Inspection · 2025-11-17
Date
2025-11-17
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Emily Walsh
(757) 404-2575
(757) 404-2575
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.
Yes
Violations
13Standard 8VAC20-790-170-D
Repeat violation:
The vendor shall ensure that the family day home does not exceed the capacity of children cared for as allowed by law or regulation.
Upon arrival at 9:50 AM, the vendor had 6 children in care of which 1 was a foster child.
The vendor shall ensure that the family day home does not exceed the capacity of children cared for as allowed by law or regulation.
Upon arrival at 9:50 AM, the vendor had 6 children in care of which 1 was a foster child.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-790-180-B
Repeat violation
The vendor shall maintain a written hard copy record of daily attendance that documents the
arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
The vendor provider did not have written hard copy records of daily attendance documenting the arrival and departure of each child.
The vendor shall maintain a written hard copy record of daily attendance that documents the
arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
The vendor provider did not have written hard copy records of daily attendance documenting the arrival and departure of each child.
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
Fixed
Have attendance shat
Fixed
Have attendance shat
Standard 8VAC20-790-190-A
Repeat violation
Vendors shall maintain, and keep at the family day home, written or electronic information for
each enrolled child.
The vendor did not have a record for child 4, 4 months old, in care during the inspection.
The vendor did not provide a record for child 5.
Vendors shall maintain, and keep at the family day home, written or electronic information for
each enrolled child.
The vendor did not have a record for child 4, 4 months old, in care during the inspection.
The vendor did not provide a record for child 5.
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
Gave the parent another folder
Fixed
Gave the parent another folder
Fixed
Standard 8VAC20-790-190-B
The child's information shall include immunization records for the child received on or before the child's first day of attendance.
The records provided for child 1 and child 2, both in care during the inspection, did not include immunization records.
The records provided for child 1 and child 2, both in care during the inspection, did not include immunization records.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-790-200-1
Repeat violation
Records shall be kept for each caregiver.
There were no records available for staff 1, 2 and 3 who were listed on the signed parent
agreements as back-up providers in the absence of the vendor/provider.
Records shall be kept for each caregiver.
There were no records available for staff 1, 2 and 3 who were listed on the signed parent
agreements as back-up providers in the absence of the vendor/provider.
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
fixed
fixed
Standard 8VAC20-790-260-A
Repeat violation
Areas and equipment of the family day home, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition. Unsafe conditions shall include splintered, cracked, or
otherwise deteriorating wood; chipped or peeling paint; visible cracks, bending or
warping, rusting, or breakage of any equipment; head entrapment hazards;
protruding nails, bolts, or other components that entangle clothing or skin; the presence of
poisonous plants; tripping hazards; and unstable heavy equipment, furniture, or other
items that a child could pull down on himself.
There children were using tiny pens that came apart revealing tiny metal pieces that are potential choking hazards.
The children, five of whom were two years old or younger, were playing with building toys that were of a size to be potential choking hazards.
The door to the pantry was unlocked and there was a mop and a bucket of dirty water in the pantry.
There is a top-loading freezer without a child proof latch in the accessible dining room.
There is a front loading freezer and a front loading dryer without child proof latches in the
laundry room through which children pass to access the bathroom.
There were five dangling electrical cords hanging behind the children's toy shelf..
One high chair did not have safety belts.
A wooden tread on the stairway used by the children to access the bathroom has a missing piece that cracked off of the stair tread leaving a jagged edge.
FIve bedrooms do not have child proof latches to keep children from accessing the contents of the rooms.
Areas and equipment of the family day home, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition. Unsafe conditions shall include splintered, cracked, or
otherwise deteriorating wood; chipped or peeling paint; visible cracks, bending or
warping, rusting, or breakage of any equipment; head entrapment hazards;
protruding nails, bolts, or other components that entangle clothing or skin; the presence of
poisonous plants; tripping hazards; and unstable heavy equipment, furniture, or other
items that a child could pull down on himself.
There children were using tiny pens that came apart revealing tiny metal pieces that are potential choking hazards.
The children, five of whom were two years old or younger, were playing with building toys that were of a size to be potential choking hazards.
The door to the pantry was unlocked and there was a mop and a bucket of dirty water in the pantry.
There is a top-loading freezer without a child proof latch in the accessible dining room.
There is a front loading freezer and a front loading dryer without child proof latches in the
laundry room through which children pass to access the bathroom.
