Concord · Licensed center
Connect Christian Preschool
- Large faith-based center, licensed for 193 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 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since July 2025.
Of the 27 Charlotte-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 37% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this center did. 15% had rules cited at all 5, 15% at none.
Licensing inspections
Apr 21, 20261 citation
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last documented emergency drill took place on 12/9/25.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/5/2026
Nov 7, 20254 citations
“Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In Spaces 130 and 111 there were outlets without a protective plug.”
Violation corrected during visit
“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. One staff with a hire date of 11/5/25 did not have a medical report on file. One staff with a hire date of 9/8/25 had a medical report dated after the hire date of 9/8/25.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/17/2025
“All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In Spaces 111 and 127 there were aerosol/air freshener withing reach of children and not in locked storage as required.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional. In Space 124 there was a prescription medication which was not in the container with a pharmaceutical label.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2025
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- July 16, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since July 2025 — 3 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 5 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.
Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 21, 2026
Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last documented emergency drill took place on 12/9/25.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/5/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000632 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Nov 2025 Unannounced visit 4 findings
Unannounced visit · November 7, 2025
Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In Spaces 130 and 111 there were outlets without a protective plug.
Violation corrected during visit
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. One staff with a hire date of 11/5/25 did not have a medical report on file. One staff with a hire date of 9/8/25 had a medical report dated after the hire date of 9/8/25.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/17/2025
All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In Spaces 111 and 127 there were aerosol/air freshener withing reach of children and not in locked storage as required.
Violation corrected during visit
Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional. In Space 124 there was a prescription medication which was not in the container with a pharmaceutical label.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000632 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Faith-based
“Our teachers focus on the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and spiritual development of each child using developmentally appropriate curriculum.”
A day here
- Hours
- 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Details
- Website
- connectchristianchurch.org
- Address
- 3101 Davidson Hwy
- License
- 13000632, active
- Ages they serve
- 12 months to 5 years old
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 connectchristianchurch.org
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Hours — Checked July 2026 connectchristianchurch.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000632 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 connectchristianchurch.org
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 connectchristianchurch.org
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000632 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Large means the biggest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 163 to 528 children. Small is 11 to 50; medium is 51 to 162.