Kids Central, Inc. @ Big Stone Gap Center for Early Learning
A child day center in Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219
309 E. 5th Street North, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219. (276) 679-0518, ext. 142.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov.
The short answer
- 1 deficiency in the last three years
- Sep 222026 the latest visit on record
- 32 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?
11 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 22, 2026.
1 violation 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
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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.
Sep 22, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
-
8VAC20-780-140-A
“Physical examinations completed by a physician shall be obtained prior to the first day of attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There were no physical examinations in the record of child #3 and #5, who had been enrolled for 35 days (#3) and three months(#5).”
Sep 28, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
-
8VAC20-780-340-A
“Based on video footage and interviews, the center failed to ensure that when staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care, protection and guidance. Evidence: Staff #1 and #2 were supervising 13 three and four year old children outside on the playground. Upon entering the classroom, one child was left outside and alone for approximately four minutes.”
-
8VAC20-780-340-F
The inspectors’ words, 106 words
“Based on video footage and interviews, the center failed to ensure that children under 10 years of age were within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. Evidence: Child #1, three years old, was left outside on the fenced playground out of sight and sound supervision, alone and unsupervised, for approximately four minutes. The child was observed to be playing in a play house and in other areas of the playground. The child was not visibly upset while outside. The child came to the door to the classroom that led directly to the playground appearing to try to get the attention of staff after four minutes.”
-
8VAC20-780-40-E
The inspectors’ words, 156 words
“Based on interviews, video footage, and a review of procedures, the center failed to ensure that the center’s own policies and procedures required by the standards are maintained. Evidence: 1. Staff #1 & 2 did not follow the center’s policy and procedure for identifying where attending children are at all times. The center’s policy/procedure requires the staff to use an attendance transition checklist to record the roll call, attendance tally, and the time of exiting the classroom and playground. When entering classroom from outside time, staff will conduct another head count and compare recorded tally count. The last staff member exiting the (classroom and outside) areas will scan the area to see if any child has not lined up to exit. The staff will check all areas to ensure a child is not hiding or left behind. 2. Staff #1 & 2 did not complete the Attendance Transitions Checklist upon entering the center from the playground.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 5, 2028.
- Ages: 1 month - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 32 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 10 child care providers in Wise County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 1.
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 |
|---|---|
| Kids Central, Inc. @ Big Stone Gap Center for Early Learning This child care provider | 1 |
| King’s Christian Academy, Inc | 1 |
| Little Bear Daycare & Learning Center | 69 |
| Kids Central, Inc. @ Wise Center for Early Learning | 0 |
| Kids Central, Inc. @ Appalachia Center for Early Learning | 3 |
| Wise County Christian School | 1 |
| Kids Central, Inc.@ Pound Center for Early Learning | 0 |
| Mt. Olive Church | 8 |
| Esther Babatunde | 26 |
| Little Cavaliers Early Learning Center | 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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Virginia Department of Education. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.