Wakefield United Methodist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Wakefield, Virginia 23888
205 W. Church Street, Wakefield, Virginia 23888. (757) 899-7203.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Feb 242026 the latest visit on record
- 62 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?
7 inspections on record, the latest on Feb 24, 2026.
7 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
7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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.
Feb 24, 2026: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.031-B-2
“Repeat Violation On February 24, 2026, from approximately 7:40am until 8:01am Staff #1 was the only staff supervising 5 children including an infant (Child #1). The required ratio for infants is one staff for every four infants.”
Feb 12, 2026: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.031-B-2
“On February 2, 2026, from approximately 7:55am until 8:05am Staff #1 was the only staff supervising 5 children and the youngest ,Child #3 was an infant. The required ratio for infants is one staff for every four infants.”
Nov 24, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.031-B-2
“On October 23, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Child #1 was observed standing in a crib. Staff #1 was seen twice pushing Child #1 on the chest with their hand, causing the child to fall back into the crib. Staff #1 also picked up a bottle from the floor and threw it into the crib toward Child #1. The center did not provide appropriate supervision.”
Dec 9, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“(Systemic Deficiency) The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment. There was no sworn statement for Staff #5, and staff #9 who are currently working in the program.”
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“(Systemic Deficiency) Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Caregiver #9, who had been employed for nearly 2 months, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“(Systemic Deficiency) The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #1(employed 3 months), staff #2 (employed 5 months) and staff #9 (nearly 2 months) are currently employed in the program and did not have documentation that a central registry search had been requested.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
The inspectors’ words, 116 words
“(Systemic Deficiency) The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. The center did not have result s of a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or Abuse and Neglect Registry from one state for Staff #5 (employed 3 months) and did not have a search of the child abuse and neglect registry, Abuse, Neglect Registry or Sex Offender registry results from one state for Staff #9 (employed over 1 month). Both staff are currently working in the center and neither staff has documentation that a request for the Search of the Central registry was had been requested prior to employment.”
Dec 8, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-4
The inspectors’ words, 150 words
“Based on a review of records and interview, the exempt program did not 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 an employee has resided in the preceding five years. Evidence: Six staff records were reviewed. The record for staff #4 contained a Sworn Disclosure statement that indicated the staff person resided in Texas within the last 5 years. The record for staff #4 did not contain 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 Texas. A background check dated 8/22/2022 which was obtained from a private agency was present in the file. However, this does not meet the background check requirements.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 8, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Jan 17, 2027.
- Ages: Birth - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 62 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?
- 3 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 7 child care providers in Sussex County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 7.
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 |
|---|---|
| Wakefield United Methodist Church This child care provider | 7 |
| Tidewater Academy, Inc. | 14 |
| The Improvement Association-Early Childhood Learning & Workforce | 2 |
| The Improvement Association - Sussex Child Development Center | 0 |
| Ms. Amanda Gilliam | 1 |
| Empowerment Temple Ministries | 11 |
| Shenitra Hall | 1 |
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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