First Presbyterian Church of Winchester
A religious exempt child day center in Winchester, Virginia 22601
116 South Loudoun Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601. (540) 662-7588.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 222026 the latest visit on record
- 119 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?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 22, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 22, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“REPEAT VIOLATIO The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #2, employed for more one year, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state.”
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63.2-1509-A
“Upon enrollment of a child, the program shall require that the person enrolling the child present the child day program with the proof of the child’s identity and age. Child #1, enrolled for two months, did not have documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity and age.”
Oct 16, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #3, who had been employed for one month, did not have documentation of a completed national criminal background check.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #2, employed for one month, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from two states, sex offender registry search from two state and criminal history check from one state.”
Sep 12, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-A
“Based on observations and interview, the center failed to post the fact that the center is exempt from licensure in a visible location on the premises. Evidence: 1. A tour of the facility was conducted. No posting stating the center’s exemption was found. 2. The director confirmed that the center’s exemption was not posted.”
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22.1-289.031-A-9
The inspectors’ words, 111 words
“Based on observation, the center failed to comply with safe sleep guideline by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Evidence: 1. In the infant room, there were two infants, ages four months and seven months. Both infants were sleeping in cribs at the time of the inspection. Both cribs had gaps between the mattress and the sides of the cribs. The sheets in both cribs were also observed to be loose. 2. The infant that was four months old was observed to have a pacifier with a small blanket attached to the end. 3. Staff #1 and Staff #2 confirmed the ages of the children to be four and seven months old.”
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Based on review of records, the center failed to obtain a Criminal History Background Check prior to the first day of employment. Evidence: 1. Staff #2?s start date was April 2022. The Criminal History Background Check on file for Staff #2 was dated 7/21/2022.”
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8VAC20-770-40-D-2
The inspectors’ words, 115 words
“Based on review of record, the center failed to receive a Central Registry Background Check for each employee by the end of the 30th day of employment and the center failed to obtain a Sworn Statement prior to the first day of employment. Evidence: 1. Staff #5?s start date was 09/30/2022. There was no Central Registry Background Check on file for Staff #5. Staff #1 confirmed that there was no Central Registry Background Check on file for Staff #5. 2. Staff #2?s start date on file was April 2022. Staff #2?s central registry was dated 10/27/2022. 3. Staff #2?s start date was April 2022. The sworn statement on file for Staff #2 was dated 7/11/2022.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Sep 17, 2027.
- Ages: 1 month - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 119 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 5, 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 20 child care providers in the City of Winchester, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 4.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Valley Health Child Care Center | 2 |
| First Baptist Church | 2 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Winchester This child care provider | 4 |
| Braddock Street United Methodist Church | 13 |
| Children’s Enrichment Program LLC | 8 |
| Ms. Malka Jawaid | 3 |
| Children of America (Winchester), LLC | 106 |
| Victory Church, Inc. (Assemblies of God) | 4 |
| TLC Daycare Center | 20 |
| Childhaven Preschool and Daycare | 9 |
| Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church | 2 |
| Tee Spot Reaching Higher Heights LLC | 5 |
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026.
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Replies
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