STEP, Inc. Patrick Springs
A child day center in Patrick Springs, Virginia 24133
75 Elementary Lane, Patrick Springs, Virginia 24133. (276) 694-2239, ext. 4240.
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The short answer
- 1 deficiency in the last three years
- Aug 282026 the latest visit on record
- 20 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?
13 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 28, 2026.
1 violation 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
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. 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.
Jan 28, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Staff shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with children and the screening shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment.
“The tuberculosis screening for Staff 3 was completed 10 months prior to employment.”
Aug 31, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review and staff interviews, the center failed to ensure that the separate record for each enrolled child contains all of the elements as required by the standards.
The inspectors’ words, 106 words
“Evidence: 1. The record for Child 1 did not contain documentation of health information as required by the standards. 2. The record for Child 2 did not contain documentation of health information as required by the standards. 3. The record for Child 3 did not contain documentation of health information as required by the standards. 4. The record for Child 4 did not contain documentation of health information as required by the standards. 5. The record for Child 5 did not contain documentation of health information as required by the standards. 6. Staff 2 stated that the required health information was maintained at the administrative office.”
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 26, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 14, 2027.
- Program Located in a Public School.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 6 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 3 child care providers in Patrick County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 1.
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 |
|---|---|
| STEP, Inc. Patrick Springs This child care provider | 1 |
| STEP Inc.- Stuart | 3 |
| Trinity Baptist Church | Not given |
| Woolwine Methodist Church | 19 |
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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