Stratford Richardson YMCA

Center · Charlotte · 1946 West Blvd

What kind of place is this?

Size 199 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 6 of the 8 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 ages 1-6
Schedule half-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
February 26, 2026
On file
8 visits since August 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 14 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 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · February 26, 2026

Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. Fire inspection was not completed, despite emails sent to the fire inspectors.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/8/2026

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. Space one lesson plan was dated for the week on February 9-13 2026.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Nov 2025 Announced visit nothing cited
May 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 4 findings

Unannounced visit · March 4, 2025

Special diet or food allergy information was not posted where they can be seen in food preparation and eating areas. In space two, and space four, there was no evidence of this reqirement.

Violation corrected during visit

Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. The bus used to pick up children did not have the required identifying information.

Violation corrected during visit

Application did not have a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services.One child did not have the required information with their application.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2025

Signage was not posted regarding the smoking and tobacco restriction at the entrance of the center and/or in vehicles used to transport children. There was no signage available to monitor.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · June 18, 2024

Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. The top of a grey shelf was broken in group five, in group 4 the was a drawer system that the top was off.

Violation corrected during visit

Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance. Group 6 did not have attendance done for today.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Mar 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · March 7, 2024

Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. Blocks in classroom 3, were splintered. shelf in class 4 had exposed nails. several shelves in each classroom are unstable (black crates) and one shelf has chips and torn sidings.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/1/2024

Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. There were ill repaired shelves, cabinets, drawers in classroom four, broken shelf, in space 3, shelves in classroom 2, and carpet in class one was dirty.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/1/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2023 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · August 30, 2023

Staff/child ratios applicable to a classroom, were not posted in each classroom. Space two did not have the ratios posted in the classroom.

Violation corrected during visit

A current schedule was not posted for each group of children for reference. A current schedule was not posted in space 2.

Violation corrected during visit

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. There were no activity plan posted in space 2.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · August 17, 2023

No longer displayed by the state

The number of children present was not within permit capacity. The space approved for the size of the classroom was not followed. Space two/group three has a max of 15 children, 19 children were using that space.

Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 8/30/2023

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Stratford Richardson YMCA hasn’t published

Cost, a typical day, 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: hours, days / week, 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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