Chestnut Memorial United Methodist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Newport News, Virginia 23601
1024 Harpersville Road, Newport News, Virginia 23601. (757) 591-0429.
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The short answer
- 1 deficiency in the last three years
- Apr 132026 the latest visit on record
- 99 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 13, 2026.
1 violation 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
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 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.
Mar 26, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.049-A
“Upon enrollment of a child in a regulated child day program, such child day program shall require information from the person enrolling the child regarding previous child day care and schools attended by the child. There was no documentation of previous child day care or schools attended in the six children’s records that were reviewed.”
Mar 27, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on observation and staff interview the center did not establish and implement procedures for hand washing by children before eating.
“Evidence: Staff was observed putting hand sanitizer in children’s hands, before lunch, rather than having them wash their hands. The director confirmed they use hand sanitizer because it is quicker.”
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Based on record review and staff interview the center did not ensure to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
The inspectors’ words, 97 words
“Evidence: Staff #1 and Staff #3 indicated on the sworn statement as to having lived outside of the state of Virginia within the last five years. The staff person in charge confirmed that the center had not obtained all required out of state background checks. 1. There was no documentation of an out of state (Louisiana) criminal record check and an out of state child abuse and neglect search in the record for Staff #1. 2. There was no documentation that an out of state (Florida) child abuse and neglect search in the record for Staff #3.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires May 20, 2027.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 99 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 82 child care providers in the City of Newport News, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9.5; this one had 1.
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 |
|---|---|
| Chestnut Memorial United Methodist Church This child care provider | 1 |
| Hilton Presbyterian Church | 0 |
| Newport News Parks & Recreation-Youth Programs-Hilton | 7 |
| Newport News Parks & Recreation-Youth Programs-BMCC | 2 |
| Newport News Parks and Recreation-Youth Programs-Deer Park | 2 |
| RESURRECTION LUTHERAN SCHOOL LLC | 41 |
| Stepping Stones Child Development Center, LLC | 19 |
| Arms of the King, Inc. | 18 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish | 0 |
| Barnes Family Child Care Center | 28 |
| True Heart Ministries | 2 |
| Newport News Parks and Recreation-Youth Programs-OLMC | 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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