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Licensed daycares in 23139Powhatan, VA

There are 13 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 23139 — 11 licensed centers and 2 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 65 violations across 93 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.70 violations per inspection, which is above the Powhatan average of 0.48.

No provider in this ZIP code has a completely clean three-year record. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (21 citations), followed by background checks (10). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 13 providers

1–3 violations in 3 years

6 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

5 Stone Church

Exempt · Capacity 136 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2065 New Dorset Road · Last inspected Sep 13, 2024

1 violationActive
Melissa Cottone

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 3-year license · 4230 Pierce Road · Last inspected Jun 8, 2026

1 violationActive
Powhatan United Methodist Church

Exempt · Capacity 110 · Ages 2 yr – 5 yr · 2253 Rosson Road · Last inspected Mar 25, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

7 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Firefly Childcare New Dorset

Center · Capacity 135 · Ages 16 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 2426 New Dorset Circle · Last inspected May 27, 2026

13 violationsActive
Faces Of The Future Academy, Inc.

Center · Capacity 115 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 1350 Anderson Highway · Last inspected Mar 19, 2026

10 violationsActive
Appletree Preschool

Center · Capacity 35 · Ages 1 mo – 5 yr · 2-year license · 4491 Anderson Highway · Last inspected May 14, 2026

8 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 23139

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by background checks. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

Can you show me how you document background and reference checks for new staff?

3

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

A note on Virginia records

Virginia does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Virginia does publish complaint outcomes. Virginia also issues licenses for different terms; a one-year or conditional license often signals recent compliance concerns, while a three-year license reflects a strong record. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error