Inspection · 2025-01-23
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.
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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 01/23/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:16 a.m. and ended at 12:52 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 30 children present and 4 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 4 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 02/20/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.
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. C4, attended the center for less than a month before the immunization record was received.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-245-A
Staff shall complete a minimum of 16 hours of training annually, appropriate to the age of children in care. S3 obtained 11 of the 16 required hours in 2023 - 2024.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-C
Inside areas occupied by children shall be maintained no lower than 68 degrees F. The temperature in the big room used for snacks and recreation occupied by children was 66 degrees.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-P
The center shall maintain a written record of children?s serious and minor injuries that contains all the required information. Injury reports dated 09/16, 23, 26, and 30/2024 did not contain staff signatures.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-G
When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated. Multiple thermos and lunch boxes observed in the center were not dated.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment. S1 and S4, who has been actively working at the center since 2021, did not have any completed reference verifications on file.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.