York County- Griffin -Yeates Head Start
A child day center in Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
1490 Government Road, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185. (757) 890-3888.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 162026 the latest visit on record
- 75 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
17 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 16, 2026.
3 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Sep 16, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #2 criminal background check was dated three days after the first day of employment.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening. The documentation shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment. Staff #2 TB documentation was dated six days after date of employment and Staff #3 TB documentation was dated ten days after date of employment.”
Sep 29, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #2, enrolled for two months, was missing documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity and age.”
Jan 31, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review and staff interview, the licensee did not ensure all staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of the date of employment current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care.
“Evidence: Staff #2 hire date 9/12/2022 did not have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) .”
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Based on staff interview and record review, the licensee did not ensure all staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of the date of employment current certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care.
“Evidence: Staff #2 hire date 9/12/2022 did not have current certification in first aid. Confirmed by staff.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 18, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 31, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 10, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 3 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 75 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 0 complaint inspections on record.
- No complaint allegations published with findings.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations and Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who does the caring?
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t show a quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 37 child care providers in James City County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 3.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| York County- Griffin -Yeates Head Start This child care provider | 3 |
| La Petite Academy, INC- 7144 | 22 |
| James City County Parks & Recreation-Laurel Lane | 8 |
| James City County Parks & Recreation-Matthew Whaley | 2 |
| James City County Parks & Recreation-Clara Byrd Baker | 5 |
| Williamsburg-James City County Community Action Agency, Inc-Jame | 8 |
| Williamsburg Parent Preschool, Inc. | 6 |
| The Kensington School, LLC | 8 |
| CREATIVE KIDS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 2, LLC | 49 |
| Creative Critters Learning Center IV LLC | 29 |
| Williamsburg United Methodist Church | 1 |
| Ivy Paige | 3 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Virginia doesn’t grade how serious a violation is, so no severity is shown.
- Virginia publishes a complaint’s allegations and findings only when its inspection found a violation and the records are linked.
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- A plan of correction sent late, or not at all, isn’t online: Virginia says to ask the inspector.
- Virginia’s pages show about the last five years of inspections; for older ones, Virginia says to contact the licensing inspector.
- Virginia says this information may not be accurate, up to date or complete, and shouldn’t be the only source in choosing care.
Sources
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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