Charlotte · Licensed family home
Sozo Academy
- 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 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since January 2024.
Of the 35 Charlotte-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 26% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this home did. 3% had rules cited at all 6, 6% at none.
Licensing inspections
Dec 29, 20251 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. The application did not include the names and phone number of the child's physician/hospital preference for a child (D.R.) and (S.G.).”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/9/2026
Jan 8, 20254 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 from the date of issuance). A CBC check (qualification) letter expired October 29, 2024 for (T.M.).”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/17/2025
“A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review at the facility. A current qualification letter was not on file for (T.M.) and (L.D).”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/21/2025
“Signed safe sleep statement did not include the date the infant first attended the home. The enrollment date was incomplete for (S.G.).”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/21/2025
“Shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy did not include the required information. The enrollment date was incomplete on the Shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy for (S.G.).”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/21/2025
Jan 18, 20241 citation
“Signed safe sleep statement did not include the date the parent/guardian signed the acknowledgement. The safe sleep statement was not completed for a child (K.T.) and on file.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/19/2024
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- December 29, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since January 2024 — 3 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 6 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 29, 2025
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. The application did not include the names and phone number of the child's physician/hospital preference for a child (D.R.) and (S.G.).
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/9/2026
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004030 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2025 Unannounced visit 4 findings
Unannounced visit · January 8, 2025
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). A CBC check (qualification) letter expired October 29, 2024 for (T.M.).
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/17/2025
A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review at the facility. A current qualification letter was not on file for (T.M.) and (L.D).
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/21/2025
Signed safe sleep statement did not include the date the infant first attended the home. The enrollment date was incomplete for (S.G.).
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/21/2025
Shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy did not include the required information. The enrollment date was incomplete on the Shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy for (S.G.).
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/21/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004030 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · January 18, 2024
Signed safe sleep statement did not include the date the parent/guardian signed the acknowledgement. The safe sleep statement was not completed for a child (K.T.) and on file.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/19/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004030 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.
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
- 10117 Spring Park Drive
- License
- 60004030, active
- Quality program
- Five Star License
Run Sozo Academy? Correct or add anything here, free.
Add what is missingSources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
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 60004030 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 60004030 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.