Charlotte · Licensed center
Alliance Center For Education At Mulberry
- Medium center, licensed for 150 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 1 of its 7 licensing inspections since November 2023.
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 9% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 7, 3% at none.
Licensing inspections
Dec 9, 20242 citations
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One (1) staff member did not successfully complete recertification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/23/2024
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One (1) staff member did not successfully complete recertification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/23/2024
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- March 9, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since November 2023 — 6 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 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · December 9, 2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One (1) staff member did not successfully complete recertification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/23/2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One (1) staff member did not successfully complete recertification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/23/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003944 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Who cares for your child
Jared Keaton (Chief Executive Officer) since 1998 and Brian Luckadoo (Chief Financial Officer) since 2007.
Of 745 Charlotte-area providers, 30 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of 22 years.
Details
- Website
- ac4ed.org
- Address
- 6450 Tuckaseegee Road
- License
- 60003944, active
- Quality program
- Five Star License
- Ages they serve
- birth through 12th grade
- Established
- 1940
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Who cares for your child
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003944 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website, Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org
- Established — Checked July 2026 ac4ed.org
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003944 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 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 51 to 162 children. Small is 11 to 50; large is 163 to 528.