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SACC at Dogwood

Inspection · 2025-07-08

Date
2025-07-08
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Maria Robles-Lopez
(703) 397-3827
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 Staffing and Supervision.

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 monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 07/08/2025, in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on 07/03/2025 relating to supervision.

The inspector reviewed 1 child record and 3 staff records on-site.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were 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 5 business days from today, which will be the close of business on 07/24/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

2
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Children under 10 years of age always shall be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.

On 07/03/2025, the Explorations 2 group, transitioned to go outside to the playground to play and left Child #1 (6 years old) unattended in the bathroom. A counselor from another group found Child #1 in the hallway approximately 5 minutes later and alerted the counselors from Exploration 2.
Plan of Correction: *Staff will consistently adhere to sight and sound supervision. *Staff will consistently use the 4-Part accountability system outlined in SACC/Camp Fairfax Operations Manual
Standard 8VAC20-780-40-E
The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center's activities are maintained in compliance with the center's own policies and procedures.

According to the "4-part Accountability System" outlined in the SACC's Operation Manual (page 15), and the "Safety, Accountability, Supervision Procedures and Health" (page 17), staff did not ensure to follow the program's policies and procedures regarding supervision:
* Child #2 disclosed to staff on the morning of 07/03/25 that they lost their passport but staff did not replace the missing passport with a new one as outlined in the 4-part accountability system.
* Staff did not ensure to check that all children were in the checklist before transitioning outside.
* Staff did not ensure that passports and the checklist matched.
* Staff did not ensure that the additional staff in the room, who is not leading the group outside, make sure that none of the children are left behind.
* Staff did not ensure to do a face to name check.
Plan of Correction: * Accountability sheets will always be used adhering to SACC?s name to face protocol. *Staff will frequently count children when transitioning. *If children?s passports are lost, staff will immediately replace them. *Staff will ensure passport numbers and accountability sheet numbers match. *While transitioning to other area, staff will inspect area or classroom for children prior to moving to a new location.