St. John’s United Methodist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Staunton, Virginia 24401
1716 North Augusta Street, Staunton, Virginia 24401. (540) 886-1500.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 142026 the latest visit on record
- 35 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 Sep 14, 2026.
4 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 20, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | 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 |
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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 Oct 20, 2026. Updated weekly.
Sep 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.031-B-3
“Staff are required to have documentation of daily health training. There were no staff present who had taken daily health training.”
Apr 23, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-B-3
“The center is required to have a procedure for daily health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to preform such screenings. No staff had received training in daily health screening.”
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22.1-289.031-B-6
“Staff are required to recognize the signs of child abuse and neglect. No staff had received child abuse and neglect training.”
May 3, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to update background checks every 5 years.
“Evidence: Staff 3’s sworn statement is dated 8/20/18. Staff 3’s previous central registry check background ( CPS ) check was dated 9/7/18. The updated CPS is dated 1/12/24.”
Nov 3, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review, the center failed to ensure all staff have been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him/her from caring for children under his/her supervision that was updated yearly.
“Evidence: 1. The record for staff 1 has a sworn statement dated 9/17/21. 2. The record for staff 3 has a sworn statement dated 9/29/21.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 3, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Jul 10, 2027.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 35 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 20, 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 Oct 20, 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 15 child care providers in the City of Staunton, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 4.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| St. John’s United Methodist Church This child care provider | 4 |
| Covenant Presbyterian Church | 3 |
| Bears and Blankets Academy of Early Learning | 13 |
| Two By Two Learning Center, Inc. | 4 |
| Community Fellowship Church | 1 |
| Staunton Montessori School, Inc. | 16 |
| Anna’s House | 4 |
| Potomac Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventists | 8 |
| St. Paul’s Church | 0 |
| Victory Worship Center and World Outreach | 0 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Waynesboro, Staunton & Augusta Co-Staunton | 1 |
| STAUNTON-AUGUSTA YMCA-Teen Center | 0 |
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 Oct 20, 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 Oct 20, 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 Oct 20, 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 Oct 20, 2026.
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Replies
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