Petsworth Baptist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Gloucester, Virginia 23061
2471 Hickory Fork Road, Gloucester, Virginia 23061. (804) 693-3024.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- Feb 192026 the latest visit on record
- 30 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 Feb 19, 2026.
8 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
8 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 19, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-B-3
“The center shall establish and implement procedures for a daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such screenings. No one was trained to perform such screenings.”
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment. There were no sworn statements completed for Staff #1, #2, #3 and #6.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #2 and #6 did not have a central registry search requested.”
Feb 18, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-B-4
“The center shall ensure they are in compliance with the provisions regarding immunization of children against certain diseases. The record for child #1 did not include immunization documentation.”
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22.1-289.049-A
“The center shall require from the person enrolling the child regarding previous child day care and schools attended by the child and the proof of the child’s identity and age. The record for child #1 did not include proof of identity. The records for child #1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 did not include previous child care and schools attended.”
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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.”
Feb 7, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review and staff interview, the center did not ensure to obtain a fingerprint based national criminal record check prior to the first day of employment for each staff.
“Evidence: The staff person in charge confirmed that the record for staff #2 did not contain documentation of a fingerprint check.”
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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 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.
“Evidence: Staff #2 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 an out of state (Alaska) criminal record check and an out of state (Alaska & New Jersey) child abuse and neglect search.”
Apr 10, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on inspection and interview with staff, the center has not established and implemented procedures for a daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a trained person.
“Evidence: The Director confirmed that there was not a trained person on site to conduct a daily simple health screening.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 10, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Aug 29, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 30 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 17 child care providers in Gloucester County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Mrs. Kathy Lee | 7 |
| Newington Baptist Church | 1 |
| Petsworth Baptist Church This child care provider | 8 |
| Gloucester Montessori School | 15 |
| The Ware Academy, Inc. | 5 |
| BridgePoint Church | 16 |
| Grand Kids | 27 |
| Lighthouse Worship Center of Gloucester, Inc | 20 |
| Williamsburg-James City County Community Action Agency, Inc - Gl | 4 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas- Be | 3 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas- Pe | 9 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas- Bo | 6 |
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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