Vanessa Parker
A family day home in Norfolk, Virginia 23509
1762 Hancock Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23509. (757) 277-5356.
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The short answer
- 17 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jun 22026 the latest visit on record
- 9 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?
15 inspections on record, the latest on Jun 2, 2026.
17 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
17 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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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 inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-180-A
“The provider shall obtain for each caregiver a current TB screening every two years from the date of the first screening. The TB screening for caregiver 1 was overdue by two months.”
Dec 10, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-100-A
“The provider shall obtain documentation of a physical examination prior to a child’s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There were no physical exam records available for child 1, who had been in care for three months.”
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8VAC20-800-90-A
“Before attendance, documentation of immunizations is to be obtained for each child. There was no documentation of immunizations for child 1, who had been in care for three months.”
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8VAC20-800-960-B
“Infants who cannot hold their own bottles shall be picked up and held for bottle feedings. Bottles shall not be propped. During the inspection, there was an infant in a carrier seat drinking out of bottle that was propped up by a blanket.”
Feb 11, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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Caregivers who work directly with children shall attend at least 16 hours of training, to include the department’s health and safety update course.
“There is no documentation that caregiver 1 or caregiver 2 has completed the annual subsidy health and safety update course for 2024.”
Feb 11, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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The program is required to submit to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and implement a plan to test potable water for lead.
“The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH.”
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Repeat Violation Assistants’ records shall contain the date of employment.
“The record for caregiver 1 does not contain a date of employment.”
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Stationary outdoor play equipment shall be placed at least six feet from the perimeter of other play structures or obstacles.
“The base of one of the two slides is less than six feet away from the perimeter of the home’s wooden fence.”
May 7, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-790-430-A-3
“Based on record review and interview the provider failed to ensure that lockdown procedures are practiced at least annually. Evidence: 1 - There was not any documentation that lockdown procedures were practiced during the past year. 2 - The provider confirmed that she did not have documentation that lockdown procedures were practiced during the past year.”
May 7, 2024: inspection8 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-120-B
“Based on record review and interview the provider failed to obtain all required information for assistant caregiver records. Evidence: 1 - The record for assistant #1 did not contain a date of hire. 2 - The provider stated that she thought the assistant was hired around the end of November 2022.”
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8VAC20-800-210-B
“Based on record review and interview the provider failed to ensure that each caregiver documents 16 hours of training annually. Evidence: 1 - The record for assistant #1 does not contain 16 hours of documentation of annual training. 2 - The provider stated that she was unable to locate any documentation during the inspection.”
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8VAC20-800-240-A
“Based on observation the provider failed to maintain areas and equipment in safe condition. Evidence: In the backyard the outside play space where children play the following items were within reach of children: one blue cracked blue recycle bin, a rust chair, a container filled with used motor oil and standing water”
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8VAC20-800-500-C
“Based on observation the provider failed to ensure that fixed equipment is not placed over a hard surface. Evidence: The exit chute of one of two slides exits onto hard and compacted ground without any grass.”
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8VAC20-800-790
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure the responsible person for emergency backup care is posted in a visible area close to the telephone. Evidence: 1 - There is not any posted information regarding emergency back-up. 2 - The provider confirmed that there is not any emergency back-up information posted.”
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8VAC20-800-800-A
“Based on interview the provider failed to demonstrate that there was a written emergency preparedness and response plan. Evidence: 1 - There was not a written emergency preparedness and response plan available during the inspection. 2 - The provider stated that she did not have a written emergency preparedness and response plan available during the inspection.”
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8VAC20-800-830-B
“Based on record review and interview the provider failed to ensure that two shelter-in-place drills are practiced a minimum of twice pre year. Evidence: 1 - There was not any shelter-in-place drill documentation available for review during the inspection. 2 - The provider confirmed that she did not have shelter-in-place documentation during the inspection.”
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8VAC20-800-990-B
“Based on interview the provider failed to demonstrate that all required items are present when transporting children in care. Evidence 1 - The provider could not list the required items currently in the vehicle used to transport children in care. 2 - The provider confirmed that there was not a complete first aid kit, name, address, and phone number of the family day home .”
May 16, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies
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8VAC20-770-50-A-1-a
The inspectors’ words, 115 words
“Based upon review of caregiver records and provider interview, the provider has not ensured that an original criminal record check (fingerprinting) is obtained for each caregiver prior to employ and every five years thereafter. Evidence: 1. The record provided for caregiver 3, employed since December 2022, did not include the results of a criminal record (fingerprinting) report. 2. The most recent criminal record report on file for caregiver 2 is dated 3/12/2018. 3. The provider acknowledged that the results of a criminal record check were not in the record for caregiver 3. 4. The provider acknowledged that results of a criminal record check for caregiver 2 had not been obtained within the past five years.”
