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Mount Vernon Baptist Church

Inspection · 2025-02-06

Date
2025-02-06
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Lauren Bickford
(540) 280-0742
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.
20 Access to minor?s records
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed. If there were any serious injuries or fatalities related to a violation, the details will be included in the description of the violation.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was initiated on 02/06/2025 and completed on 02/06/2025. The on-site inspection began at 9:18am and ended at 11:58am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 105 children present and 18 staff. The inspector reviewed 10 children?s records and 10 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, and tour of the facility.

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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 02/18/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 22.1-289.036-A
The center is required to have applicants undergo a background checks every five years.

The most recent national criminal background check for officer #1 was overdue by two years. The most recent national criminal background check for officer #2 was overdue by one year.
The most recent sworn statement background check for officer #1 was overdue by two years. The most recent sworn statement background check for officer #2 was overdue by one year.
The most recent central registry background check for officer #1 was overdue by two years. The most recent central registry background check for officer #2 was overdue by one year.
Plan of Correction: Updated criminal background checks have been submitted.
Updated sworn statements have been submitted.
Updated central registry checks have been submitted, awaiting
results.
Moving forward, these two officers have been added to staff
information sheet to prevent this oversight from happening again.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
(Repeat Violation)
Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment.

The screening for Staff #2 was completed three weeks after employment.
The screening for Staff #6 was completed 44 days before employment.
Staff #7 updated screening was due four months ago.
The screening for Staff #9 was completed nine days after employment.
Plan of Correction: A note has been made in my hiring documents, clarifying the TB
results need to be in hand before the first day of employment.
Moving forward, all new employees will be required to submit TB screening before the first day of employment. The employee who needs to renew that has been notified to complete this ASAP.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Staff records must be kept for each staff person with all the required information.

Staff # 1, employed for two years and 6 months, did not have the Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course.
Staff #2, employed for one year and five months, did not have the Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course.
Staff #6, employed for one year, did not have the Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course.
Staff # 9, employed for six months, did not have the Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course. Staff #9 did not have a completed orientation training on file.
Plan of Correction: Staff are currently working on 2/14/25 completing this training, certificates will be submitted to licensing as they are completed.
Moving forward, all new employees will be required to complete this within the first 30 days of employment.