Inspection · 2024-06-13
(804) 588-2362
Areas Reviewed
8VAC20-780 Administration
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Trainings
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 minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
32.1 Report by person other than physician
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
Inspector Notes
An unannounced monitoring inspection was conducted on June 13, 2024. The inspection began at 9:40 AM and concluded at 1:15 PM. There were 109 children present, ranging in ages from 4 months to 11 years, with 19 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies and nutrition. A total of 10 child records and 10 staff records were reviewed.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program.
Please complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. Please specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Your plan of correction should contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventive measure(s).
If you have any questions about this inspection, please contact the licensing inspector LaTasha Smith at (804) 588-2362.
Violations
7Evidence:
1. The staff record for Staff #4 contained a national criminal background check dated 7/2/2018. Staff #4 should have undergone a criminal background checks on or before 7/2/2023.
2. The director verified that a criminal background check had not been completed for staff #4 since 2018.
Evidence:
1. The wooden rail outside of the playhouse on the playground, have chipped paint and splintering wood.
2. A blue child size chair in the reading area located in the PreK classroom, was torn on seat of the chair exposing the webbing.
Evidence:
1. A bottle of Clorox wipes was stored in an unlocked cabinet in the student kitchen in the school age building.
2. A container with sunscreen was stored on top of a shelf in the Pre-K classroom. The sunscreen was labeled with ?keep out of reach of children?.
Evidence:
1. In the gaming room in the school age building, there were two electrical outlets that did not have protective covers.
2. Two outlet covers in the gym did not have protective covers.
Evidence:
1. There was not documentation of a completed lockdown drill in 2023.
Evidence:
1. The record for child # 1 did not contain the address for 1 of 2 emergency contacts. Child # 1?s date of enrollment was 6/27/2022.
2. The record for child #4 did not contain the place of employment for two of the listed parents and the parents work number. Child # 4?s date of enrollment was 12/7/2020.
3. The record for child # 5 did not contain the parents work phone number. Child # 5?s date of enrollment was 9/7/2021.
4. The record for child # 7 did not contain the parents work phone number. Child # 7?s date of enrollment was 6/2/2024.
5. The record for child # 9 did not contain the parents work number. Child # 9?s date of enrollment was 4/24/2024.
Evidence:
1. The record for staff # 7 did not have documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position.
2. Staff stated that documentation of staff # 7's education had not been received.