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Higher Horizons Day Care Center

Inspection · 2025-12-04

Date
2025-12-04
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Lynette A Storr
(703) 309-9153
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

Violations

5
Standard 22.1-289.035-A
The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years.

Staff #5's most recent sworn disclosure and central registry check were overdue by three months.

Staff #8's most recent sworn disclosure and central registry check were overdue by 11 months. The most recent national criminal background check was overdue by one year nine months.

Staff #9's most recent central registry check and national criminal background check were overdue by one year six months.
Plan of Correction: Sworn disclosure statements, Background and Central Registry checks for all staff will be monitored monthly to ensure no staff exceeds the five-year renewal requirement. Staff with expired (staff #5), or coming-due background checks have been submitted for processing. Evidence of this action will be forwarded to licensing.

Staff (staff #8) with expired sworn disclosure statements have been updated. A copy of the signed statements will be forwarded to the licensing representative.

Staff overdue (staff #9) for or close to 5-year renewal dates have applied in the Central Registry System and results are pending. Evidence of this application will be forwarded to the licensing representative.
Standard 22.1-289.036-B-1
The center is required to have agents submit a sworn disclosure every five years. The most recent sworn disclosures for staff #11 & staff #12 were overdue by six months.
Plan of Correction: With the recent hiring of a full-time HR Strategist, staff renewal dates for the sworn disclosure will be monitored monthly. Staff (staff #11 and12) with expired sworn disclosure statements have updated them (attached). Copies of signed statements for staff listed will be forwarded to the licensing representative.
Standard 22.1-289.036-B-3
The center is required to have agents submit results of a search of the central registry every five years. The most recent central registry results for staff #11 & staff #12 were overdue by six months.
Plan of Correction: With recent hiring of a full-time HR Strategist, expiration of staff central registry checks will be monitored for 5-year renewal. Staff overdue for 5-year renewals have applied in the Central Registry System and results are pending. Documentation evidencing this application will be forwarded to the licensing representative.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-C
A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. Staff #8 updated screening was due two days ago and Staff #10 updated screening was due three months ago. The updated screenings have not yet been completed.
Plan of Correction: TB screening dates for all staff will be monitored monthly to ensure all required staff receive TB screenings every two years from last screening. Staff (including staff #8 and #10) with expired TB screenings have been notified of immediate requirement for TB screening.
Standard 8VAC20-780-240-B
Staff are to complete orientation training no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. Staff #2 and Staff #4 have not completed the orientation which is overdue by six months. Staff #3 has not completed the orientation which is overdue by four months.
Plan of Correction: With the recent hiring of a full-time HR Strategist, orientation training of all staff will be completed no later than seven days of date of assuming job responsibilities.