Ms. Donna Poling
A family day home in Chesterfield, Virginia 23832
7801 Valencia Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832. (804) 276-3198.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 52026 the latest visit on record
- 12 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?
10 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 5, 2026.
6 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
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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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| 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.
Aug 5, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Infant carrier seats, swings, strollers, feeding or activity tables, and high chairs shall be used according to the manufacturer’s instructions and when occupied by a child, a safety strap shall be used and securely fastened.
“Two children under the age of two were found eating lunch at the table in unbuckled highchair seats.”
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Documentation of additional immunizations is required once every six months for children under the age of two years. ’
“Child #2, 26 months old, last documented immunization was over 13 months ago.”
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Temperatures shall be maintained at or below 40?F in refrigerator compartments.
“The refrigerator was documented at 48?F.”
Jan 15, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Providers licensed after and substitute providers employed after June 30, 2010, shall have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as appropriate to the age of the children in care, from the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute, or the National Safety Council, or current CPR certification issued within the past two years by a community college, a hospital, a rescue squad, or a fire department.
“1. Caregiver #1 and Caregiver #2 did not have up to date CPR certification. Both caregivers had certifications that expired 12/14/2025.”
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Caregivers shall obtain a minimum of 16 clock hours of training annually.
“Caregiver #1 had only 5 training hours in 2025. Caregiver #2 had only 5.5 training hours in 2025.”
Mar 12, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Hot water at taps available to children shall be maintained within a range of 105?F to 120?F.
“The hot water located in the children’s bathroom measured 127.5?F.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Oct 1, 2027.
- Ages: Birth - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 12 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 165 child care providers in Chesterfield County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Southside Church of the Nazarene | 7 |
| Ms. Donna Poling This child care provider | 6 |
| Centralia Child Development Center, Inc. | 20 |
| The Goddard School | 5 |
| Childtime Learning Centers - Memory Lane | 77 |
| New Hope Lutheran Church | 1 |
| Woodlake United Methodist Church | 3 |
| Tamera Biby | 5 |
| Faith of Life Daycare Center | 55 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Richmond- Winterpock | 9 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Richmond-Swift Creek | 10 |
| Childtime Learning Center | 36 |
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.
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
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Replies
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