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Crystal City Children's Center

Inspection · 2025-10-16

Date
2025-10-16
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Keesha Minor
(571) 596-3660
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. 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 and completed on 10/16/2025. The on-site inspection began at 12:50pm and ended at 2:20pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 40 children present and 13 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 2 staff records on-site. 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 10/27/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

6
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-D
The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill.

There was no documentation of an evacuation drill conducted in March of 2025.
Plan of Correction: Upon notice of missed evacuation drill, a drill was done on 10/17/2025, 41 students and 18 staff were present.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-E
Shelter in place procedures shall be practiced a minimum of twice per year.

There was no shelter-in-place drill practiced within the past 12 months.
Plan of Correction: Upon notice of missed shelter in place drill, a drill was done on 10/17/2025, 41 students and 18 staff were present.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-F
Lockdown procedures shall be practiced at least annually.

There was no lockdown drill practiced within the past 12 months.
Plan of Correction: A lockdown drill was conducted on 10/17/2025 41 students and 18 staff were present.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-P
The center shall maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence. The record shall include the following: date and time parents were notified.

2 injury reports reviewed had "at pick-up" and not the time in which parents were notified.
Plan of Correction: Staff have been made notified that they must include the time of notification when completing an accident/incident form. In addition, an accident report review was summarized on 10/21/2025 and submitted via email.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain the following information: 2 emergency contacts with name, number, and address.

Child 1 did not have a full address for either of their emergency contacts. Child 5 did not have documentation of a second emergency contact.
Plan of Correction: Child # 1/s parent were notified and they added the missing information. Child # 5's parent were notified, and they supplied the missing information for their second contact as well. Staff was also notified to check all emergency cards to ensure that they had 2 completed contacts listed.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
The following staff records shall be kept for each staff persons: 2 references completed prior to employment.

Staff 1 did not have documentation of a second reference.
Plan of Correction: A follow-up call was made to Staff # 1's reference, and a written reference was submitted on 10/21/2025/
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