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Grace Christian Academy

Inspection · 2025-07-17

Date
2025-07-17
Complaint Related
Yes
Licensing Inspector
Angela Farmer
(276) 608-2283
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

22.1-289.031.A.3 STAFFING
22.1-289.035.B BACKGROUND CHECKS

Inspector Notes

An unannounced inspection was initiated on 7/17/2025 and completed on 8/6/2025, in response to a complaint received by the licensing office on 7/15/2025 relating to allegations of staffing. The inspector reviewed one child?s record and three staff records on-site. This inspection included:
? document review
? tour of the facility,
? interviews,

The preponderance of evidence gathered during the investigation supports the allegation(s); therefore, the complaint is determined to be valid. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and the 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 8/13/25. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

5
Standard 22.1-289.031-A-3
Staff members under 18 years of age shall be under the supervision of an adult staff member.
Staff #1, who has been actively working at the center for the past two months, was not under the supervision of an adult staff member.
Plan of Correction: A more efficient process has been put into place to ensure staff members are across the threshold of the door and not in the hallway when employees are rotating for breaks, etc.
Standard 22.1-289.031-A-4
Each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.
Staff #1, who has been working at the center for two months and staff #2, who has been working at the center for one month did not have a completed Staff Health Report.
Plan of Correction: Staff health reports will be properly placed in the employees files.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-1
The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee's first day of employment.
Staff #1, who had been employed for two months and Staff #2, who has been employed for one month, did not have a completed sworn statement on file.
Plan of Correction: The sworn statement will be properly placed in the employees files.
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 #1, who had been employed for two months; Staff #2, who had been employed for one month, did not have a completed national criminal background check. Both staff were working with children.
Plan of Correction: A copy of the background check has now been placed in the file.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-3
REPEAT VIOLATION
The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment.
Staff #1, who had been employed for two months; and staff #2, who had been employed for one month, did not have proof of central registry search requests .
Plan of Correction: Another request has been placed in the portal to send previously requested documents.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services