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Kid's Cottage LLC

Inspection · 2025-08-25

Date
2025-08-25
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Susan Ellington-Sconiers
(804) 588-2368
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.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minors records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education

Inspector Notes

The inspection findings have been updated as a result of a first-step review completed on September 17, 2025.

The inspection findings have been updated as a result of a second-step desk review on 10/28/2025.

An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was completed on 08/25/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:34 a.m. and ended at 3:20 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 38 children present and 11 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records. 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 (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 09/10/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

6
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with the children. S5 employed the day of the inspection was observed working with children without documentation of a negative TB screening.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Repeat Violation
The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside,
are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A music sound cube located on an upper shelf in the 2?s classroom had a power cord assessable to the children and if pulled could fall on a child.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-C
Toilet chairs shall be emptied promptly and cleaned and sanitized after each use. A toilet chair was observed in the 2/3-year-old bathroom that had dried urine in the bowl.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-E
The center shall practice shelter in place procedures a minimum of twice per year. Documentation for 2024 showed the center practiced the shelter in place procedures only once.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-F
The center shall practice lockdown procedures at least once per year. Documentation for 2024 did not show that the center practiced this procedure.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-G
When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated. A jar of food brought from home was not labeled with a date in the Infant I room. A bottle in the Infant 2 room refrigerator was not dated.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services