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KinderCare Learning Center - Forest

Inspection · 2024-11-04

Date
2024-11-04
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
James R Basham
(804) 588-2370
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 LICENSE PROCESS
8VAC20-820 HEARING PROCEDURES
8VAC20-770 BACKGROUND CHECKS
20 ACCESS TO MINOR?S RECORDS
22.1 BACKGROUND CHECKS, CODE, CARBON MONOXIDE
63.2 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

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 on 11/4/2024 and completed on 11/19/2024 , as a part of licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 1:00pm and ended at 5:00pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 91 children present and 22 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, a tour of the facility, and interviews.

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.

After review by the Licensing Administrator, the inspection documents were updated on 11/3/2025.

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 11/26/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

5
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.

Staff #1, employed for more than 2 years, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from a state.

Staff #3, employed for more than 2 years, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state and no documentation of requesting a central registry check or criminal history check from a different state.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-240-A
Staff are to complete the VDOE sponsored online orientation course within 90 days of hire.

Staff 1, who had been employed 3 years, had not yet completed the required course.
Staff 3, who had been employed 2 years, had not completed the required course
Staff 5, who had been employed 8 months, had not completed the required course.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

In each classroom, the wall had paint peeling on the children?s level.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-B
Disposable diapers shall be disposed on a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member?s hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal.

In the DS Preschool 3 classroom, the trashcan used for diapering had no lid. In the Infant C classroom, the trashcan used for diapering was not foot operable.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-G
Documentation shall be maintained of emergency evacuation.

There was no documentation for emergency evacuation for the month of September and October.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.