Virginia
Sign in
Back
Tuckaway-Ellwood House Child Development Center

Inspection · 2025-03-19

Date
2025-03-19
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Jennifer Moore
(540) 430-0384
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. 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 conducted on 3/19/2025. The on-site inspection began at 9:38 am and ended at 1:08 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 67 children present and 15 staff. The inspector reviewed 6 children?s records and 6 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, a tour of the facility, interviews, observations, and measurements.

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 business days from today, which will be the close of business on 3/26/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
REPEAT VIOLATION

The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

In an infant room, there was a floor mat that had torn areas that exposed the foam interior. In an adjoining infant room, chipped and peeling paint and a buildup of dry wall dust were observed along the baseboards in areas that were accessible to mobile infants. In the toddler classroom, a window was open and the screen barrier was torn away from the frame. In a twos/threes classroom, there was a peeling floor mat. In a fours/fives classroom, a torn floor mat was observed.
Plan of Correction: The floor mats in the infant, 2s/3s and 4s/5s room were removed by the Director and will be replaced. The window in the toddler room was closed immediately and a maintenance request was sent in for repair. The baseboards and dry wall dust was cleaned by the Director and a maintenance request was sent in for repair.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-G
Documentation shall be maintained of emergency evacuation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown drills that includes: 1. Identity of the person conducting the drill; 2. The date and time of the drill; 3. The method used for notification of the drill; 4. The number of staff participating; 5. The number of children participating; 6. Any special conditions simulated;
7. The time it took to complete the drill; 8. Problems encountered, if any; and 9. For emergency evacuation drills only, weather conditions.

The required evacuation drill in December of 2024 was not documented.
Plan of Correction: Drill was conducted in Dec 2024 but Director mistakenly documented it on the wrong form. Director corrected and documented the drill on the correct form.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
REPEAT VIOLATION

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 of child #6, enrolled for over 2 months, was missing two emergency contact addresses. Child records are required to contain the name, address, and phone number of two designated people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached.
Plan of Correction: The Director reached out to parents and received the emergency contact addresses for child #6 on 3/19/25. Director will check all files to make sure all emergency contacts have addresses
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services