Bedford Baptist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Bedford, Virginia 24523
1516 Oakwood Street, Bedford, Virginia 24523. (540) 871-3284.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 72026 the latest visit on record
- 49 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?
2 inspections on record, the latest on May 7, 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 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 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.
May 7, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-A
“The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years. The most recent background checks for Staff #1 and Staff #2 were overdue by two years. The most recent background checks for Staff #4 were overdue by 9 months.”
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22.1-289.057-B
“The program is required to submit results of potable water testing to VDH. The program did not have evidence of submitting test results to VDH.”
Jul 5, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on inspection, the Center failed to disclose in writing to the parents or guardians of the children in the center the qualifications of the personnel employed.
“EVIDENCE: Qualifications of the personnel employed have not been disclosed in writing to the parents or guardians of the children in care”
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Based on inspection, the Center failed to have at least 1 staff person trained to perform daily simple health screenings and exclusion of sick children.
“EVIDENCE: Center does not have at least 1 staff person who has received Daily Health Observations training.”
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Based on record review, the Center failed to obtain upon enrollment of each child, information regarding previous child day care and schools attended by the child and/or proof of the child’s identity and age.
“EVIDENCE: The Licensing Inspector reviewed 3 children records: 1. Records for Child #1, #2 and #3 did not have documentation regarding previous child care/schools attended. 2. Record for Child #1 did not include proof of identity documentation (birth certificate)”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 5, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Aug 31, 2027.
- Ages: 2 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 49 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 19 child care providers in Bedford County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; 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 |
|---|---|
| Bedford Baptist Church This child care provider | 2 |
| Bedford Area Family Young Men’s Christian Association | 22 |
| Main Street United Methodist Church | 1 |
| Ms. Shonna Lawrence | 6 |
| HumanKind - Bedford | 11 |
| Bedford Area Family Young Men’s Christian Assoc - Early Learning | 20 |
| Free State Academy | Not given |
| Tina Parker | 0 |
| Community Development Institute Head Start-Bedford | 1 |
| Sherry Gammon | 17 |
| Bedford Area Family Young Mens Christian Association- New London | 16 |
| Forest United Methodist Church | Not given |
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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