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Horizon Child Development, Inc.

Inspection · 2025-03-17

Date
2025-03-17
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Kara Vaughan
(703) 537-6241
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 renewal inspection was initiated on March 17, 2025 and completed on March 17, 2025. The on-site inspection began at 1:10pm and ended at 2:30pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 37 children present and 5 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records [on-site].
This inspection included: document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and 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 (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on March 25, 2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

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Standard 22.1-289.035-B-1
Prior to hire staff must provide a sworn statement or affirmation disclosing whether he has ever been convicted of or is the subject of pending charges for any offense within or outside the Commonwealth and whether he has been the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect within or outside the Commonwealth.

Staff 1's record did not contain a sworn statement or affirmation.
Plan of Correction: sworn statement slid out of staff file
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-C
During the stated hours of operation, there always shall be on the premises one staff member who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director and an immediately available staff member, volunteer or other employee who is at least 16 years of age, with direct means for communication between the two of them.

At the beginning of the inspection all staff members were caring for children and counted in ratio. There was not an additional staff member immediately available. Staff 4 arrived at the center from picking up school age children from school approximately twenty minutes after the start of th inspection.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-D
REPEAT VIOLATION

In each grouping of children at least one staff member who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director shall be regularly present.

At the beginning of the inspection Staff1 was the sole care provider in Classroom A. Staff 1 does not meet the qualifications of a program leader.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-B-1
REPEAT VIOLATION

The center shall maintain a ratio of one staff for every four infants under the age of sixteen months.

At the beginning of the inspection the Classroom A had a ratio of one staff for seven infants. A second teacher arrived to the classroom after approximately ten minutes.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-40-E
The center must follow their own policies and procedures that are required by these standards, and the terms of the current license issued by the department.

The center did not follow it's safe sleep policy. Four infant were observed sleeping in bouncy chairs.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-570-B
Bottles shall not be propped or used while the child is in his designated sleeping location.

An infant was observed drinking from a bottle propped by a stuffed animal while laying on a floor pillow.
Plan of Correction: Reminded teacher about bottle propping
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
REPEAT VIOLATION

Children's records shall contain all required information.

Child 5's record did not contain the name, address, and phone number for a second emergency contact.
Plan of Correction: Mom added additional contact.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
REPEAT VIOLATION

Staff records shall be maintained with all required information.

Staff 1's record did not contain documentation that at least two references were checked.
Plan of Correction: All staff files had information added.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services