Gastonia · Licensed family home
Home Sweet Home
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 10 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 7 licensing inspections since October 2025.
Of the 33 Charlotte-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 12% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this home did. 6% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Jul 29, 20264 citations
“Application was not on file for each enrolled child, including his/her own preschool child(ren) who are not school-age. One infant, seven months of age, enrolled on July 10, 2026, did not have an application on file for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2026
“Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child's parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file. A signed statement was not on file for the five children enrolled in the facility regarding receipt of the Summary of the NC Child Care Law.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2026
“Operator did not retain the safe sleep acknowledgement in the child's records as long as the child was enrolled. One infant, seven months of age, enrolled on July 10, 2026, did not have the safe sleep acknowledgement signed by the parent on file for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2026
“Application did not have an a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. One child with an enrollment date of June 30, 2026, did not have medical action plans for their allergies and asthma attached to their enrollment application. The medical action plans were not on file and available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2026
Jun 2, 20262 citations
“Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division. Monthly checks for hazards on the outdoor play area were not completed in March, 2026, April 2026, or May 2026.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/16/2026
“A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The ABCMS provider portal training had not been completed to establish a provider portal facility roster.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/16/2026
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State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- July 29, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since October 2025 — 5 cited nothing, 3 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.
Jul 2026 Unannounced visit 4 findings
Unannounced visit · July 29, 2026
Application was not on file for each enrolled child, including his/her own preschool child(ren) who are not school-age. One infant, seven months of age, enrolled on July 10, 2026, did not have an application on file for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2026
Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child's parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file. A signed statement was not on file for the five children enrolled in the facility regarding receipt of the Summary of the NC Child Care Law.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2026
Operator did not retain the safe sleep acknowledgement in the child's records as long as the child was enrolled. One infant, seven months of age, enrolled on July 10, 2026, did not have the safe sleep acknowledgement signed by the parent on file for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2026
Application did not have an a medical action plan attached for any child with health care needs such as allergies, asthma, or other chronic conditions that require specialized health services. One child with an enrollment date of June 30, 2026, did not have medical action plans for their allergies and asthma attached to their enrollment application. The medical action plans were not on file and available for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000654 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jun 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · June 2, 2026
Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division. Monthly checks for hazards on the outdoor play area were not completed in March, 2026, April 2026, or May 2026.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/16/2026
A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The ABCMS provider portal training had not been completed to establish a provider portal facility roster.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/16/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000654 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, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 1213 Ashton Ave.
- License
- 36000654, 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 — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000654 under License Number, and open the result.
- Quality program — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000654 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 36000654 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Larger means licensed for 9 to 10 children, among Charlotte-area’s 137 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 5 to 7; mid-size is 8.