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Inspection · 2025-01-15

Date
2025-01-15
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 01/15/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:17 a.m. and ended at 3:10 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 40 children present and 8 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 6 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 02/21/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

5
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
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. S1 TB was dated one day after the time of employment.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-B-4
The required ratio for children ages 3 years old up to school age eligible is 1 staff per 10 children. The older 4-year-old classroom was observed to have 1 staff supervising 11 children during the inspector?s walk-through of the center.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-L
Medication shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents
access by children. A bottle of antiacid was observed in the kitchen drawer that was not in a locked place. A tube of zinc oxide sunscreen was observed in the 4-year-old classroom (front classroom) that was not in a locked place.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-P
Repeat violation
The center shall maintain a written record of children?s serious and minor injuries that contains all the required information. The injury report dated 01/09/2025 for C6 did not contain the parent signature or a second staff signature. The injury report dated 10/16/2024 for C5 did not contain the time of parental notification. The injury report dated 10/17/2024 for C7 did not contain the actions to be taken to prevent reoccurrence.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-G
Repeat violation
When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated. Multiple thermos bottles brought from home were observed in the center older 4-year-old room were not dated.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services