Concord · Licensed center
Cabarrus County Kids Academy, #2 Inc
- Medium center, licensed for 94 children.
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What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since August 2023.
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 21% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 7, 3% at none.
Licensing inspections
Mar 12, 20262 citations
“Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 3/4/26 did not have a medical report on file prior to employment.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2026
“On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. On or before the first day of work a staff member hired on 3/4/26 did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2026
Oct 8, 20253 citations
“The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 11/20/18 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/22/2025
“On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 8/1/25 had a TB test older than 12 months prior to hire date.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/22/2025
“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. A staff member hired on 3/13/23 did not have verification of completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization in their staff file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/22/2025
Apr 30, 20257 citations
“A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On the playground used by school aged children, there were several bikes with rust and missing handle bar covers or pedals.”
Violation corrected during visit
“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 staff with a hire date of 6/23/22 did not have a valid First Aid certificate.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
“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 staff with a hire date of 6/23/25 did not have a valid CPR certification.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
“Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. Staff with a hire date of 6/23/25 did not have documentation of on-going training hours.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
3 more from this inspection
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. One staff with a hire date of 6/21/22 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. One staff with a hire date of 6/23/25 did not have documentation of an annual EMC plan review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
“All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. One staff with a hire date of 6/23/25 did not have documentation of an annual review of the EPR plan.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
May 7, 20243 citations
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. One employee with a hire date of November 20, 2018 did not have an updated staff development plan or annual staff evaluation.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/17/2024
“Vehicles used to transport children enrolled in the child care center did not comply with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations. The vehicle used to transport children had a valid inspection, and insurance but the registration had expired in April 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/17/2024
“Before children were transported, written permission from a parent was not obtained that included when and where the child was to be transported, expected time of departure and arrival, and the transportation provider. Not all of the permission to transport forms were completed in full. There were four form which did not include the expected time of departure and arrival.”
Violation corrected during visit
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State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- March 12, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since August 2023 — 3 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 15 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.
Mar 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · March 12, 2026
Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 3/4/26 did not have a medical report on file prior to employment.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2026
On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. On or before the first day of work a staff member hired on 3/4/26 did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000566 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · October 8, 2025
The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 11/20/18 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training certificate on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/22/2025
On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 8/1/25 had a TB test older than 12 months prior to hire date.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/22/2025
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. A staff member hired on 3/13/23 did not have verification of completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization in their staff file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/22/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000566 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2025 Unannounced visit 7 findings
Unannounced visit · April 30, 2025
A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On the playground used by school aged children, there were several bikes with rust and missing handle bar covers or pedals.
Violation corrected during visit
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 staff with a hire date of 6/23/22 did not have a valid First Aid certificate.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
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 staff with a hire date of 6/23/25 did not have a valid CPR certification.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. Staff with a hire date of 6/23/25 did not have documentation of on-going training hours.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. One staff with a hire date of 6/21/22 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. One staff with a hire date of 6/23/25 did not have documentation of an annual EMC plan review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. One staff with a hire date of 6/23/25 did not have documentation of an annual review of the EPR plan.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/13/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000566 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
May 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · May 7, 2024
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. One employee with a hire date of November 20, 2018 did not have an updated staff development plan or annual staff evaluation.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/17/2024
Vehicles used to transport children enrolled in the child care center did not comply with all applicable State and federal laws and regulations. The vehicle used to transport children had a valid inspection, and insurance but the registration had expired in April 2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/17/2024
Before children were transported, written permission from a parent was not obtained that included when and where the child was to be transported, expected time of departure and arrival, and the transportation provider. Not all of the permission to transport forms were completed in full. There were four form which did not include the expected time of departure and arrival.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000566 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Address
- 130 Oakdale Ave SW
- License
- 13000566, active
- Quality program
- Three Star License
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000566 under License Number, and open the result.
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.