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  • Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since June 2024.

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Licensing inspections

  • Apr 8, 20263 citations
    • Citation
      • “Individuals who provide care for less than 5 hours in a week, during planned absences of the family child care home operator, did not meet the requirements as specified in rule. During today's visit, the Owner/Operator was not present initially, and the caregiver on site did not meet the requirements as specified in rule.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/21/2026

    • Citation
      • “Individuals who provide care for less than 5 hours a week, during planned absences of the operator, did not submit criminal background check forms as required in Rule .2703. During today's visit, the Owner/Operator was not present initially, and the caregiver on site did not did not submit criminal background check forms.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/21/2026

    • Citation
      • “The written plan of care did not specify the names of individuals who will be responsible for the care of children when the operator attends to routine tasks. During today's visit, the Owner/Operator was not present initially. The written plan of care did not specify the names of individuals who will be responsible for the care of children when the operator attends to routine tasks.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/21/2026

  • Nov 5, 20251 citation
    • Citation
      • “Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. Operator was missing playground inspections for 10/2024 and 05/2025.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/18/2025

  • Aug 6, 2025Nothing cited
  • May 20, 20251 citation
    • Citation
      • “All indoor and outdoor areas used by the children were not kept clean, orderly, and free of items which are potentially hazardous to children including removal of items a child can swallow; the removal of loose nails or screws and splinters on inside; and use of outdoor equipment that is too hot to touch. In the outdoor area the neighboring fence is facing the area used by children. There are exposed nails and wood which is splintering, the fence is also not secure.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/30/2025

  • Aug 20, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jun 13, 20243 citations
    • Citation
      • “Corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, and products under pressure in an aerosol dispenser and any substance that may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not kept in locked storage when children were in care. There was one aerosol canister in the kitchen not inside of a locked cabinet.”

        Violation corrected during visit

    • Citation
      • “The operator did not review the FCCH EPR Plan with additional caregivers on an annual basis. A printed copy of the EPR plan was not printed and available for review.”

        Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/21/2024

    • 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. Trash bags, a bag bread, a plastic bag on the kitchen counter and refillable diaper wipe bags were accessible to a one year old child.”

        Violation corrected during visit

The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area family homes inspected 6 times had fewer: 60% of 30 had rules cited at 3 or fewer.

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%
  • 4 of 617%This home
  • 5 of 620%
  • All 63%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
April 8, 2026
On file
6 visits since June 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 8 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 2026 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · April 8, 2026

Individuals who provide care for less than 5 hours in a week, during planned absences of the family child care home operator, did not meet the requirements as specified in rule. During today's visit, the Owner/Operator was not present initially, and the caregiver on site did not meet the requirements as specified in rule.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/21/2026

Individuals who provide care for less than 5 hours a week, during planned absences of the operator, did not submit criminal background check forms as required in Rule .2703. During today's visit, the Owner/Operator was not present initially, and the caregiver on site did not did not submit criminal background check forms.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/21/2026

The written plan of care did not specify the names of individuals who will be responsible for the care of children when the operator attends to routine tasks. During today's visit, the Owner/Operator was not present initially. The written plan of care did not specify the names of individuals who will be responsible for the care of children when the operator attends to routine tasks.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/21/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000297 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Nov 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · November 5, 2025

Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. Operator was missing playground inspections for 10/2024 and 05/2025.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/18/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000297 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Aug 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
May 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · May 20, 2025

All indoor and outdoor areas used by the children were not kept clean, orderly, and free of items which are potentially hazardous to children including removal of items a child can swallow; the removal of loose nails or screws and splinters on inside; and use of outdoor equipment that is too hot to touch. In the outdoor area the neighboring fence is facing the area used by children. There are exposed nails and wood which is splintering, the fence is also not secure.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/30/2025

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000297 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Aug 2024 Announced visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · June 13, 2024

Corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, and products under pressure in an aerosol dispenser and any substance that may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not kept in locked storage when children were in care. There was one aerosol canister in the kitchen not inside of a locked cabinet.

Violation corrected during visit

The operator did not review the FCCH EPR Plan with additional caregivers on an annual basis. A printed copy of the EPR plan was not printed and available for review.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/21/2024

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. Trash bags, a bag bread, a plastic bag on the kitchen counter and refillable diaper wipe bags were accessible to a one year old child.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000297 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

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Details

Phone
(704) 224-1144
Address
4216 Sebring Ct, Concord, 28025
License
13000297
Quality program
Four 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 13000297 under License Number, and open the result.

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.

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