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Inspection · 2025-10-01

Date
2025-10-01
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Charles Perkins
(703) 309-3963
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

8 VAC 20-800 Administration
8 VAC 20-800 Personnel
8 VAC 20-800 Household Members
8 VAC 20-800 Physical Health of Caregivers and Household members
8 VAC 20-800 Caregiver Training
8 VAC 20-800 Physical Equipment and Environment
8 VAC 20-800 Care of Children
8 VAC 20-800 Preventing the Spread of Disease
8 VAC 20-800 Emergencies
8 VAC 20-800 Nutrition
8 VAC 20-800 Transportation
8 VAC2 0-820 THE LICENSE
8 VAC 20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS
8 VAC 20-770 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 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, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 10/01/2025, as a part of the provisional licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 10 am and ended at 11 am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There was (1) child present and (2) caregivers; the point total was (2). The inspector reviewed (1) child?s record on site on 10/01/2025.

This inspection included: document review (i.e. Files, injury logs, policies and procedures, emergency drill logs were not available for review); tour of the facility; interviews; and observations.

Information gathered during the inspection determined that there were (7) areas of non-compliance with the applicable standards or law. These violations were 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 10/06/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

7
Standard 22.1-289.057-B
Repeat Violation

The Family Day Home is required to submit results of potable water testing to VDH.

The program did not have evidence of submitting test results to VDH.
Plan of Correction: I contacted the water testing technician and by the 10-25-2025 the water will be tested.
Standard 8VAC20-800-240-A
Repeat Violations

Areas of the Family Day Home (FDH), inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe, and operable condition.

The children's bathroom (downstairs) was not in a safe condition. The floor tile is both heavily worn with several tiles that are loose posing as a tripping hazard.
Plan of Correction: The Family Day Home inside and outside will be safe condition.
Standard 8VAC20-800-320-B
Child-resistant protective covers larger than 1-1/4 inches in diameter shall be installed on all unused electrical outlets and surge protectors accessible to children under five years of age.

A total of 8 visible outlets in both the child care room and the adjoining bathroom were without child-resistant protective covers.
Plan of Correction: The total of 8 visible outlets in both the child care room and the adjoining bathroom were without covers are now with covers. All will be with covers.
Standard 8VAC20-800-340-C
The bathroom shall have paper towels.

At the start of the inspection, there were no paper towels available in the downstairs bathroom.
Plan of Correction: The bathroom will have more paper towels.
Standard 8VAC20-800-480-A
The family day home shall provide a sufficient quantity and variety of play materials and equipment that shall be readily accessible to children.

There was not a sufficient quantity of play materials and equipment that were age appropriate for the child in care.
Plan of Correction: The Family Day Home will have more play materials.
Standard 8VAC20-800-920
When meals or snacks are provided by the family day home, the menu for the current one-week period shall be posted or made available to each child's parent.

The was not a menu posted on site for the current week.
Plan of Correction: The food menu will be posted.
Standard 8VAC20-820-120-E-3
Certain documents related to the terms of the license are required to be posted on the premises of each facility.

The most recently issued license and the findings of the most recent inspection of the facility were not posted on-site.
Plan of Correction: The license is being posted and will be posted.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services