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Rhema's "Gentle Care" Child Development Center
321 Alleghany Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24501 · License #1106876 · Child Day Center
Contact
- Director
- Mrs. Janet Brown
- Phone
- (434) 847-0257
- Website
- Add via profile claim
- Address
- 321 Alleghany Avenue, Lynchburg VA 24501 · Directions
- State licensing specialist
- Rebecca Forestier · (540) 309-2835
Hours
Not published by the state. Owners can add hours via profile claim.
Care & schedule
When they operate
Ages served
- Accepts Child Care Subsidy Program
- Licensed for 75 children
How this facility compares
Violations per inspection, 3-yrInspection history & violations
Source: Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing- Violation
22.1-289.035-B-4 · The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
The center has not requested a criminal history record check, a sex offender registry check, and child abuse and neglect registry check from two states for Staff 3, who has been employed for one week and was working with children at the time of the inspection.
- Violation
8VAC20-780-560-F-4 · Children 3 years of age or younger may not be offered foods that are considered to be potential choking hazards.
Child 3 (age 3 years) was eating a pancake and sausage link on a stick that was provided by the center. The sausage link was a potential choking hazard.
- Violation
8VAC20-780-160-A · 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.
The TB screening for Staff 2 was completed more than 2 months prior to employment.
- Violation
8VAC20-780-40-E · REPEAT VIOLATION
The center shall be in compliance with the center?s own policies and procedures that are required by the standards. The center?s required discipline policy states that striking a child and roughly handling a child is not permitted. On 05/28/2025, Staff 1 roughly handled Child 1 (age 4 years) and struck Child 1 five times with a pencil. The center was previously cited on 04/09/2025 for not following the center?s own discipline policy.
- Violation
8VAC20-780-40-E · The center shall be in compliance with the center?s own policies and procedures that are required by the standards.
The center?s required discipline policy states that roughly handling a child is not permitted and that punishment by another child is not acceptable. On 04/04/2025, two staff roughly handled multiple preschool children while in their care and allowed punishment by another child.
- Violation
22.1-289.036-A · The center is required to have applicants undergo a background check every five years.
The most recent central registry for Applicant 1 was overdue by 3 months.
- Violation
22.1-289.035-A · Based on record review, the center failed to ensure that staff shall undergo a background check in accordance with the Code of Virginia prior to the employment and every five years thereafter.
Evidence: The most recent criminal record check for Staff 5 was dated 09/11/2018. There was not an updated criminal record check obtained by 09/11/2023 available for review.
- Violation
22.1-289.036-A · Based on record review, the center failed to ensure that every applicant for licensure of a child day center shall undergo a background check in accordance with the Code of Virginia prior to the issuance of a license and every five years thereafter.
Evidence: The most recent criminal record check for Applicant 1 was dated 06/18/2018. There was not an updated criminal record check obtained by 06/18/2023 available for review.
- Violation
8VAC20-770-60-C-2 · Based on record review, the center failed to obtain the finding from a search of the central registry within 30 days of employment.
Evidence: The record for Staff 5 contained a documented hire date of 06/23/2023; there were not findings from the search of the central registry available for review during the inspection.
- Violation
8VAC20-780-550-P · COMPLAINT RELATED
Based on staff interviews and document review, the center failed to maintain a written record of children?s serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of the occurrence and that the record shall include all of the elements required by the standard. Evidence: 1. Staff 1 and Staff 2 verified that there had been three incidents, one on 05/09/2023, one on 05/10/2023 and one on 05/11/2023, that required an injury report to be completed. Staff 1 stated they had completed the injury reports. There were no injury reports from 05/09/2023 or 05/11/2023 available for review during the 07/26/2023 inspection. 2. The injury report from 05/10/2023 did not include the following required elements: any future action to prevent recurrence of the injury.
- Violation
8VAC20-780-130-E · Based on document review, the center failed to obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years.
Evidence: Child 2 was confirmed to be 14 months old. The most recent documentation of immunizations in the record for Child 2 was dated 10/20/2021. The documented first date of attendance for Child 2 was 12/13/2021. Documentation of additional immunizations were not obtained every six months for a child under two years.
Questions to ask on your tour
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
- 1The Jul 1, 2026 inspection noted: “The center has not requested a criminal history record check, a sex offender registry check, and child abuse and neglect registry check from two states for Staf…” — what has changed since then?
- 2The Jan 8, 2026 inspection noted: “Child 3 (age 3 years) was eating a pancake and sausage link on a stick that was provided by the center. The sausage link was a potential choking hazard.” — what has changed since then?
- 3The Aug 26, 2025 inspection noted: “The TB screening for Staff 2 was completed more than 2 months prior to employment.” — what has changed since then?
Data synced from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing · Source records · Report an error