Ms. Teresa Sowers
A family day home in Christiansburg, Virginia 24073
80 Dunlap Drive, Christiansburg, Virginia 24073. (540) 250-5250.
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The short answer
- 9 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jun 22026 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?
18 inspections on record, the latest on Jun 2, 2026.
9 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
9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 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.
Jun 2, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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Each child day program that is licensed pursuant to this chapter and any program described in subdivision A 4, B 1, or B 5 of ? 22.1-289.030 that serves preschool-age children shall develop and implement a plan to test potable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as high priority.
“The family day home had not completed the potable lead testing as required.”
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Caregivers who work directly with children shall, in addition to preservice and orientation training required in subsections A through D of this section, annually attend at least 16 hours of training, to include the department’s health and safety update course.
“The caregiver had not completed the 2025 annual health and safety update course as required.”
May 27, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Caregivers shall have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as appropriate to the age of the children in care.
“The caregivers CPR had expired 4 months ago and has not been renewed as required.”
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Caregivers shall have current certification in first aid.
“The caregivers FA certification expired 4 months ago and has not been renewed as required.”
Nov 4, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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Every applicant for licensure as a family day home, at the time of application, who is or will be involved in the day-to-day operations of the family day home, or who is or will be alone with, in control of, or supervising one or more of the children shall undergo a background check prior to issuance of a license as a family day home, and every five years thereafter.
“The criminal background check for the caregiver had expired over 6 months ago and had not been renewed as of this inspection.”
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Current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as appropriate to the age of the children in care.
“The caregivers CPR certification had expired as of September 2024.”
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Current certification in first aid.
“The caregivers First Aid certification had expired as of September 2024.”
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The provider shall obtain for each caregiver a current Report of Tuberculosis Screening form every two years from the date of the first screening.
“The TB screening for the caregiver had expired over 9 months ago and had not been renewed at the time of this inspection.”
May 15, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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A renewed tuberculosis screening is required every two (2) years for the provider and staff.
“Evidence: The available tuberculosis screening, for the provider, had expired as of 1/12/2024.”
Oct 31, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on review of records the provider failed to maintain compliance ensuring that repeat central registry clearances are completed every five years as required.
“Evidence: The central registry clearance for the provider had not been renewed as required. The clearance in the file was dated 6/10/2017. These are to be renewed every 5 years.”
Nov 18, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-770-60-C-2
“Based on the review of one caregivers record, the facility did not insure that all background checks are repeated every 5 years. Evidence: 1. The CPS Clearance on file for the provider expired on July 27, 2021.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 27, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 27, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| May 15, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 15, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Nov 27, 2026.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
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 40 child care providers in Montgomery County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| St. Paul United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Ms. Teresa Sowers This child care provider | 9 |
| Ms. Carolyn Dowdy | 33 |
| New River Community Action-Christiansburg | 0 |
| Dwelling Place Christian Fellowship | 1 |
| Christiansburg Foursquare Church | 0 |
| Ms. Michelle Taylor | 0 |
| Faith Missionary Baptist Church | 0 |
| Open Arms Inc. | 0 |
| Heart n Hand Early Learning Center | 9 |
| Christiansburg Mennonite Fellowship | 0 |
| Heart n Hand Early Learning Center - Falling Branch Elementary | 0 |
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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