Charlotte · Licensed center

Lincoln Heights Day Care Center

Small center, licensed for 47 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 9 licensing inspections since October 2023.

Of the 51 Charlotte-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 29% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Aug 4, 20261 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. There was no documentation on file that Ms. W. has completed the medication health and safety training for the 5 year mark. Repeated violation”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/10/2026

Apr 1, 20264 citations

“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 for the date of issuance). Ms. W. did not submit forms to complete background check prior to expiration date.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/14/2026
“A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. S. W. does not have a valid qualification letter on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/14/2026
“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. Ms. W. had not completed the medication health and safety training and Recognizing and Responding to maltreatment training for the 5 year mark.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/10/2026
“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 operator has not obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/5/2026

Oct 23, 2025No rules cited

Oct 15, 2025No rules cited

Apr 9, 202512 citations

“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 is past due for an annual fire inspection.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/29/2025
“A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to a parent of every child enrolled in the center. Two children's files were missing the the summary of the law notification.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025
“Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. Daily records of arrival and departure times for children were not maintained.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025
“Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. A current menu was not posted.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025

8 more from this inspection

“The operator did not notify the parent of each child enrolled in writing of the smoking and tobacco restriction. Two children's file was missing the no smoking notification.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025
“Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. There is a broken playhouse on the playground.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025
“All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. There was not enough protective surfacing around stationary equipment.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025
“Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. The last documented monthly fire drill was December 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025
“The child care center premises, including the outdoor learning environment, was not clean, drained to minimize standing water, free of litter and hazards, and/or maintained in a manner which does not create conditions that attract or harbor pests. The playground has ant hills and grass was not maintained.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025
“Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. All staff did not complete the Emergency information form annually.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A teacher has not completed an annual staff development plan. Two teachers did not have an annual staff evaluation on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last documented shelter in place was December 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/22/2025

Oct 17, 20244 citations

“Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. The breakfast menu did not match with what the child was eating.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. There was no documentation of a required playground inspection for September 2024.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Daily records of arrival and departure times for children enrolled at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. There were no departure times documented for 10/14/2024. A child arrived on 10/17/2024 and the arrival time was not documented.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member has not completed the medication training within one year of employment.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 10/30/2024

Jul 1, 2024No rules cited

Apr 17, 20244 citations

“A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. A child's file was missing the shaken baby acknowledgement form.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/29/2024
“A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to a parent of every child enrolled in the center. Three children files did not have documentation that the parents received the summary of the law.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/29/2024
“Each child was not immunized as per Article 6 of Chapter 130A and an immunization record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. Two children files did not have immunization records.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/29/2024
“The operator did not notify the parent of each child enrolled in writing of the smoking and tobacco restriction. Two children files were missing notification of the no smoking and tobacco restriction.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/29/2024

Oct 30, 20234 citations

“Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. A staff member conducted the playground inspections for May 2023 and July 2023; there was no documentation on file that the staff member completed the playground safety training.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/13/2023
“New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. There was no documentation on file the P.F. completed the required orientation trainings within 6 weeks of employment.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/13/2023
“Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience. S.W. did not complete the required on going training.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/1/2023
“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. S.W. did not complete all the health and safety trainings for the five year mark.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2023

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit: August 4, 2026
On file: 9 visits since October 2023 — 3 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
Fixed?: All 29 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.

Aug 2026 Announced visit 1 finding

Announced visit · August 4, 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. There was no documentation on file that Ms. W. has completed the medication health and safety training for the 5 year mark. Repeated violation

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/10/2026

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 6055542 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Apr 2026 Announced visit 4 findings

Announced visit · April 1, 2026

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 for the date of issuance). Ms. W. did not submit forms to complete background check prior to expiration date.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/14/2026

A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. S. W. does not have a valid qualification letter on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/14/2026

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. Ms. W. had not completed the medication health and safety training and Recognizing and Responding to maltreatment training for the 5 year mark.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/10/2026

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 operator has not obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection.

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

DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 6055542 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.

Oct 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Apr 2025 Unannounced visit 12 findings

Unannounced visit · April 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 is past due for an annual fire inspection.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 5/29/2025

A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to a parent of every child enrolled in the center. Two children's files were missing the the summary of the law notification.