VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Alston's Village Learning Center LLC
923 Aberdeen Road
Hampton, VA 23666
(757) 864-0222

Current Inspector: Tiffany Jones (757) 403-3045

Inspection Date: July 28, 2025

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 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.

Technical Assistance:

Effective January 1, 2025, the VDOE began 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 7/28/2025 and completed on, 8/5/2025. The on-site inspection began at 1:40 pm and ended at 4:45 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. CDC: There were (#) children present and (#) staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 6 staff records on-site on 7/28/2025. 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 8/12/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations:

Standard #:	22.1-289.057-A
Description:	The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead. The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan.
Plan of Correction:	"Submitting a water plan to VDH on 7/28/2025."
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-160-A
Description:	Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming in contact with children and shall have been completed within 30 calendar days of the date of employment. Staff #3's TB screening was completed more than 11 months prior to her date of employment. Staff #1 did not have documentation of a Tuberculosis screening, which was more than 1 month overdue.
Plan of Correction:	"Staff #3 got an updated TB test and staff #1 has a TB test + she did give us another copy."
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-560-F
Description:	When centers choose to provide meals or snacks, they must follow the most recent age appropriate nutritional requirements of the Child and Adult Food Program of the United States Department of Agriculture and Post or provide a menu to parents listing the food to be served for meals and snacks during the current one week period listing any substitute food served. The posted menu listed Cheese stick, Cheezits and water for snack on the day of inspection. Children were served fruit snacks and water in some classrooms and a variety of many foods in another classroom. Neither cheese sticks, nor Cheezits were served in any of the classrooms on this date. The posted menu was not adjusted to reflect the variety of foods served on this date. Neither Fruit snacks (gummies) nor water fulfil a required nutritional food component.
Plan of Correction:	"All teachers were told to give the students the snack listed on the menu. The cook who serve snack had an emergency and was out but the children were giveing to snack listed at later time than the listed snack time."
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-560-F-4
Description:	Children three years of age or younger may not be offered foods that are considered to be potential choking hazards. Several children in the infant room, where all children were identified as being under 20 months old, were eating "fruit snacks" which were chewie gummy pieces which are difficult for young children to chew and pose a potential choke hazard.. Children in the Two's classroom were eating whole grapes which, due to the shape and size when not cut in half pose a potential to become lodged in a child's throat if not properly chewed.
Plan of Correction:	"The staff were training on not feeding children foods that are choking hazards. We did a training with all staff on the appropriate foods to feed and to follow the menu. "
Standard #:	8VAC20-780-570-B
Description:	Bottle fed infants who cannot hold their own bottles must be held when fed. Bottles shall not be propped or used while the child is in his designated sleeping location. A 9 month old infant was sitting in an infant bouncy seat drinking a bottle which was propped up to her mouth by a rolled blanket positioned on her chest.
Plan of Correction:	All training included the appropriate feeding methods for infants.