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KinderCare Learning Center - Forest

Inspection · 2025-07-24

Date
2025-07-24
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 STAFFING AND SUPERVISION.
8VAC20-780 PROGRAMS.
22.1 BACKGROUND CHECKS, CODE, CARBON MONOXIDE

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. 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 monitoring inspection was initiated on 7/24/2025 and completed on 8/12/2025(with a local agency), in response to a self- report received by the licensing office on 7/21/2025 relating to allegations of forbidden actions. The Department issued a Special Order on 5/27/2025 to place the licensee on probation for a period of 6 months and mandate training for all staff and any staff that supervise children. The inspector reviewed 1 child?s records and 2 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, a 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 8/5/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-2
Repeat violation
Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment.

Staff #2, who had been employed for over 5 years, did not have a completed national criminal background check on file.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
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.

Child #1, who had been attending for over a year, had an immunization record on file that was 3 weeks past the required timeframe.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
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 Child #1, enrolled for over a year, was missing the following required components: Addresses for both emergency contacts.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services