Charlotte · Licensed family home
Raising Strong Minds
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 12 a.m., 5 days a week.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since November 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 5, 20261 citation
Citation
“The daily schedule, activity plan, infant feeding plan, allergy posting, SIDS Sleep Chart/visual check were not maintained on file for a minimum of 30 days from the revision or replacement date. The allergy posting was not posted anywhere in the facility.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Nov 24, 2025Nothing cited
- May 22, 2025Nothing cited
Nov 26, 20242 citations
Citation
“Each child's hands were not washed before and after eating. Children washed hands but played with toys and art before the food was served.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Health questionnaire was not completed annually. The last documented HQ was completed on 1/2023.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Jun 28, 2024Nothing cited
Nov 30, 20231 citation
Citation
“Plastic bags, toys, and toy parts small enough to be swallowed, including but not limited to materials that can be easily torn apart such as foam rubber and styrofoam, were accessible to children under the age of three. there were plastic bags stored in a drawer near the changing table and thumb tacks were on the shelf near the book center.”
Violation corrected during visit
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 6 inspections. Charlotte-area family homes inspected 6 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (30 family homes).
How all 30 Charlotte-area family homes inspected 6 times compare
Of the 30 Charlotte-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None3%
- 1 of 620%
- 2 of 610%
- 3 of 627%This home
- 4 of 617%
- 5 of 620%
- All 63%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 5, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since November 2023 — 3 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.
May 2026 Announced visit 1 finding
Announced visit · May 5, 2026
The daily schedule, activity plan, infant feeding plan, allergy posting, SIDS Sleep Chart/visual check were not maintained on file for a minimum of 30 days from the revision or replacement date. The allergy posting was not posted anywhere in the facility.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003661 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Nov 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · November 26, 2024
Each child's hands were not washed before and after eating. Children washed hands but played with toys and art before the food was served.
Violation corrected during visit
Health questionnaire was not completed annually. The last documented HQ was completed on 1/2023.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003661 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Nov 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · November 30, 2023
Plastic bags, toys, and toy parts small enough to be swallowed, including but not limited to materials that can be easily torn apart such as foam rubber and styrofoam, were accessible to children under the age of three. there were plastic bags stored in a drawer near the changing table and thumb tacks were on the shelf near the book center.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003661 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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A day here
- Hours
- 7 a.m. to 12 a.m., 5 days a week
Meals and closed
- Meals
- USDA-approved meals provided during 1st and 2nd shifts
- Closed
- 10 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Good Friday, Easter, Spring Break (TBA), Memorial Day, Labor Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day
Details
- Phone
- (704) 724-2573
- Address
- 635 Wilora Landing Road, Charlotte, 28212
- License
- 60003661
- Quality program
- Five Star License
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, teaching approach, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Meals raisingstrongminds.com/programs.html
- Hours, Closed raisingstrongminds.com/about-us.html
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003661 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website raisingstrongminds.com
- Ages they serve raisingstrongminds.com/about-us.html
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.