Charlotte · Licensed family home
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At a glance
- 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 February 2024.
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Licensing inspections
Jul 21, 20262 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. The door to shed in the backyard is broken and wont locked, there were hazardous products stored and accessible to children.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/1/2026
Citation
“The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The center's last lockdown or shelter-in-place drill was documented on 1/21/26.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/1/2026
Feb 24, 20261 citation
Citation
“The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. Fire drills and shelter in place/lock down drills were monitored, there was no documentation for a shelter in place or lockdown drill for November 2025.The center had one in August 2025 and the next one documented was January 2026.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2026
- Aug 6, 2025Nothing cited
- Mar 20, 2025Nothing cited
Aug 9, 20241 citation
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. I observed hand sanitizer on the counter near the kitchen sink.”
Violation corrected during visit
Feb 22, 20242 citations
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. The provider was not able to provide documentation of completing a monthly fire drill for October 2023.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/5/2024
Citation
“The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The center did not have documentation of completing at shelter-in-place or lockdown drill for the month of October 2023.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/5/2024
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
- July 21, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since February 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 6 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.
Jul 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · July 21, 2026
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. The door to shed in the backyard is broken and wont locked, there were hazardous products stored and accessible to children.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/1/2026
The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The center's last lockdown or shelter-in-place drill was documented on 1/21/26.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/1/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002455 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Feb 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · February 24, 2026
The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. Fire drills and shelter in place/lock down drills were monitored, there was no documentation for a shelter in place or lockdown drill for November 2025.The center had one in August 2025 and the next one documented was January 2026.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002455 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · August 9, 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. I observed hand sanitizer on the counter near the kitchen sink.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002455 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 22, 2024
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. The provider was not able to provide documentation of completing a monthly fire drill for October 2023.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/5/2024
The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The center did not have documentation of completing at shelter-in-place or lockdown drill for the month of October 2023.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/5/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002455 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 724-0376
- Address
- 4711 Fox Thorne Drive, Charlotte, 28216
- License
- 60002455
- Quality program
- Four 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 60002455 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.