There were five dangling electrical cords hanging behind the children's toy shelf..
One high chair did not have safety belts.
A wooden tread on the stairway used by the children to access the bathroom has a missing piece that cracked off of the stair tread leaving a jagged edge.
FIve bedrooms do not have child proof latches to keep children from accessing the contents of the rooms.
Plan of Correction: Provider response
The door be locked some one was in it
They have latches now
Fixed the cords
Stairway fixed
The door be locked some one was in it
They have latches now
Fixed the cords
Stairway fixed
Standard 8VAC20-790-260-C-2
Electrical outlets shall have protective covers that are of a size that cannot be swallowed by children.
There were three accessible electrical outlets that did not have outlet covers.
There were three accessible electrical outlets that did not have outlet covers.
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
Fixed
Fixed
Standard 8VAC20-790-260-G
Repeat violation
Radiators, oil and wood burning stoves, floor furnaces, fireplaces, portable electric heaters,
and similar heating devices located in areas accessible to children shall have barriers or
screens.
There is an electric fireplace in the living room that does not have a barrier or screen. There is no door or gate to prevent children from accessing this area.
Radiators, oil and wood burning stoves, floor furnaces, fireplaces, portable electric heaters,
and similar heating devices located in areas accessible to children shall have barriers or
screens.
There is an electric fireplace in the living room that does not have a barrier or screen. There is no door or gate to prevent children from accessing this area.
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
Children do not be upstairs only in daycare room
Fixed
Children do not be upstairs only in daycare room
Fixed
Standard 8VAC20-790-260-L
Repeat violation
Stairs with three or more risers that do not have protective barriers or guardrails on each
side shall not be accessible to children over the age of two years.
There are four stairs that the children climb when accessing the bathroom. These stairs do
not have protective barriers or have guardrails within reach of the children..
Stairs with three or more risers that do not have protective barriers or guardrails on each
side shall not be accessible to children over the age of two years.
There are four stairs that the children climb when accessing the bathroom. These stairs do
not have protective barriers or have guardrails within reach of the children..
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
Fixed
Fixed
Standard 8VAC20-790-270-A
Repeat violation
Potentially poisonous substances, materials, and supplies such as, but not limited to,
cleaning agents, disinfectants, deodorizers, plant care chemicals, pesticides, and
petroleum distillates shall be stored away from food in areas inaccessible to children.
There are cleaning fluids and laundry soaps with warning labels on top of the washer and
dryer in the hallway through which the children pass when accessing the bathroom
The following substances with warning labels
were found:
- diaper creams on top of the stacked boxes beside the changing table.
- a container of sanitizing wipes on the children's activity table.
Potentially poisonous substances, materials, and supplies such as, but not limited to,
cleaning agents, disinfectants, deodorizers, plant care chemicals, pesticides, and
petroleum distillates shall be stored away from food in areas inaccessible to children.
There are cleaning fluids and laundry soaps with warning labels on top of the washer and
dryer in the hallway through which the children pass when accessing the bathroom
The following substances with warning labels
were found:
- diaper creams on top of the stacked boxes beside the changing table.
- a container of sanitizing wipes on the children's activity table.
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
was using it
changing babies
was using it
changing babies
Standard 8VAC20-790-360-A
Materials and equipment used for child care shall be age and stage appropriate for the children.
The children, four years old and younger) were using materials ( subtraction, spelling and reading) designed for use by older children.
The children, four years old and younger) were using materials ( subtraction, spelling and reading) designed for use by older children.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-790-390-E
Repeat violation
The diapering surface shall be nonabsorbent.
The vinyl covered changing pad on the diaper changing table is torn and cracked.
The diapering surface shall be nonabsorbent.
The vinyl covered changing pad on the diaper changing table is torn and cracked.
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
New pad
Fixed
New pad
Fixed
Standard 8VAC20-790-450-E
Repeat violation
Prepared infant formula shall be refrigerated, dated, and labeled with the child's name.
There were prepared bottles for child 4 that were in an insulated bag. The bottles were not refrigerated or dated.
Prepared infant formula shall be refrigerated, dated, and labeled with the child's name.
There were prepared bottles for child 4 that were in an insulated bag. The bottles were not refrigerated or dated.
Plan of Correction: Provider response:
Fixel
They were in a warmer bag
Fixel
They were in a warmer bag