Gastonia · Licensed center
New Hope For Kids
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 75 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 9 licensing inspections since August 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 26, 2026Nothing cited
- Mar 24, 2026Nothing cited
- Oct 22, 2025Nothing cited
Apr 14, 20252 citations
Citation
“A screening assessing development was not conducted within 90 days after the first day of attendance in the program or within six months prior to the first day of attendance and/or the screening was not conducted by a health care, community or school professional trained in administering the screening tool. One (1) child, enrolled in the NC Pre-Kindergarten Program on January 6, 2025, did not have a developmental screening conducted.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/25/2025
Citation
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The most recent shelter-in-place/lockdown drill was conducted on December 17, 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/25/2025
- Nov 18, 2024Nothing cited
- May 13, 2024Nothing cited
- May 9, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 29, 2024Nothing cited
- Aug 24, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 9 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 9 times had more: 96% of 49 had rules cited at 2 or more.
How all 49 Charlotte-area centers inspected 9 times compare
Of the 49 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 9 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 94%This center
- 2 of 94%
- 3 of 96%
- 4 of 914%
- 5 of 922%
- 6 of 922%
- 7 of 912%
- 8 of 912%
- All 92%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- October 26, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since August 2023 — 8 cited nothing, 7 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 2 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.
Apr 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · April 14, 2025
A screening assessing development was not conducted within 90 days after the first day of attendance in the program or within six months prior to the first day of attendance and/or the screening was not conducted by a health care, community or school professional trained in administering the screening tool. One (1) child, enrolled in the NC Pre-Kindergarten Program on January 6, 2025, did not have a developmental screening conducted.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/25/2025
Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The most recent shelter-in-place/lockdown drill was conducted on December 17, 2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/25/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000513 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 824-8848
- Address
- 204 Stroupe Road, Gastonia, 28056
- License
- 36000513
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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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 36000513 under License Number, and open the result.
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.