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Daystar Children's Center

Inspection · 2025-05-29

Date
2025-05-29
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Tameika King
(804) 629-7486
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
8VAC20-780 Special Services
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

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 monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on May 29, 2025. The on-site inspection began at 11:50 a.m. and ended at 1:05 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 37 children present and 7 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 3 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility 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 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 June 24, 2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
The center is required to request background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years prior to employment.

Staff #2 has lived in another state in the preceding five years. The center did not request a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or the sex offender registry prior to employment. Staff #2 has been employed for two months.
Plan of Correction: The center had a background and central registry check for the state of Virginia for Staff #2 on file prior to their start of employment. Moving forward we will ensure that both the background and central registry checks are requested from any state the applicant has resided in the last five years prior to employment.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
REPEAT VIOLATION

Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening that has been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment.

Staff #1's TB screening was completed three months prior to the date of employment.
Plan of Correction: Moving forward, we will verify that staff members complete their tuberculosis (screening) no sooner than the last 30 calendars days of the date of employment.
Standard 8VAC20-780-240-I
REPEAT VIOLATION

Documentation of orientation training shall be kept by the center.

The center did not have documentation of orientation training for Staff #2.
Plan of Correction: The center completed orientation training on staff #2's first day, 3/28/25.

Moving forward, we will ensure the center maintains documentation of orientation training for all staff members.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services