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NVFS Arlington Head Start Child Development Center

Inspection · 2025-03-20

Date
2025-03-20
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Christina Bakonyi
(571) 596-3655
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.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on March 20, 2025 and completed on March 20, 2025, as a part of the current licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 10:00am and ended at 1:30pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 133 children present and 21 staff. The inspector reviewed 4 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site.

This inspection included: document review, postings review, tour of the facility and playgrounds, 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 (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on March 31. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-280-H
Purses are not to be kept in areas accessible to children.

A purse was observed in classroom 207 sitting on the counter, accessible to the children.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-B-4
The staff-to-children ratio (3 years old up to school age) of 1:10 (staff: children) is required whenever children are in care.

Classroom 223 was left out of ratio with 14 children and only one teacher when a teacher left for supplies.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-E
Shelter in place procedures shall be practiced a minimum of twice per year.

Only one shelter-in-place drill was performed in 2024.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services