Charlotte · Licensed family home
Kimberly Ratchford's Family Day Care Home
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since March 2024.
Of the 33 Charlotte-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this home did. 6% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Jun 3, 20251 citation
“The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The centers last shelter-in-place/ lockdown drill was documented for 2/18/25. The center did not complete a drill in 5/2025.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/4/2025
Jan 16, 20252 citations
“Corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, and products under pressure in an aerosol dispenser and any substance that may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not kept in locked storage when children were in care. I observed two bottles of hand sanitizer and disinfectant spray on the kitchen counter/ accessible to children.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Operator did not maintain accurate daily attendance records including documentation of arrival and departure for all children in care, including the operator's own preschool children. There were three children present during todays visit and they were not signed in yet when I arrived at 12:00pm. There were five children that were present yesterday that were not signed out on the daily attendance.”
Violation corrected during visit
Mar 20, 20241 citation
“Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division. The center was missing a monthly playground inspection for September 2023.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/25/2024
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 27, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since March 2024 — 4 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.
Jun 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · June 3, 2025
The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The centers last shelter-in-place/ lockdown drill was documented for 2/18/25. The center did not complete a drill in 5/2025.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/4/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000011 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · January 16, 2025
Corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, and products under pressure in an aerosol dispenser and any substance that may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not kept in locked storage when children were in care. I observed two bottles of hand sanitizer and disinfectant spray on the kitchen counter/ accessible to children.
Violation corrected during visit
Operator did not maintain accurate daily attendance records including documentation of arrival and departure for all children in care, including the operator's own preschool children. There were three children present during todays visit and they were not signed in yet when I arrived at 12:00pm. There were five children that were present yesterday that were not signed out on the daily attendance.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000011 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Mar 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · March 20, 2024
Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division. The center was missing a monthly playground inspection for September 2023.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/25/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60000011 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Details
- Address
- 317 North Summit Ave
- License
- 60000011, 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 60000011 under License Number, and open the result.
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Charlotte-area’s 137 licensed family homes hold. Small is 5 to 7; larger is 9 to 10.