Charlotte · Licensed center
George E. Simmons YMCA
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 99 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 3 of its 9 licensing inspections since November 2023.
Of the 50 Charlotte-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 10% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 9.
Licensing inspections
Apr 14, 20251 citation
“A current schedule was not posted for each group of children for reference. The schedule posted was only for afterschool, children have been present for a full day.”
Violation corrected during visit
Nov 5, 20241 citation
“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. The blue room had two uncovered outlets near the windows and television.”
Violation corrected during visit
Nov 7, 20232 citations
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. there was no activity plan in the green room (space 2).”
Violation corrected during visit
“All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Staff last health questionnaire was dated for 7/2022.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/10/2023
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- March 2, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since November 2023 — 6 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 4 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 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 14, 2025
A current schedule was not posted for each group of children for reference. The schedule posted was only for afterschool, children have been present for a full day.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003648 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Nov 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · November 5, 2024
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. The blue room had two uncovered outlets near the windows and television.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003648 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Nov 2023 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · November 7, 2023
A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. there was no activity plan in the green room (space 2).
Violation corrected during visit
All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Staff last health questionnaire was dated for 7/2022.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/10/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003648 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
Play-based
“we believe that children learn best through play. That's why our half-day preschool programs are the place for kids ages 1-6 to experience the magic of childhood.”
A day here
- Calendar
- School year
- Schedule
- half-day (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Details
- Website
- ymcacharlotte.org
- Address
- 6824 Democracy Drive
- License
- 60003648, active
- Quality program
- Five Star License
- Ages they serve
- ages 1-6
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 ymcacharlotte.org
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Calendar, Schedule — Checked July 2026 ymcacharlotte.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003648 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 ymcacharlotte.org
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 ymcacharlotte.org
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003648 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.