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The Sprout School at the Children's Museum of Richmond

Inspection · 2025-10-22

Date
2025-10-22
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

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was completed on 10/22/2025. The on-site inspection began at 1:50 p.m. and ended at 5:00 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 16 children present and 6 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 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 01/09/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

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Standard 22.1-289.035-B-1
The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee's first
day of employment. The file for S1, currently working with children for over 3 months did not contain a completed sworn statement.
Plan of Correction: Sworn statement of file dated 06/10/2025.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual
has resided in the preceding five years. S2, employed for 20 month, did not have documentation of requesting a sexual offender check from two states.
Plan of Correction: HR informed of violation.
Standard 8VAC20-780-130-A
The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations
required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. The record
for C4 did not contain documentation of immunizations and the child has been enrolled
for 3 months.
Plan of Correction: C4 is no longer enrolled.
Standard 8VAC20-780-140-A
Physical examinations completed by a physician shall be obtained prior to the first day
of attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There was no physical
examination in the record of C4, who had been enrolled for two months.
Plan of Correction: C4 is no longer enrolled.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Repeat Violation
Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of
employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. The TB screening for S5 was dated 4 days after employment.
Plan of Correction: HR was informed of violation.
Standard 8VAC20-780-245-I
The center is required to provide training on the center?s emergency preparedness plan
annually and each time the plan is updated. There was no documentation of the annual
review of the emergency preparedness plan since 05/06/2024.
Plan of Correction: Plan reviewed with no changes on 11/21/2025.
Standard 8VAC20-780-280-B
Hazardous substances shall be stored in an area inaccessible to children. A one-gallon container of hand soap and container of hand sanitizer were observed and accessible in child bathroom #1. Both chemical products contained the warning label ?Keep out of Reach of Children?.
Plan of Correction: Hand soap is now stored in the kitchen.
Standard 8VAC20-780-290-A-3
Repeat Violation
In areas used by preschool age or younger children, electrical outlets shall have protective covers. A power strip observed in the Forest Room had uncovered outlets.
Plan of Correction: Outlet covers replaced.
Standard 8VAC20-780-40-J
Repeat Violation
The center is required to update the injury prevention procedures at least annually based
on documentation of injuries and a review of the activities and services. The review of the injury prevention procedures was not documented.
Plan of Correction: Review to be completed by 1/30/2026.
Standard 8VAC20-780-420-E-3
Staff shall request at least annually parent confirmation that the required information in the
child's record is up to date. Up-to-date information is required to be requested from the parent for each child's record at least annually. The information in the record of C5
has not been updated and is overdue by 4 months.
Plan of Correction: Re-enrollment packets are completed prior to the beginning of school year.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-D
Evacuation drills procedures shall be practiced monthly. Drill records did not document a
drill in 09/2025.
Plan of Correction: Drill 09/18/2025 is documented.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-P
The center shall maintain written records of children?s injuries that contain all of the
required information. The injury report dated 08/29/2025 did not document future actions to prevent recurrence of the injury and the method of parental notification.
Plan of Correction: Staff retrained and reminded of proper procedure.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-G
When food is brought from home the container must be clearly labeled with the child?s name. Multiple thermos bottles were observed in the Forest Room were not labeled with the children?s names.
Plan of Correction: Extra water bottles are maintained on the classroom cart and label as children use them.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled
that contains all of the required information. The record for C2 did not contain the date of enrollment.
Plan of Correction: Enrollment date noted on file.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services