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Homestead Christian Church

Inspection · 2024-12-09

Date
2024-12-09
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Tara K Martin
(804) 588-2371
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 Religious Exempt; Background Checks Code; Carbon Monoxide
32.1 Report by person other than physician
54.1 Must be MAT Certified.
63.2 Child abuse and neglect
8VAC20-770 Background Checks

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above. 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 code compliance inspection was initiated on 12/09/2024 and completed on 12/09/2024. The on-site inspection began at 11:00 am and ended at 11:45 am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 3 children present with 2 staff. The inspector reviewed 3 children?s records and 2 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance(s) with applicable code sections, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

The Violation Notice was amended on 01/02/2025, and issued to the program.

Violations

5
Standard 22.1-289.031-B-3
The center shall establish and implement procedures for a daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such screenings.

Staff 1 and Staff 2 were not trained to perform such screenings.
Plan of Correction: Staff will obtain training.
Standard 22.1-289.031-B-4
The center shall establish and implement procedures for ensuring that all children in the center are in compliance with the Code of Virginia regarding the immunization of children against certain diseases.

There was no documentation for Child 3 that was in compliance with the immunization requirements for children; Child 3 was observed in care at the time of the inspection.
Plan of Correction: Provider will obtain information from parents.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.

The center did not request a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from one state for Staff #1, who has been employed for more than nine months and was working with children at the time of the inspection.
Plan of Correction: A search of the out of state Child Abuse and Neglect Registry will be requested.
Standard 22.1-289.049-A
Upon enrollment of a child in a regulated child day program, the center shall require information from the person enrolling the child regarding previous child day care and schools attended by the child and require proof of the child?s identity and age.

The records for Child 1, Child 2 and Child 3 did not contain documentation regarding previous child day care, schools attended by the child or proof of the child?s identity and age.
Plan of Correction: Provider will obtain information from parents.
Standard 22.1-289.058
For each building that was built before 2015 and that houses a child day program serving preschool-age children shall be equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector.

Building housing the child day program was not equipped with a carbon monoxide detector.
Plan of Correction: Carbon Monoxide detector has been installed.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services