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New Hope Church of Norfolk

Inspection · 2025-03-14

Date
2025-03-14
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
D'Nae Goodwin
(757) 404-3063
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

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site code compliance inspection was initiated and completed on 3/14/25. The on-site inspection began at 10:10am and ended at 1:25pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 37 children present with seven staff. The inspector reviewed five children?s records and four staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, a tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance(s) with applicable code sections, 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 3.28.25. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

5
Standard 22.1-289.031-A-3
The child day center employs supervisory personnel according to the following ratio of staff to children: one staff member to four children from ages zero to 16 months.
In an infant room, where two rooms are utilized, there was one staff member supervising five infants. In the other room, there were two teachers supervising nine infants. Both groups/rooms did not follow the required ratio (1:4).
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.031-A-4
Each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.
The records for Staff #1 and Staff #3 did not contain a staff health form.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-1
The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee's first day of employment.
The sworn statement for Staff #1 (employed for two months) was dated three weeks after their first day of employment. The sworn statement for Staff #2 (employed for two months) was dated two weeks after their first day of employment. The sworn statement for Staff #3 (employed for five months) was dated two months after their first day of employment.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-2
The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment.
The criminal history background checks for Staff #1, Staff #2, and Staff #3 were obtained after the staff members? first day of employment.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.057-A
The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead. The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and/or the program did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
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