VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

The A.R.T.S. Community Center
10930 Hull Street Road
Midlothian, VA 23112
(804) 658-2614

Current Inspector: Lauren Bickford (540) 280-0742

Inspection Date: Sept. 30, 2024

Complaint Related: No

Areas Reviewed:

8VAC20-780 Administration. 20 Access to minor?s records 8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training. 22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education 8VAC20-780 Physical Plant. 63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect 8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision. 8VAC20-790 Introduction 8VAC20-780 Programs. 8VAC20-790 Administration 8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies 8VAC20-790 Staff Qualifications & Training 8VAC20-780 Special Services. 8VAC20-790 Physical Plant 8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE. 8VAC20-790 Staffing & Supervision 8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS. 8VAC20-790 Programs 8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES. 8VAC20-790 Special Care Provisions & Emergencies 8VAC20-770 Background Checks 8VAC20-790 Special Services 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.

Comments:

An unannounced, on-site initial monitoring inspection was initiated on 09/30/2024 and completed on 09/30/2024. The on-site inspection began at 10:00am and ended at 12:05pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. The inspector reviewed five staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, 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 (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 10/07/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations:

Standard #:	22.1-289.036-B-3
Description:	The center is required to request a search of the central registry by the end of the 30th day of taking office for board officers/agents. Agent 1 and Agent 2, who have been agents for over 30 days, did not have a completed search of the central registry.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-160-A
Description:	Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. There was no updated TB screen for Staff #4 who has been employed for over two years.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-245-L
Description:	There shall always be at least one staff member on duty who has obtained within the last three years instruction in performing the daily health observation of children. There were no staff members on duty at the time of the inspection with a current daily health observation certification.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-550-A
Description:	The center shall have a written emergency preparedness plan that addresses staff responsibility and facility readiness with respect to emergency evacuation and relocation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown. The plan, which shall be developed in consultation with local or state authorities, shall include the most likely to occur emergency scenario or scenarios, including fire, severe storms, loss of utilities, natural disaster, chemical spills, intruder, violence at or near the center, terrorism specific to the locality, and other situations, including facility damage that requires evacuation, lockdown, or shelter-in-place. The center did not have a completed written emergency preparedness plan that contained all required components. The plan was not developed in consultation with local or state authorities.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.