Arlington County-Madison
A child day center in Arlington, Virginia 22207
3829 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia 22207. (703) 228-5316.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- Apr 212026 the latest visit on record
- 24 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?
9 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 21, 2026.
2 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
2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. 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.
Jan 10, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.057-A
“The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead. The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and/or the program did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan.”
Jan 11, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on record review and documentation, the proof of identity was not obtained within 7 days of enrollment. Evidence: Child #1 start date was 9/6/23.”
Aug 10, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Based on record review and staff administration confirmation, 2 of 5 staff were missing TB documentation. Evidence: Staff #1 (date of hire 6/2022) and Staff #2 (date of hire (6/2023) were missing documentation of having a completed TB screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with children.”
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8VAC20-780-240-A
“Based on record review and staff confirmation, a staff member did not complete the VA Department of Education orientation within 90 days of employment. Evidence: Staff #1 (date of hire 6/2022) did not complete the orientation course as required within 90 days.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on record review and staff statement, the center did not have documentation of viewing proof of identity. Evidence: Child #1-4 did not have proof of identity verified by Arlington County Parks and Registration staff or Tot camp staff.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A-8
“Based on observation and record review, a child’s allergy care plan can not be followed by staff as no medication is on-site. Evidence: Child #1’s care plan list an emergency medication to be administered in case of a suspected allergen exposure. However, no medication is on-site so staff would not be able to follow the plan as outlined by the physician.”
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8VAC20-790-550-2-a
“Based on record review, a Virginia Central Registry Check ( CPS ) has not been repeated within 5 years of expiration. Evidence: Staff #4’s CPS expired 7/31/2023 and a new clearance has not been returned as of 8/21/2023.”
Dec 6, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Based on record review and staff statement, an independent contractor does not have documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening. Evidence: An independent contractor that has been hired by a family is missing documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Based on staff statement and observation, areas of the outside playground have not been maintained in a safe and operable condition. Evidence: Several of the wooded timbers around the outside playground are rotting and deteriorating causing a potential tripping and splinter hazard.”
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8VAC20-780-40-D
“Based on observation, the most recent inspection report was not posted. Evidence: The posted report was dated 3/14/2022 and not from the 7/29/2022 inspection.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on record documentation, 1 child was missing proof of identity (POI) verification. Evidence: The center administration sent the list of children’s POI and 1 child did not have completed information.”
Jul 29, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Based on observation and staff statement, an area of the center is not in safe and operable condition. Evidence: The landscape timber is rotting on the outside large playground and has sharp edges exposed. Previously cited 3/2022.”
Mar 14, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Based on observation, an area of the playground is not being maintained in a safe and operable condition. Evidence: A landscape timber is rotting away on the large playground and a large nail is exposed.”
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8VAC20-780-550-B
“Based on record review, the emergency evacuation plan is incomplete. Evidence: No evacuation plan was available to verify that the new requirements for the plan were included. These items are reunification of children with parents following an evacuation, lockdown and shelter-in place, continuity of care in case of an emergency and a review of the plan.”
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8VAC20-780-550-E
“Based on record review and staff statement, documentation of a second shelter-in place drill was not recorded. Evidence: Only one SIP drill was reorded for 2021. When the Licneins Insepctor asked the site leader she stated she did one in the Fall but must have not recorded it on the log.”
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8VAC20-780-550-P
“Based on record review, 2 of 2 injury forms were incomplete. The injury forms were missing a corrective action to prevent reoccurrence or when the parent was notified.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on record review, 3 of 3 children’s records were incomplete. Evidence: Child #1 was missing parent work information, proof of identity and a second emergency contact (parents were listed and it must be someone else). Child #2 was misisng proof of identity. Child #3 was misisng proof of identity and parent work inforamtion ,”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Based on record review and staff statement, 2 staff emergency contacts were not available. Evidence: Staff #1 and Staff #2 did nt have emergency contacts on-site.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 14, 2022 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jan 6, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 24 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 157 child care providers in Arlington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 2.
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 |
|---|---|
| Rock Spring Cooperative Preschool | 4 |
| Arlington County-Madison This child care provider | 2 |
| Ana Guerra | 2 |
| Children’s House Montessori School | 5 |
| Edna Squire | 14 |
| Early Years Preschool (Arlington CO) | 4 |
| Renu Kumar | 6 |
| The Children’s School Inc. | 75 |
| Cherrydale Baptist Church | 6 |
| Little Ambassadors’ Academy - Yorktown | 16 |
| Little Ambassadors’ Academy Cherrydale | 12 |
| Children’s Weekday Program | 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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