Raising Strong Minds

Home · Charlotte · 635 Wilora Landing Road

What kind of place is this?

Size 8 children licensed The same licensed capacity as at least half of Charlotte home daycares, which license 8. Measured across 141 Charlotte home daycares, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 3 of the 6 visits below. Across Charlotte home daycares it cites something at about 44% 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?

Ages served 6 weeks to 12 years
Hours 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Days / week 5
Holiday closures 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
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
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

Nov 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
May 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
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

Jun 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
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

Before you tour

Raising Strong Minds hasn’t published

Cost, 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: schedule.

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.

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