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1703 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria VA 22311 · License #1108971 · Center · Child Day Center
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8VAC20-780-40-E · The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center's
activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with the center's own policies and procedures. The center?s policy/protocol regarding knowing where children are verbally and written tracking/name-to-face forms, for the Bridge classroom was not completed and a child was left unattended in classroom for approximately 3 minutes, while class was outside of building.
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Data synced from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing on Jul 9, 2026 · Source records · Report an error
8VAC20-790-600-F · Staff who work directly with children shall annually attend the department's health and safety update course.
The record for staff #4 did not contain documentation that they have completed the department's health and safety update course annually.
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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-3 · The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment.
The center submitted central registry search 4 days after staff B's first day of employment.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-400-B · Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts.
On 8/21/2025 Staff#1 stated, that child #1 was observed with hands on another child's neck. Staff separated the children and when child got up from chair, staff #1 "grabbed" child to sit down. Staff #1 was observed by staff #2 grabbing child#1 by the shoulders, while sitting down.
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22.1-289.035-B-3 · The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment.
The request for central registry search for Staff #1, was completed the day after their first day of employment.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
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.
Immunizations for Child #1 were obtained approximately one month after attending the center.
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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-60-A · Based on record review, children's records did not contain all required information.
Evidence: Child #3 and Child #8's records did not have address for 1:2 designated people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached.
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Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-4 · REPEAT VIOLATION
Based on review of staff records, the child day center did not obtain out of state background checks for staff who have lived outside the date of Virginia within the past five years. Evidence: Staff #1, first day of employment 9/18/2023, has lived in Georgia and North Carolina within the past five years. The child day center did not follow up on the out of state central registry checks for Georgia and North Carolina after 45 days.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-4 · Based on record review, the center did not obtain an out-of-state criminal background check for an employee who has resided outside the state of Virginia withing the preceding 5 years, prior to their first day of employment.
Evidence: Staff #4's (DOH: 5/15/2023) record did not include a out-of-state criminal record check.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-4 · Based on review of staff record, the center did not obtain a copy of the results of a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
Evidence Staff #1, first day of employment October 2022, does not have documentation of a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from the state in which she has lived in in the preceding five years.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
8VAC20-780-40-E · Based on a review of policies and procedures, interviews and a review of documentation, the center did not ensure that the center's activities and services were in compliance with the center's own policies and procedures related to supervision that are required by the standards.
Evidence: 1. Staff #1 and Staff #2 transitioned a group of children from the playground to the main building on 3/30/2023. During the transition, a two-year old Child #1 was left behind on the playground. 2. Threshold counts and name-to-face checks were not completed when they were exiting the playground. 3) The center's Child Supervision Policy requires that children must be under adult supervision by sight and sound at all times. The center's policies require that "Name-to-fac checks or threshold counts must be conducted and documented every time the children move from one location to another, such as when the children move from the classroom to the gym, from the classroom to the playground and from the playground to the classroom".
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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-2 · Based on record review, fingerprint results for a staff member were not obtained prior to their first day of employment.
Evidence: Staff #5's record contains Fingerprint results that were dated 3/3/2022, the staff member's first day of employment was documented as 2/15/2022.
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22.1-289.035-B-2 · Based on record review, the center did not obtain Fingerprint search results prior to employment for two staff members.
Evidence: Staff #3's record contains Fingerprint search results that were obtained on 3/3/2022, the staff member was hired on 2/15/2022. Staff #4's record contains Fingerprint results that were obtained on 3/31/2022, the staff member was hired on 3/7/2022.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
22.1-289.035-B-4 · Based on staff record review, out-of-state background check results were not obtained for staff members that have resided outside the state of Virginia within the last 5 years.
Evidence: Staff #1 (DOH: 08/16/2021) has resided outside the state of Virginia within the past 5 years, their records contained documentation of out-of-state child abuse and neglect results and sex offender search results that were completed in 2018 by a prior employer. Staff #2 (DOH: 08/18/2021) has resided outside the state of Virginia within the past 5 years, their records did not have documentation that an out-of-state sex offender search was completed prior to the staff person's first day of employment.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.