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Creative Childcare Center

Inspection · 2025-06-04

Date
2025-06-04
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Florence Martus
(804) 389-0157
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.
8VAC20-770 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 on 06/04/25 and completed on 06/05/25, as a part of the licensure period. The onsite inspection began at 10:50am and ended at 2:10pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 68 children
present and 13 staff. The inspector reviewed six children?s records and six staff records on-site. Additional documentation was reviewed electronically on 06/05/25. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, 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 business days from today, which will be the close of business on 07/07/25. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

6
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
(Repeat Violation) The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.

Staff #5, employed for more than a month, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from three states or documentation of requesting a criminal history check from two states they resided in the preceding five years.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
(Repeat Violation) Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment.

The TB in the record of Staff #4, who has been employed for four months, was completed more than two months after the date of employment.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-C
A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening.

Staff #2's updated screening was due 43 days ago. The updated screening has not yet been completed.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-240-A
The Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course shall be completed within 90 calendar days of employment.

Staff #2 completed the DOE-sponsored orientation 29 days late.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-B-4
The required ratio for children ages 3 years old up to 5 years old is one staff per 10 children.

Two staff were observed supervising 24 children from approximately 10:45am-11:30am.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Documentation of at least two references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment.

The references for Staff #4, who has been employed for four months, were obtained a day late.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services