Charlotte · Licensed center
Manitas De Dios Childcare Center
- Small center, licensed for 50 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since June 2026.
Fewer than 20 Charlotte-area centers have had 4 licensing inspections, so there is no comparison yet.
Licensing inspections
Sep 25, 20265 citations
“Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. The facility was licensed 8/10/26. A fire drill was not practiced in August.”
Violation pending provider response
“Questionable medication instructions from parents were followed without signed written dosage instructions received from physician or authorized health professional. A two year old child was provided Cortizone 10 by the parent. The medication instructions stated seek physician advice for children under 12 years of age.”
Violation pending provider response
“On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. One (1) employee who began work on 8/31/26 had a TB screening on file that was not signed by a physician.”
Violation pending provider response
“Authorization for emergency medical care information was not signed by child's parent. One (1) child (A.S.) did not have a signed authorization for emergency medical care on file.”
Violation pending provider response
1 more from this inspection
“Parent’s statement includes the child’s name and date of enrollment and the date the parent signed the statement. One (1) child did not have the date of enrollment listed on the signed discipline statement.”
Violation pending provider response
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State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- September 25, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since June 2026 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- 0 of 5 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.
Sep 2026 Unannounced visit 5 findings
Unannounced visit · September 25, 2026
Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. The facility was licensed 8/10/26. A fire drill was not practiced in August.
Violation pending provider response
Questionable medication instructions from parents were followed without signed written dosage instructions received from physician or authorized health professional. A two year old child was provided Cortizone 10 by the parent. The medication instructions stated seek physician advice for children under 12 years of age.
Violation pending provider response
On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. One (1) employee who began work on 8/31/26 had a TB screening on file that was not signed by a physician.
Violation pending provider response
Authorization for emergency medical care information was not signed by child's parent. One (1) child (A.S.) did not have a signed authorization for emergency medical care on file.
Violation pending provider response
Parent’s statement includes the child’s name and date of enrollment and the date the parent signed the statement. One (1) child did not have the date of enrollment listed on the signed discipline statement.
Violation pending provider response
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004461 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
- 8500 Nations Ford Road
- License
- 60004461, active
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All checked October 2026.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60004461 under License Number, and open the result.
Small means the smallest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.