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Community Ministry Child Care Center

Inspection · 2025-08-12

Date
2025-08-12
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Cindy Horne
(804) 297-4469
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 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above. 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 8/12/2025 in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on 7/30/2025 relating to forbidden actions. The inspector reviewed five children?s records and five staff records on-site. This inspection included: document review (policies and procedures, medication authorizations, background checks, training documentation, and complaint documentation), tour of the facility, interviews, and observations of a video recording.

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 deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 8/27/25. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-40-E
The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center's activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards and the center's own policies and procedures that are required by these standards.

The Center?s ?Employee Handbook? states that ?roughly handling a child? is a ?Prohibited Discipline/Action?. Staff #1 was observed on a video recording dated 7/29/25, picking up Child #1 (age 3) by both arms above the elbows. Staff #1 was face to face with Child #1 as she attempted to move/drag the child to a table. Staff #1 walked forward with Child #1 who was backwards while holding her above both elbows. Child #1 went limp so Staff #1 lifted and dragged her roughly before letting go of the child. Staff #3 and Staff #4 reported that the child had blotchy red marks above her elbows after the incident.
Plan of Correction: Please see intensive plan of correction.
Standard 8VAC20-780-400-B
Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts. On a video recording dated 7/29/25, Child #1 (age 3) was observed fighting with another child over a doll. Staff #1 intervened by taking the doll away from Child #1, then roughly lifting and dragging Child #1 toward a table where Staff #1 had been sitting. Child #1 then took a toy away from another child and Staff #1 walked/dragged Child #1 by her left forearm toward the table again.
Plan of Correction: Please see intensive plan of correction.
Standard 8VAC20-780-410-1
Roughly handling a child is a forbidden action. Staff #1 was observed on a video recording dated 7/29/25, picking up Child #1 (age 3) by both arms above the elbows. Staff #1 was face to face with Child #1 as she attempted to move/drag the child to a table. Staff #1 walked forward with Child #1 who was backwards while holding her above both elbows. Child #1 went limp so Staff #1 lifted and dragged her before letting go. Child #1 then took a toy away from another child and Staff #1 walked/dragged Child #1 by her left forearm toward the table again. Staff #3 and Staff #4 reported that the child had blotchy red marks above her elbows after the incident.
Plan of Correction: Please see intensive plan of correction.
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