Charlotte · Licensed family home
Magnificent Minds Childcare
- 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 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2023.
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
Apr 21, 20262 citations
“Operator did not wash his/her hands before and after handling food and feeding the children. Handwashing for yourself did not take place before and after the bottle feeding.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026
“Each child's hands were not washed before and after eating. Handwashing for the infant did not take place before and after the bottle feeding.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026
Apr 15, 20251 citation
“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. One (1) child was not signed in for today's date.”
Violation corrected during visit
Sep 26, 20235 citations
“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. The Summary of the Law was not on file for each child enrolled, I observed one (1) child not have the documentation on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
“The Family Child Care Home operator did not discuss the operational policies with parents on or before the child's first day of attendance. Documentation of the operational polices were not on file for three (3) children.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
“The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current. The EPR plan was last updated in March of 2020.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
“Application did not include all required information including, but not limited to: child's full name, named to be called, child’s date of birth, any allergies, including symptoms and the type of response required, and any fears or behavior characteristics a child has. Two (2) children's applications did not have the Health Care Needs section completed to it's entirety.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
1 more from this inspection
“Operator did not provide a written statement to parents regarding the smoking and tobacco restriction. Three (3) children were missing a no smoking policy, the form observed file was missing several pieces of information.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- September 11, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 8 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.
Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · April 21, 2026
Operator did not wash his/her hands before and after handling food and feeding the children. Handwashing for yourself did not take place before and after the bottle feeding.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026
Each child's hands were not washed before and after eating. Handwashing for the infant did not take place before and after the bottle feeding.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/30/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003941 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 15, 2025
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. One (1) child was not signed in for today's date.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003941 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Sep 2023 Unannounced visit 5 findings
Unannounced visit · September 26, 2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 9, 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. The Summary of the Law was not on file for each child enrolled, I observed one (1) child not have the documentation on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 9, 2026
The Family Child Care Home operator did not discuss the operational policies with parents on or before the child's first day of attendance. Documentation of the operational polices were not on file for three (3) children.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 9, 2026
The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current. The EPR plan was last updated in March of 2020.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 9, 2026
Application did not include all required information including, but not limited to: child's full name, named to be called, child’s date of birth, any allergies, including symptoms and the type of response required, and any fears or behavior characteristics a child has. Two (2) children's applications did not have the Health Care Needs section completed to it's entirety.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
No longer on the state’s site as of October 9, 2026
Operator did not provide a written statement to parents regarding the smoking and tobacco restriction. Three (3) children were missing a no smoking policy, the form observed file was missing several pieces of information.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 9/27/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003941 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
- 6622 Santa Cruz Trl
- License
- 60003941, 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 60003941 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 60003941 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.