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Inspection · 2025-04-10

Date
2025-04-10
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Leslie Perez
(703) 537-6013
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.
8VAC20-770 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 4/10/2025, as a part of the licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 9:50am and ended at 1:45pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 34 children present and 6 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records, 2 staff records and 4 agent's 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.

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 4/18/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

9
Standard 22.1-289.035-A
The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years.

The most recent central registry check for staff #2 has not been submitted and is overdue by a year and four months.
Plan of Correction: The center will conduct background check.
Standard 22.1-289.036-B-2
The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check for every agent of an applicant for licensure, prior to issuance of a license as a child day center.

Agents #3 and #4, did not have a completed national criminal background check.
Plan of Correction: The center will run background checks asap.
Standard 22.1-289.036-B-3
The center shall obtain a copy of the results of a search of the central registry for every agent of an applicant for licensure, prior to issuance of a license as a child day center.

Agents #3 and #4, did not have a results of a search of the central registry on file.
Plan of Correction: All employees will be run through central registry.
Standard 8VAC20-780-130-A
The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center.

Child #5, did not have documentation of an immunization for three months, after first day of attending.
Plan of Correction: The center will change policy for upcoming year.
Standard 8VAC20-780-140-A
Physical examinations completed by a physician shall be obtained prior to the first day of attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance.

The physical examination in the record of child #5, was not obtained until 90 days after the first day of attendance.
Plan of Correction: The center will adjust policy for all new students to 30 days.
Standard 8VAC20-780-40-J
Injury prevention procedures shall be updated at least annually.

The center did not have updated injury prevention procedures.
Plan of Correction: The center will update policy annually.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-L
Medication shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.

Medication inn the nurses office is not kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Children were observed in the nurses office during the inspection.
Plan of Correction: The center will order a cabinet that locks for medication.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-G
Documentation shall be maintained of emergency evacuation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown drills that includes the number of staff participating, the number of children participating, the time it took to complete the drill; and for emergency evacuation drills only, weather conditions.

Emergency drill documentation did not include number of staff, number of children, completion/duration time for all drills and only temperature as weather condition for evacuation drills.
Plan of Correction: The center has added columns to document to include required information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-G
REPEAT VIOLATION
When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated and labeled in a way that identifies the owner.

None of the children's food containers in the JrK room were dated.
None of the children's food containers in the PreK room were dated and 5:17 were not labeled to identify owner.
2:9 of the children's food containers in the JrKA room were not labeled to identify owner.
Plan of Correction: New labels have been created for the whole year, for ease of routine.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services