Concord · Licensed family home
Miss Candy's Playland
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since November 2023.
Of the 35 Charlotte-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this home did. 3% had rules cited at all 6, 6% at none.
Licensing inspections
Dec 2, 20251 citation
“Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns. The application for a child with the enrollment date of 9/15/25 did not contain the required information.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/15/2025
Aug 22, 20241 citation
“Products that are labeled "keep out of reach of children" without any other warnings, were not stored on a shelf or in an unlocked cabinet that is five feet above the finished floor. A bottle of bulk soap was on the toilet in the bathroom used by children.”
Violation corrected during visit
Apr 17, 20241 citation
“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. One child's application did not include the choice of physician and another child's application did not include the hospital preference.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/17/2024
Nov 9, 20232 citations
“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. The operator had a First aid certification which expired on September 20, 2023.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
“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. The operator had a CPR certification which expired on September 20, 2023.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- May 26, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since November 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 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.
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · December 2, 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. The application for a child with the enrollment date of 9/15/25 did not contain the required information.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/15/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000478 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · August 22, 2024
Products that are labeled "keep out of reach of children" without any other warnings, were not stored on a shelf or in an unlocked cabinet that is five feet above the finished floor. A bottle of bulk soap was on the toilet in the bathroom used by children.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000478 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · April 17, 2024
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. One child's application did not include the choice of physician and another child's application did not include the hospital preference.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/17/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000478 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Nov 2023 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · November 9, 2023
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. The operator had a First aid certification which expired on September 20, 2023.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
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. The operator had a CPR certification which expired on September 20, 2023.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/14/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000478 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
- 4023 Clover Road NW
- License
- 13000478, 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 13000478 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 13000478 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
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.