VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

E.M.R. Center
220 Amelon Expressway
Madison heights, VA 24572
(434) 219-6840

Current Inspector: Rebecca Forestier (540) 309-2835

Inspection Date: Nov. 1, 2024

Complaint Related: 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. 8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS. 8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES. 8VAC20-770 Background Checks 20 Access to minor?s records 22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education 63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

Technical Assistance:

Effective January 1, 2025, the VDOE will begin determining compliance with ? 22.1-289.057 of the Code of Virginia, which is legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2020. The law requires all licensed child day programs, religious exempt child day centers that serve preschool age children, and certified preschools to test potable drinking water. The law requires that programs submit their plans and test results to the Virginia Department of Health Office of Drinking Water (VDH ODW) and the Superintendent. If the results of the testing indicate elevated lead levels, the program shall remediate, retest, and resubmit results to VDH ODW and the Superintendent. There is an additional alternative bottled water option that comes with additional requirements. The statutory requirement can be found online at https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title22.1/chapter14.1/section22.1-289.057/. Resources are now available for providers on the "What's New" webpage on the ChildCareVA website at https://www.childcare.virginia.gov/providers/what-s-new

Comments:

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 11/1/2024 and completed on 11/1/2024. The on-site inspection began at 11:45 am and ended at 1:55 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were six children present and one staff. The inspector reviewed four children?s records and three staff 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 12/20/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations:

Standard #:	8VAC20-770-60-C-2
Description:	The center is required to have a central registry finding within 30 days of employment for staff people. Staff 2, who has worked at the center for approximately six months, has no central registry finding in the staff record.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-130-A
Description:	Centers are required to obtain documentation that each child has received immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. Child 2 began attendance one day before the immunization record was given to the center.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-60-A
Description:	Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child 4 (enrolled for six months) had no information regarding allergies. The record for Child 1 (enrolled for three months) did not address physical problems.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-80-A
Description:	For each group of children, the center shall maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. There were six children in one group during the inspection, and the attendance sheet showed 22 children were there. Staff 3 said the other 16 were now at school and were expected to return later in the day.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-260-A
Description:	REPEAT VIOLATION The center is required to have an annual fire inspection. The fire inspection is overdue by 18 months.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-270-A
Description:	REPEAT VIOLATION Areas of the center shall be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition. There were two holes in the hallway wall leading from the classrooms to the gym, two of four blinds in the multi-purpose room were broken, and there was a loose electrical outlet in the hall leading to the gym.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-290-A-3
Description:	Electrical outlets are required to have protective covers in areas used by preschoolers. The nap room, where the preschoolers were in care, had uncovered outlets.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-320-B
Description:	Centers are required to have disposable towels or an air dryer in restrooms. The boy?s restroom did not have disposable towels or an air dryer.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-340-C
Description:	Centers are required to have on-site when children are present one staff member who meets the qualifications of program leader and an immediately available staff, volunteer, or other employee who has had instructions on instruction in how to contact appropriate authorities if there is an emergency. At the start of the inspection, the children were alone with Staff 1, whose record did not show any qualifications that this person was qualified as a program lead. A second staff person was not available at the center.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-340-F
Description:	Children under 10 years of age are required to be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. Child 2 (age 3) and Child 3 (age 4) left the nap room, crossed the hall and entered an empty classroom. The children left the nap room and entered the preschool room and were alone without sight supervision for approximately two minutes.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-550-G
Description:	Documentation shall be maintained of emergency evacuation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown drills. The center did not have documentation these drills have been completed within the past year.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-560-F
Description:	When snacks are provided, the menu must be dated. The snack menu was not dated.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-560-G
Description:	When food is brought from home, the container shall be clearly dated and labeled in a way that identifies the owner. Food brought from home is not labeled with names or dates.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-560-J
Description:	Tables shall be sanitized after each use for feeding. The lunch table was not sanitized after eating.
Plan of Correction:	Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.