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Kathleen Lynch

Inspection · 2025-09-05

Date
2025-09-05
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

8VAC20-800 Administration
8VAC20-800 Personnel
8VAC20-800 Household Members
8VAC20-800 Physical Health of Caregivers and Household members
8VAC20-800 Caregiver Training
8VAC20-800 Physical Equipment and Environment
8VAC20-800 Care of Children
8VAC20-800 Preventing the Spread of Disease
8VAC20-800 Medication Administration
8VAC20-800 Emergencies
8VAC20-800 Nutrition
8VAC20-800 Transportation
8VAC20-800 Nighttime Care
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
54.1 Provider must be MAT certified to administer prescription medication.
63.2 Child abuse and neglect

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 announced, on-site initial monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 9/5/2025. The on-site inspection began at 9:05 am and ended at 11:45 am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 4 children present and 1 caregivers; the point total was 14. The inspector reviewed 4 children?s records and 2 caregiver/household members' 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 business days from today, which will be the close of business on (date). A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

4
Standard 8VAC20-800-320-G
The provider is required to maintain documentation to demonstrate that any wood burning stoves and fireplaces and associated chimneys in the home are inspected annually by a knowledgeable inspector to verify that the devices are properly installed, maintained, and cleaned as needed.
The daycare home contains a fireplace. The provider did not have documentation to demonstrate that the fireplace has been inspected.
Plan of Correction: An inspection of the fireplace and chimney will be scheduled and completed by the end of October.
Standard 8VAC20-800-330-A
The provider is required to have a landline telephone, excluding a cordless or cell phone, available, operable, and accessible during the family day home's hours of operation. An operable landline telephone is one that does not require electricity to operate.
The provider does not have a landline telephone capable of operating in the event of a power outage. The phone designated as the landline is a coax phone which is not operable in a power outage.
Plan of Correction: After researching availability of a landline telephone in our location, I do not believe we are eligible for any landline service that will work without internet and/or electricity. An allowable variance will be requested for this requirement.
Standard 8VAC20-800-460-C
Family Day Homes must ensure that dogs or cats, where are vaccinated for rabies.
The provider was unable to show documentation that the three household cats are current on rabies vaccinations.
Plan of Correction: All three cats are due or very close to being due for rabies vaccines. I have an appointment next Saturday (9/13/25) at 8AM to obtain their vaccines.
Standard 8VAC20-800-70-A
The family day home provider must provide all required written information to parents prior to the child's attendance.
The records for child #1, child #2, child #3 and child #4 do not contain the following required written & signed agreements:
1. Requirement for the family day home to notify the parent when the child becomes ill and for the parent to arrange to have the child picked up as soon as possible if so requested by the home.
2. Requirement for the parent to inform the family day home within 24 hours or the next business day after his child or any member of the immediate household has developed any reportable communicable disease, as defined by the State Board of Health, except for life threatening diseases, which must be reported immediately;
Plan of Correction: I will be sending my parents an amendment to the parent handbook and requesting signatures by the end of this coming week (9.12.25). The amendment will cover the following topics:
1. parent notification of any communicable diseases within their household
2. new check in procedures ~ to include a daily paper check in sheet
3. new signature for providing TOPICAL only over the counter medications (until MAT certification is received and another signature page is sent out)
4. notification to parents when a child is sick and pick up instructions
5. emergency preparedness acknowledgement form
6. Information for parents form
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services