Charlotte · Licensed center
Precious Playmates Child Development Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 66 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since January 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 22, 20261 citation
Citation
“A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. A staff member's valid qualification letter was not on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/4/2026
- Nov 17, 2025Nothing cited
- May 29, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 9, 2025Nothing cited
Jul 2, 20241 citation
Citation
“All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. A staff members medical and TB was unavailable for review. It was monitored at the previous visit.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/14/2024
Jan 11, 20241 citation
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. The operator did not submit the fire inspection report in the required timeframe.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/22/2024
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times split three ways: 35% had fewer, 19% the same, and 46% more (79 centers).
How all 79 Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 79 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None10%
- 1 of 65%
- 2 of 620%
- 3 of 619%This center
- 4 of 620%
- 5 of 615%
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 22, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since January 2024 — 3 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 3 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 1 finding
Unannounced visit · May 22, 2026
A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. A staff member's valid qualification letter was not on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/4/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003913 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jul 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · July 2, 2024
All staff records, except financial records, were not made available for review. A staff members medical and TB was unavailable for review. It was monitored at the previous visit.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/14/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003913 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · January 11, 2024
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. The operator did not submit the fire inspection report in the required timeframe.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/22/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003913 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 392-6100
- Address
- 532 Ingle Street, Charlotte, 28216
- License
- 60003913
- Quality program
- Four 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 60003913 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.