First Presbyterian Church
A religious exempt child day center in Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
503 7th Street NE, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902. (434) 296-1447.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 182026 the latest visit on record
- 130 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 Mar 18, 2026.
3 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
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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 |
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
Mar 18, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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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 than 6 months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check and a sex offender check from one state.”
Apr 9, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to update sworn disclosure statements every 5 years.
“Evidence: The most recent sworn disclosure statement for staff 1 is dated 9/8/17. The most recent sworn disclosure statements for staff 2 and staff 3 are dated 9/7/17.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to request a search of central registry background check within the first 30 days of employment, a search of sex offender registry prior to the first day of employment, and a criminal history name check prior to the first day of employment for any state in which a staff member resided in the preceding five years.
“Evidence: 1. The sworn disclosure statement for staff 5 documents staff 5 lived in another state within the last five years. There are no background checks for the other state in staff 5’s record. The director stated they did not obtain background checks for staff 5 for the other state. 2. The sworn disclosure statement for staff 6 documents staff 6 lived in another state within the last five years. A search of the central registry background was not completed for that state.”
Sep 19, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to obtain a search of child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry maintained by any other state in which a new staff has resided in the preceding five years for any founded complaint of child abuse or neglect against him/her prior to the first day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. Staff 4’s hire date was 7/8/22. The sworn statement documents staff 4 lived in FL within the last five years. Documentation of a central registry background check was not in the record for FL. 2. The director verified they did not have the required background check.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to have staff sign a sworn disclosure statement prior to the first day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. The sworn statement in staff 2’s record was dated 8/29/22. The hire letter in the staff file was dated 5/23/22. 2. The director stated staff 2 started working on 8/29/22.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Mar 30, 2027.
- Ages: 1 year 8 months - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 130 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 40 child care providers in the City of Charlottesville, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 3.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Ms. Linda Carey | 5 |
| First Baptist Church of Charlottesville, VA | 0 |
| First Presbyterian Church This child care provider | 3 |
| Joyce Morone | 17 |
| Charlottesville First United Methodist Church | 3 |
| First Steps Infant Development Center, LLC | 24 |
| Our Neighborhood Child Development Center Inc. | 18 |
| Charlottesville Day School, Inc. | 5 |
| Ms. Sarah Gerome | 5 |
| Diane Anderson | 2 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA, Inc. - McIntire Park | 5 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA @ Summit Elementary | 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026.
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