Cherryville · Licensed center
Unlimited Praise Christian Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 54 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 6 licensing inspections since September 2023.
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Licensing inspections
- Jul 28, 2026Nothing cited
- Jan 22, 2026Nothing cited
- Aug 20, 2025Nothing cited
- Jan 30, 2025Nothing cited
Aug 29, 20242 citations
Citation
“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. The fire inspection on file for review was dated June 6, 2024. The previous fire inspection was dated April 21, 2023.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/5/2024
Citation
“Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. The program’s Safe Sleep Policy was not followed. In space #1B, one (1) infant under the age of 12 months was placed on her stomach to sleep and there was no written sleep waiver available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/5/2024
Sep 7, 20231 citation
Citation
“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. Four employees who completed Health & Safety training in 2017 did not complete all eleven areas in 2022. Administration of Medication, with standards for Parental consent, and Recognizing and reporting child abuse, child neglect, and maltreatment were not completed within five years.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/20/2023
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 65% of 79 had rules cited at 3 or more.
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%This center
- 3 of 619%
- 4 of 620%
- 5 of 615%
- All 610%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- July 28, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since September 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 3 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.
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · August 29, 2024
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. The fire inspection on file for review was dated June 6, 2024. The previous fire inspection was dated April 21, 2023.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/5/2024
Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. The program’s Safe Sleep Policy was not followed. In space #1B, one (1) infant under the age of 12 months was placed on her stomach to sleep and there was no written sleep waiver available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/5/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000521 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · September 7, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
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. Four employees who completed Health & Safety training in 2017 did not complete all eleven areas in 2022. Administration of Medication, with standards for Parental consent, and Recognizing and reporting child abuse, child neglect, and maltreatment were not completed within five years.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/20/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000521 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Phone
- (704) 349-2748
- Address
- 700 1/2 North Mountain Street, Cherryville, 28021
- License
- 36000521
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000521 under License Number, and open the result.
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.