St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Petersburg, Virginia 23805
225 Claremont Street, Petersburg, Virginia 23805. (804) 733-0420.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Feb 102025 the latest visit on record
- 45 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?
3 inspections on record, the latest on Feb 10, 2025.
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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Feb 10, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years.
“The most recent central registry check for staff #3 was overdue by over one month. The most recent national criminal background check for staff #3 was overdue by over two months.”
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Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“Staff #1, who had been employed for five months, did not have a completed national criminal background check. Staff #2, who had been employed for over a year, did not have a completed national background check.”
Feb 7, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Based on record review, the center failed to obtain the results of a fingerprint based criminal background check prior to employment. Evidence: The record for staff #3, date of employment 01/25/2023, did not contain the results of a fingerprint based criminal record check.”
Feb 24, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-A-4
The inspectors’ words, 172 words
“Based on record review, the center did not ensure each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision. Evidence: 1. The record of staff #3 (employment date: 1/23/2023) did not have documentation showing that they have been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision. 2. The record of staff #4 (employment date: 1/23/2023) did not have documentation showing that they have been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision. 3. The record of staff #5 (employment date: 1/23/2023) did not have documentation showing that they have been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.”
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22.1-289.031-B-5
“Based on observation, the center did not ensure that all areas of the premises accessible to children are free from obvious injury hazards, including providing and maintaining cushioning material under playground equipment. Evidence: 1. There was a climbing dome located in the playground area that did not have cushioning material underneath it. 2. There was a picnic table in the playground area that had broken plastic exposing sharp rusted nails.”
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22.1-289.035-B-2
The inspectors’ words, 112 words
“Based on record review, the center did not ensure 4 of 5 staff records contained documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results prior to employment. Evidence: 1. The record of staff #2 (employment date: 8/30/2021) had documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results dated 9/8/2021. 2. The record of staff #3 (employment date: 1/23/2023) did not have documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results. 3. The record of staff #4 (employment date: 1/23/2023) did not have documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results. 4. The record of staff #5 (employment date: 1/23/2023) did not have documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
The inspectors’ words, 121 words
“Based on record review and an interview, the center did not ensure one of five staff records contained documentation of criminal history record results, sex offender registry check results and a child abuse and neglect search request from any state in which the individual has resided in the past five years. Evidence: 1. The record of staff #4 (employment date:1/23/2023) did not have documentation of out of state criminal history record results, sex offender registry check results and a child abuse and neglect search request. 2. The record of staff #4 indicated that the staff member has lived outside of Virginia within the last 5 years. Staff #4 confirmed that she has lived outside of Virginia within the last five years.”
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8VAC20-770-40-D-2
The inspectors’ words, 119 words
“Based on record review, the provider did not ensure 4 of 5 staff records had documentation of central registry results within 30 days of employment and a completed sworn statement or affirmation prior to employment. Evidence: 1. The record of staff #2 (employment date: 8/30/2021) had documentation of central registry results dated 10/06/2021. 2. The record of staff #3 (employment date: 1/23/2023) had documentation of a completed sworn statement or affirmation dated 1/29/2023. 3. The record of staff #4 (employment date: 1/23/2023) had documentation of a completed sworn statement or affirmation dated 1/25/2023. 4. The record of staff #5 (employment date: 1/23/2023) did not have documentation of central registry results and a completed sworn statement or affirmation dated 1/31/2023.”
All 3 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 24, 2023 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Nov 2, 2026.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 45 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 5, 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 39 child care providers in the City of Petersburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 3.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond-Walnut Hil | 0 |
| St. Mark’s United Methodist Church This child care provider | 3 |
| Beautiful Beginning Daycare and Learning Center | 7 |
| Pamela Shands | 11 |
| Lisa Salih | 8 |
| Ms. Anita Goode | 0 |
| Wiz Kidz Inc. | 13 |
| Crosslight Assembly of God | 14 |
| I’m A Genius Montessori Academy | 6 |
| Shamedra Alston | 21 |
| Divine Kare Learning Center | 19 |
| Buildin Blocks Daycare | 27 |
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026.
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