Concord · Licensed center

Grandma's Kidz Child Care Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 10 licensing inspections since September 2023.

Of the 256 Charlotte-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, more than 99% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. Fewer than 1% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Sep 4, 2026No rules cited
Aug 25, 20261 citation
  • “A child was handled in a rough way, including shaking, pushing, shoving, pinching, slapping, biting, kicking, or spanking. A teacher slapped a child on their forearm in response to the child slapping the teacher's arm.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2026

May 28, 20261 citation
  • “When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. 2 Medication documentation forms was not up to date in space 1 ( two year old space).”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/4/2026

Nov 25, 2025No rules cited
Sep 23, 2025No rules cited
Aug 20, 2025No rules cited
Jun 10, 2025No rules cited
Jul 18, 2024No rules cited
Apr 29, 20243 citations
  • “A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. A tube of Aquaphor had a 2023 expiration date.”

    Violation corrected during visit

  • “Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. A permission to administer had expired and the ointment was still in the classroom.”

    Violation corrected during visit

  • “Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. The administrator's ITS SIDS certification expired on March 15, 2024.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/8/2024

Sep 8, 20231 citation
  • “Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. One Staff did not complete health and safety required trainings within the required five years.”

    Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/21/2023

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
September 4, 2026
On file
10 visits since September 2023 — 6 cited nothing, 5 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 6 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.

Sep 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · August 25, 2026

A child was handled in a rough way, including shaking, pushing, shoving, pinching, slapping, biting, kicking, or spanking. A teacher slapped a child on their forearm in response to the child slapping the teacher's arm.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/8/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000445 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

May 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · May 28, 2026

When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. 2 Medication documentation forms was not up to date in space 1 ( two year old space).

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/4/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000445 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Nov 2025 Announced visit nothing cited
Sep 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Aug 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jun 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jul 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · April 29, 2024

A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. A tube of Aquaphor had a 2023 expiration date.

Violation corrected during visit

Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. A permission to administer had expired and the ointment was still in the classroom.

Violation corrected during visit

Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. The administrator's ITS SIDS certification expired on March 15, 2024.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/8/2024

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000445 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · September 8, 2023

No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026

Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. One Staff did not complete health and safety required trainings within the required five years.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/21/2023

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000445 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

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Details

(704) 792-1668

Address
4220 Orphanage Road
License
13000445, active
Quality program
Four Star License

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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 13000445 under License Number, and open the result.
  • Who runs it — Checked September 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000445 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.