Statesville · Licensed center
Southeast Child Development Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 94 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since August 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 15, 20261 citation
Citation
“All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. Doors and walls of Space 5 and 6 need to be cleaned or painted.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/21/2026
- Nov 20, 2025Nothing cited
May 5, 20251 citation
Citation
“The EPR Plan did not include the date of the last revision of the plan. EPR review was not in the ERP book. The last review was not placed in the EPR book.”
Violation corrected during visit
Aug 21, 20243 citations
Citation
“All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. Music bench that is on the toddler play area needs to be sanded and free of hazards from the wood. Wood needs to be sanded down so children will not get splinters from the wood when playing.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/30/2024
Citation
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. Emergency Log has the last drill was conducted 3/19/24. Shelter- in -place drill was conducted today.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Sanitation Rule 15A NCAC 18A.2815 (e) Hot water that exceeds 120 degrees Fahrenheit us a burn hazard and shall not be provided in areas accessible to children. The Kitchen door was unlocked while unoccupied.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/30/2024
Feb 15, 20242 citations
Citation
“When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. Medication documentation was not maintained or current for the child's inhaler.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/22/2024
Citation
“The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. Surfacing for the Head Start Playground did not meet the critical height for the equipment. Mulch needs to be added to this playground.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/22/2024
Aug 28, 20231 citation
Citation
“For children under three years of age, materials were not made available to children on a daily basis. In the classroom for the one-year-olds in the area for dramatic play the stove and refrigerator were taped so the child did not have assess to the materials.”
Violation corrected during visit
The state cited rules at 5 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times had fewer: 75% of 79 had rules cited at 4 or fewer.
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%
- 4 of 620%
- 5 of 615%This center
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- April 15, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since August 2023 — 1 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 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 15, 2026
All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. Doors and walls of Space 5 and 6 need to be cleaned or painted.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/21/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 4955018 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
May 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · May 5, 2025
The EPR Plan did not include the date of the last revision of the plan. EPR review was not in the ERP book. The last review was not placed in the EPR book.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 4955018 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · August 21, 2024
All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. Music bench that is on the toddler play area needs to be sanded and free of hazards from the wood. Wood needs to be sanded down so children will not get splinters from the wood when playing.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/30/2024
Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. Emergency Log has the last drill was conducted 3/19/24. Shelter- in -place drill was conducted today.
Violation corrected during visit
Sanitation Rule 15A NCAC 18A.2815 (e) Hot water that exceeds 120 degrees Fahrenheit us a burn hazard and shall not be provided in areas accessible to children. The Kitchen door was unlocked while unoccupied.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/30/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 4955018 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Feb 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · February 15, 2024
When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. Medication documentation was not maintained or current for the child's inhaler.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/22/2024
The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. Surfacing for the Head Start Playground did not meet the critical height for the equipment. Mulch needs to be added to this playground.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/22/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 4955018 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · August 28, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
For children under three years of age, materials were not made available to children on a daily basis. In the classroom for the one-year-olds in the area for dramatic play the stove and refrigerator were taped so the child did not have assess to the materials.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 4955018 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 873-2858
- Address
- 230 Adams Street, Statesville, 28677
- License
- 4955018
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 4955018 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 icare-inc.org
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 4955018 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
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.