Midland · Licensed family home

Li'l Hands Daycare

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since June 2024.

Of the 34 Charlotte-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 18% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this home did. 3% had rules cited at all 6, 3% at none.

Licensing inspections

May 7, 20261 citation

“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 operator has not completed the ABCMS provider roster.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/15/2026

Oct 16, 2025No rules cited

Jun 23, 2025No rules cited

Jun 5, 20255 citations

“Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns. A child enrolled on 1/6/25 did not have the health care needs or concerns section completed on the application.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 6/23/2025
“Operator did not provide a copy of the shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy to parents at time of enrollment, and / or within fourteen days of a changes to the policy. A child enrolled on 8/15/23 did not have documentation of receiving the shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 6/23/2025
“Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. The last documented fire drill was completed on January 29, 2025. The last documented emergency drill was completed on January 27, 2025.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 6/23/2025
“Operator did not complete the required number of on-going training hours as specified in rule. Five hours of on-going training was not completed for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 6/23/2025

1 more from this inspection

“Application did not include the names and the phone numbers of the child's physician and the persons to be contacted in an emergency situation. A child enrolled on 8/15/23 did not have a physician or hospital preference listed on the application.”
Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 6/23/2025

Jan 24, 20251 citation

“Operator has not completed ITS-SIDS training every three years from the completion date of the previous ITS-SIDS training. Operator did not have a current ITS/SIDS certification available for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/5/2025

Jun 11, 20244 citations

“A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review at the facility. Operator and operator's daughter do not have current qualification letters on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/25/2024
“Operator did not successfully complete a CPR course as referenced in Rule.1702(b)(2) CPR training was not renewed on or before the expiration of the certification. Operator's CPR certification expired.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/25/2024
“Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years from the date of issuance). Operator and operator's daughter do not have current criminal background checks on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/25/2024
“Operator did not successfully complete a first aid course as referenced in Rule.1702(b)(2) First aid training was not renewed on or before the expiration of the certification. Operator's First-Aid certification expired.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/25/2024

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit: May 7, 2026
On file: 6 visits since June 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?: All 11 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.

May 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · May 7, 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 operator has not completed the ABCMS provider roster.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/15/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000388 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Oct 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Jun 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Jun 2025 Unannounced visit 5 findings

Unannounced visit · June 5, 2025

Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns. A child enrolled on 1/6/25 did not have the health care needs or concerns section completed on the application.