Charlotte · Licensed family home
Tara's Learn & Play House
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 8 licensing inspections since April 2024.
Of the 28 Charlotte-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 32% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this home did. 4% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Jan 9, 20251 citation
“A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review at the facility. Two new family members did not have documentation of a qualification letter on file (R. E. and M.E.)”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/17/2025
Jun 13, 20242 citations
“Electrical outlets not in use were not covered. I observed one electrical outlet not in use without a cover.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, and products under pressure in an aerosol dispenser and any substance that may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not kept in locked storage when children were in care. I observed a whiteout pen on the counter, accessible to children.”
Violation corrected during visit
Apr 2, 20243 citations
“All medicines, including refrigerated and unrefrigerated, were not kept in locked storage. I observed an inhaler on the counter, not locked/ accessible to children.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Electrical outlets not in use were not covered. I observed two (2) electrical outlets in the kitchen not in use, not covered.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. The center was missing a fire drill and a playground inspection for December 2023.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/4/2024
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- June 4, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since April 2024 — 5 cited nothing, 5 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.
Jan 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · January 9, 2025
A valid qualification letter was not on file and available for review at the facility. Two new family members did not have documentation of a qualification letter on file (R. E. and M.E.)
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/17/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003364 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · June 13, 2024
Electrical outlets not in use were not covered. I observed one electrical outlet not in use without a cover.
Violation corrected during visit
Corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, and products under pressure in an aerosol dispenser and any substance that may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not kept in locked storage when children were in care. I observed a whiteout pen on the counter, accessible to children.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003364 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 3 findings
Unannounced visit · April 2, 2024
All medicines, including refrigerated and unrefrigerated, were not kept in locked storage. I observed an inhaler on the counter, not locked/ accessible to children.
Violation corrected during visit
Electrical outlets not in use were not covered. I observed two (2) electrical outlets in the kitchen not in use, not covered.
Violation corrected during visit
Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. The center was missing a fire drill and a playground inspection for December 2023.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/4/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60003364 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
- 317 Peachtree Road
- License
- 60003364, active
- Quality program
- Four Star License
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60003364 under License Number, and open the result.
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.