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. There was an electrical outlet not covered.

Violation corrected during visit

Air conditioning units were accessible or did not have a guard to keep objects from being thrown into the unit. The lattuce around the A/C unit is loose.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2024

First aid kit and/or fire extinguisher was not located in vehicle; kit and/or extinguisher was not mounted or secured if in passenger area. There was no fire extinguisher in the vehicle use to transport children.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2024

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. S. Billings has not completed an updated training for the 5 year mark.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2024

Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. S. Billings has not completed the medication training for the 5 year mark.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Ms Suzy's Day Care, Inc 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.

All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

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 Ms Suzy's Day Care, Inc? 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.