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Inspection · 2024-09-26

Date
2024-09-26
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Beth Orebaugh
(540) 847-9173
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 09/26/2024 and completed on 09/26/2024, as a part of the provisional licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 11:50 AM and ended at 12:45 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 53 children present and 14 staff. The inspector reviewed five children?s records and one staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews and observations.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 10/08/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-B-1
The required ratio for children ages birth up to 16 months is one staff per four children.

Staff #2 was observed supervising seven children (youngest child 15 months old).
Plan of Correction: This occurred during naptime when all children were asleep and when ratio doubles. The 15 month old child was transisiting to the toddler room. The youngest child was 5 days short of turning 16 months. The ration for children 16 to 24 months is 1 staff per 5 children.
the 15 month old child was taken to the infant classroom during the visit on 9-26-2024
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information.

The record for Child #4, enrolled for one month, was missing the following required component: documentation of viewing proof of child?s identity and age.
Plan of Correction: The parent has since provided the birth certificate for review and it has been documented. In the future, We will make sure that his information is provided in a more timely manner.
parent provided proof of birth on the next day that the child returned on 10-1-2024.
Standard 8VAC20-780-90-A
A written agreement between the parents and the center shall be in each child?s record by the first day of the child?s attendance. The agreement shall be signed by the parent.

Child #4, who had been attending one month, did not have the required signed agreement on file.
Plan of Correction: The enrollment form is 4 pages. The page is a signature page and it was over looked that the signature was missing and has not been signed. Other information to include emergency contacts and health information was complete. We will review the signature page more closely in the future.
Parent Signed the document on the next day that the child returned on 10-1-2024
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services