Charlotte · Licensed family home
Sunny Kids Academy
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 6 licensing inspections since January 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 22, 20251 citation
Citation
“The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current. The EPR Plan was not updated annually.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Jul 17, 2025Nothing cited
- Jul 10, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 2, 2025Nothing cited
- Jul 30, 2024Nothing cited
Jan 18, 20241 citation
Citation
“Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child's parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file. A signed statement was not on file for four (4) children.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/26/2024
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area family homes inspected 6 times had more: 67% of 30 had rules cited at 3 or more.
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%This home
- 3 of 627%
- 4 of 617%
- 5 of 620%
- All 63%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- December 22, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since January 2024 — 4 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 2 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.
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · December 22, 2025
The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current. The EPR Plan was not updated annually.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003454 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · January 18, 2024
Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child's parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file. A signed statement was not on file for four (4) children.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/26/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003454 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 395-8579
- Address
- 1701 Bray Drive, Charlotte, 28214
- License
- 60003454
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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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.
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 60003454 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website sunnykidsacademy.com
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.