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Living Hope Child Development Center

325 Courthouse Road, Stafford VA 22554 · License #1106707 · Child Day Center

Two Year
Capacity 139 childrenAges 1 mo – 12 yrLast inspected May 18, 2026
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Director
Robin L Stafford
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Address
325 Courthouse Road, Stafford VA 22554 · Directions
State licensing specialist
Beth Velke · (804) 629-8302

Hours

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Care & schedule

When they operate

Child Day Center

Ages served

1 month - 12 years 11 months
  • Does not accept Child Care Subsidy Program
  • Licensed for 139 children
7
Violations, past 3 yrs
From inspections (not complaints)
0
High-risk violations
Serious / high-risk non-compliance
0
Substantiated complaints
Published by Virginia VDOE
13
Inspections, past 3 yrs
Monitoring & assessments

How this facility compares

Violations per inspection, 3-yr
This facility
0.5
Virginia average
0.5

Inspection history & violations

Source: Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing
May 18, 2026 — Monitoring Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Oct 30, 2025 — Renewal Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    8VAC20-780-160-A · Repeat Violation

    Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming in contact with the children. Evidence: The screening for Staff #1 was completed 11 days after their first date of employment.

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Sep 2, 2025 — Monitoring Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Jul 22, 2025 — Monitoring Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Apr 30, 2025 — Renewal Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    8VAC20-780-160-A · Repeat Violation

    Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming in contact with the children. Evidence: The screening for Staff #2 was completed 18 days after their employment date.

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Mar 10, 2025 — Complaint-Related Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    8VAC20-780-40-E · The responsibility of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center?s own policies and procedures are followed.

    Evidence: The center?s policy on cell phone use states, ?Employees may us their cellular phones in a non-disruptive manner during rest time, when all students are asleep.? In April of 2024 a staff member, in the toddler class, was observed using a multimedia messaging app during rest time. The staff member was sitting on the floor with their legs across the back of a child, actively using their cell phone while children were off their cots and walking around the classroom.

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Jan 3, 2025 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    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.

    For two months, staff in the Dolphin?s classroom placed Child #2 in a ?buckle chair?, a chair with a belt that fastened around the child?s lap, at circle time to prevent them from running and climbing during instruction time.

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Oct 2, 2024 — Monitoring Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Apr 22, 2024 — Complaint-Related Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    8VAC20-780-500-A · Repeat Violation

    Based on interviews with staff, the center failed to ensure that all children wash their hands with soap and running water after toileting and any contact with feces or urine. Evidence: An interview with staff revealed that staff in the infant classroom did not always wash the children?s hands after changing their diapers.

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Apr 22, 2024 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22.1-289.035-B-2 · Based on review of six staff records, the program did not obtain the results of a national fingerprint-based criminal history record check for one staff prior to employment.

    Evidence: The record for Staff #5, with a start date of 4/8/24, did not contain documentation of the results of a national fingerprint background check at the time of inspection.

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Mar 5, 2024 — Complaint-Related Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Dec 4, 2023 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    8VAC20-780-80-A · Based on review of the written attendance record, the center did not ensure they maintained a written record of daily attendance for each group of children documenting arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.

    Evidence: 1. In the Bumblebee?s classroom, ages 15 months to 2-years-old, there were eight children present in the classroom, the written record reflected there were six. 2. In the Panda?s classroom, ages three-years-old, there were seven children present in the classroom, there was no written record of attendance.

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Aug 3, 2023 — Monitoring Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Apr 11, 2023 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22.1-289.035-B-4 · Based on a review of five staff files and an interview with Administrative staff, it was determined that one staff did not have an out of state criminal record check prior to the first day of employment.

    Evidence: There was no California criminal record check on file for staff A at the time of employment, which was 3/3/23

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Oct 27, 2022 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22.1-289.035-B-4 · Based on a review of five staff files and an interview with Administrative staff, it was determined that one staff did not have out of state criminal background checks prior to the first day of employment.

    Evidence: Staff A was hired on 8/23/22 and there was no criminal records background check on file for the District of Columbia and Texas.

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Feb 14, 2022 — Monitoring Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean

Questions to ask on your tour

Generated from this facility's specific inspection record

  1. 1The Oct 30, 2025 inspection noted: “Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming in contact with the children. Ev…” — what has changed since then?
  2. 2The Apr 30, 2025 inspection noted: “Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming in contact with the children. Ev…” — what has changed since then?
  3. 3The Mar 10, 2025 inspection noted: “Evidence: The center?s policy on cell phone use states, ?Employees may us their cellular phones in a non-disruptive manner during rest time, when all students a…” — what has changed since then?

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