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8VAC20-770-50-A-2-a
“Based upon review of caregiver records and provideri nterview, the provider has not ensured that the results of a child protective services ( CPS ) central registry search are obtained at least every five years for caregivers. Evidence: 1. The most recent CPS central registry search for caregiver 2 is dated 2/20/2018. 2. The provider acknowledged that results of a central registry search had not been obtained within the past five years for caregiver 2.”
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8VAC20-800-100-A
“Based upon review of children’s records and provider interview, the provider has not ensured that documentation of a physical examination y or under the direction of a physician is obtained prior to the child’s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. Evidence: 1. The provider stated that child 1 began attending in October 2022. results of a physical examination were not in the child’s record. 2. The provider verified that results of a physical examination were not obtained for child 1.”
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8VAC20-800-170-A
“Based upon review of records and provider interview, the provider has not ensured that each caregiver has obtained a current tuberculosis screening prior to coming into contact with children. Evidence: 1. The record provided for caregiver 3, employed since December 2022, did not include results of a tuberculosis screening. 2. The provider acknowledged that results of a tuberculosis screening were not available for review.”
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8VAC20-800-60-B
The inspectors’ words, 159 words
“Based upon review of children’s records and provider interview, the facility has not ensured that each child’s record includes all required information. Evidence: 1. The records provided for child 1, child 2, and child 3 did not include documentation (parent signature) that the parent received information regarding the provider’s liability insurance. 2. The record provided for child 1 did not include the street addresses of the persons to be contacted in an emergency when a parent cannot be reached. 3 The record provided for child 3 did not include the street address of one of the two persons to be contacted in an emergency when a parent cannot be reached. 4. The record provided for child 1 did not include the first date of attendance. 5. The record provided for child 3 did not include the name, address and telephone number for the father. 6. The provider acknowledged that the above listed information was not in the children’s records.”
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8VAC20-800-70-A
“Based upon review of children’s records and provider interview, the provider has not ensured that parents are provided the policies for medication. Evidence: Documentation in the record provided for child 1 indicated that the provider will administer over-the-counter medication. The provider stated that she is not medication administration certified and that no medication is administered to the children in care.”
May 6, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-250-B
“Based upon review of caregiver records and provider interview, the provider has not ensured that within the first 90 days of employment all caregivers have completed the Virginia Preservice training for Child Care Staff training. Evidence: The record provided caregiver 3 indicated a date of employment in December 2022. The record did not contain documentation that caregiver 3 completed the required Virginia Preservice Training. 2. The provider (caregiver 1) acknowledged that the record did not contain documentation of the preservice Training.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-3
“Based upon review of records and provider interview, the facility has not ensured that lockdown procedures are practiced at least annually. Evidence: 1. The posted emergency drill records did not include documentation that a lock down drill was practiced annually. 2. The provider (caregiver 1) acknowledged that a lock down drill had not been practiced and documented.”
May 11, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review and interview, the provider did not obtain documentation of a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician prior to a child’s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance.
“Evidence: 1. The records for child 1 (date of enrollment: 3/25/22) and child 2 (date of enrollment: 3/25/22) do not contain documentation of a physical examination. 2. The provider confirmed that the records for child 1 and child 2 are lacking documentation of physical examinations.”
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Based on record review and interview, it was determined the provider did not obtain from the parent verification of the identity and age of the child within seven business days of the child’s first day of attendance at the family day home.
“Evidence: 1. The record for child 1 does not contain documentation that the provider obtained verification of the identity and age of the child. Child 1 has a date of enrollment of 3/25/22 and was in care on the day of the inspection. 2. The provider confirmed that verification of the identity and age of child 1 was not obtained from the parent.”
Nov 5, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review and interview, the provider did not ensure that children’s records contain all the required information.
“Evidence: 1. The record for child 1 does not contain the addresses of two designated persons to contact in case of an emergency if the parent cannot be reached. 2. The provider confirmed that child 1’s record lacks the addresses for the two emergency contacts.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Jun 2, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 7, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 7, 2024 | Inspection | 8 violations cited |
| May 16, 2023 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| May 6, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 11, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 11, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires May 3, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years.
- Capacity: 9 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?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 143 child care providers in the City of Norfolk, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 17.
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 |
|---|---|
| THE YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS - WILLARD MODEL ELEMENTARY | 14 |
| Norfolk Collegiate School and Extended Care | 5 |
| Vanessa Parker This child care provider | 17 |
| New Hope Church of Norfolk | 26 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care @ Academy of Discovery at Lakewood | 28 |
| Shanise Alvarado | 15 |
| NURTURING MINDS OF VALUE ACADEMY, TIDEWATER | 36 |
| W A Hunton Child Development Center | 1 |
| Tammy Johnson | 10 |
| Infinite Explorers | 4 |
| Malaejha Vick | 0 |
| Building Blocks Preschool and Childcare Center | 18 |
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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