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Inspection · 2026-04-01

Date
2026-04-01
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Cassie Anderson-Leichty
(757) 409-4668
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.
Yes

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.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education

8VAC20-790 Introduction
8VAC20-790 Administration
8VAC20-790 Staff Qualifications & Training
8VAC20-790 Physical Plant
8VAC20-790 Staffing & Supervision
8VAC20-790 Programs
8VAC20-790 Special Care Provisions & Emergencies
8VAC20-790 Special Services

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 renewal inspection was initiated on 4/1/2026 and completed on 4/8/2026. The on-site inspection began at 11:20 am and ended at 1:55 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 23 children present and 4 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, interviews, and observations.

A subsidy health and safety inspection (SHSI) was conducted in conjunction with the licensing inspection. Subsidy standards that are not covered in licensing standards were reviewed during this SHSI, and this single inspection report reflects findings related to licensing standards and subsidy standards.

Information gathered during the inspection determined noncompliance 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 business days from today, which will be the close of business on 4/16/2026. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

8
Standard 22.1-289.058
Each building that was built before 2015 and that houses a child day program that is licensed that serves preschool-age children shall be equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector. There was no carbon monoxide detector in the building.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. During the inspection, five infants were observed asleep in the infant room unsupervised for the majority of the inspection.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-350-B-1
(Repeat Violation) The required staff-to-children ratios for birth to 16 months is one staff per four children. Staff #3 and Staff #5 were observed supervising 16 children the youngest child was 15 months old.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-440-G
Cribs shall be used for children under 12 months of age. Child #2, eight months old, was placed in a swing to sleep.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-A
Hand Washing:
(Repeat Violation) Children's hands shall be washed with soap and running water or disposable wipes before and after eating meals and snacks. The children's hands in the toddler group were not washed before or after lunch.

Children?s hands shall be washed with soap and running water after toileting and staff shall was their hands before and after a diaper change. One staff, in the toddler room, did not wash the child's hands with soap and water after the diaper change and did not wash their hands before and after the diaper change.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-B
Diapering; soiled clothing:

The diapering surface shall be cleaned with soap and at least room temperature water and sanitized after each use. The staff did not clean and sanitize the diapering surface after changing a child's diaper.

Disposable diapers shall be disposed in 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. One disposal system required staff to use their hand to open it to dispose of the diaper. The other disposal system required the weight of the diaper to open so the diaper could drop in.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-F
(Repeat Violation) When centers choose to provide meals or snacks, centers shall follow the most recent, age-appropriate nutritional requirements of the Child and Adult Care Food Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Children were provided only two of the five required components at lunch time.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
(Repeat Violation) Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment and shall include dates of contact. Staff #2, employed for four years, had only one reference verification and it did not include the date of contact.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.