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Inspection · 2025-10-08

Date
2025-10-08
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Christine Mahan
(757) 404-0568
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 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.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & 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 renewal inspection was initiated and completed on October 8, 2025. The on-site inspection began at 9:15 am and ended at 12:40 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were one hundred fifteen children present and twenty-three staff. The inspector reviewed ten children?s records and ten staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, observations and measurements. 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 October 17, 2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. Staff #1 TB was dated three months prior to date of employment. Staff #2 TB was dated two weeks after beginning employment. Staff #6 TB was dated over a month prior to date of employment. Staff #9 TB was dated a day after beginning employment.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-320-B
Each restroom shall have soap and disposable towels or an air dryer within reach of children. In Preschool 1A, there was no soap and paper towels in the bathroom. In Preschool 1B, there was no paper towels in the bathroom and no soap at the classroom sink where staff reported children use to wash their hands. In Make Believe Boulevard, there was no soap in the bathroom.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-B
Disposable diapers are to be disposed of in a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in a way that neither the staff's hand or diaper touches the exterior surface of the storage system. In the Preschool 1A bathroom, a soil disposable diaper was laying on the floor.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services