Safe Hands Learning Center

Center · Charlotte · 6116 Vernedale Road

What kind of place is this?

Size 12 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.
Approach creative-curriculum

In the program’s own words

“Our Curriculum The Creative Curriculum ® for Preschool The Creative Curriculum for Preschool is an award-winning curriculum for preschool success.” safehandslearningcenter.com, July 2026

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 5 of the 6 visits below. Across Charlotte centers it cites something at about 57% 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 infants, toddlers and pre-school children (day care); after-school/school-age care for ages 5 through 14
Hours 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
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
February 24, 2026
On file
6 visits since September 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
15 of 16 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.

Feb 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Sep 2025 Unannounced visit 4 findings

Unannounced visit · September 4, 2025

All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Staff last form was dated 2023.

Violation corrected during visit

Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. Staff form last dated 2023.

Violation corrected during visit

Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance. Attendance was not completed for 9/3, 9/4.

Violation corrected during visit

At least one child care provider, who has completed ITS-SIDS training was not present in the infant room, while children were in care. Staff last training was 8/30/21

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/20/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · June 23, 2025

Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance. The last attendance was taking on Friday June 20, 2025.

Violation corrected during visit

Individual applications were not on file for each child.

Violation pending provider response

DCDEE facility lookup

Sep 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · September 5, 2024

The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. The plan was missing parent signatures and date.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/19/2024

Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. plastic bags from diaper containers, socks, and packaging was on the floor.

Violation corrected during visit

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Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · June 21, 2024

Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. Menu posted was dated for June 18, 2024

Violation corrected during visit

Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. Equate diaper rash ointment and equate hydrating cleanser was sitting on the sink near the diaper changing table.

Violation corrected during visit

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Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 6 findings

Unannounced visit · September 6, 2023

Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. There was an old menu posted with an August 2023 date.

Violation corrected during visit

Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. outlet covers or protections were not on the powerstrips behind the desk or on the shelf in the back connor of the classroom.

Violation corrected during visit

There was no written emergency medical care (EMC) plan. There was no plan posted or visible.

Violation corrected during visit

Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. Last shelter in place was documented for 4/3/2023.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/3/2023

Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file. Health information was in a three ring binder combined with the entire personnel file and not separate.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/3/2023

Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. Trainings were due to be completed on or before March 2023.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/3/2023

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Safe Hands Learning Center 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.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

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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