Charlotte · Licensed center
God's Creation Child Development
- Medium center, licensed for 58 children.
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What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2023.
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 7, 3% at none.
Licensing inspections
Oct 9, 20251 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 facility does not have a current fire inspection. The fire inspection posted is dated for 9/30/24.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/19/2025
Mar 18, 20251 citation
“All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. In space B, there is peeling paint on the walls in the housekeeping and science area.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/1/2025
Sep 17, 20243 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. There was no documentation on file that E.N. completed the training within 90 days of employment.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2024
“All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. The school age bathroom has loose tile behind the sink and toilet.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2024
“New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. E. N. documentation of orientation trainings within 6 weeks of employment was incomplete.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2024
Mar 20, 20244 citations
“All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean and in good repair. In space A, there was hot glue particles stuck on the walls.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. There was no documentation that a teacher completed the required orientation trainings within 2 weeks of employment.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. There were cracked riding toys and a deflated ball on the playground.”
Violation corrected during visit
“All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. A teacher's file did not have an updated health questionnaire.”
Violation corrected during visit
Sep 21, 20233 citations
“A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. In space B, there were thumbtacks accessible to children.”
Violation corrected during visit
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. There was no documentation of an annual EMC plan review for A.G.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/4/2023
“The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. There was no documentation of an annual EPR plan review for A.G.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/4/2023
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- March 9, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 12 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.
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · October 9, 2025
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 facility does not have a current fire inspection. The fire inspection posted is dated for 9/30/24.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/19/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · March 18, 2025
All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. In space B, there is peeling paint on the walls in the housekeeping and science area.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/1/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · September 17, 2024
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. There was no documentation on file that E.N. completed the training within 90 days of employment.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2024
All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean, free of visible fungal growth, and in good repair. The school age bathroom has loose tile behind the sink and toilet.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2024
New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. E. N. documentation of orientation trainings within 6 weeks of employment was incomplete.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/2/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2024 Unannounced visit 4 findings
Unannounced visit · March 20, 2024
All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean and in good repair. In space A, there was hot glue particles stuck on the walls.
Violation corrected during visit
Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. There was no documentation that a teacher completed the required orientation trainings within 2 weeks of employment.
Violation corrected during visit
Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. There were cracked riding toys and a deflated ball on the playground.
Violation corrected during visit
All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. A teacher's file did not have an updated health questionnaire.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · September 21, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. In space B, there were thumbtacks accessible to children.
Violation corrected during visit
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. There was no documentation of an annual EMC plan review for A.G.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/4/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. There was no documentation of an annual EPR plan review for A.G.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/4/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60002378 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Address
- 3656 Beatties Ford Road
- License
- 60002378, active
- Quality program
- Four 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 60002378 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.