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Inspection · 2024-11-26

Date
2024-11-26
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Heather Dapper
(804) 625-2304
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.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on November 26, 2024 and completed on November 26, 2025. The on-site inspection began at 9:15 AM and ended at 12:15 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 36 children present and 12 staff. The inspector reviewed five children?s records and five staff records on-site. 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.

Violations

4
Standard 22.1-289.036-B-3
The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment.

Staff #1 who has been employed for 41 days, did not have central registry results. Staff #1 was working alone with children.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

On the playground one wooden playhouse had a screw sticking out toward the inside of the playhouse. A second wooden playhouse had rough wood edges within reach of children.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-G
Medication shall be labeled with child?s name, the name of the medication and dosage amount, and times to be given.

Child A, child B, and child C had emergency medication at the center. The medication was not labeled with the child?s name, the name of the medication and dosage amount, and times to be given.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A-8
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information.

Child A, child B, and child C did not have a written care plan for a diagnosed food allergy.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services