Bringing God’s Word to Life Ministries
A religious exempt child day center in Richmond, Virginia 23224
4823 Bryce Lane, Richmond, Virginia 23224. (804) 232-7180.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jan 302025 the latest visit on record
- 70 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?
2 inspections on record, the latest on Jan 30, 2025.
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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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 |
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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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jan 30, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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Certification that the child day center is exempt from licensure and has posted the fact in a visible location on the premises, along with the qualifications of the personnel employed therein.
“The religious exempt certificate was not posted in a conspicuous location visible to the parents and the public. Qualifications of the personnel were not posted nor available for viewing.”
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The required ratio of staff to children for ages 36 months to five years is one staff member to 10 children.
“In the preschool classroom, 12 children were observed on 1/30/2025 with one staff member.”
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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 #2 was overdue by nine months.
“The most recent sworn statement for Staff #1 was overdue by two years and 10 months, Staff #2 was overdue by one year, and Staff # 3 was overdue by one year and 11 months.”
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The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead.
“The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and/or the program did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan.”
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Carbon Monoxide detector in each building built before 2015 if serving preschool age children.
“Carbon monoxide detector was not available at the center during the time of inspection.”
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For staff hired prior to July 1, 2024, providers must obtain the results of a Central Registry Finding for the employee within 30 days of service.
“Staff #1 had been employed for nine years, did not have a central registry search requested.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Aug 2, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 70 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?
- 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 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 84 child care providers in the City of Richmond, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 11; this one had 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Oak Grove Child Care Center II | 1 |
| Bringing God’s Word to Life Ministries This child care provider | 6 |
| Ms. Josephine Campbell | 7 |
| Metropolitan African American Baptist Church | 3 |
| New Direction Childcare & Learning Center | 12 |
| New Birth Fellowship Ministries | 20 |
| Smart Cookie Learning Center II | 21 |
| The Circle Preschool Program | 0 |
| Foundations Learning Academy at Midlothian | 28 |
| The Sprout School at the Children’s Museum of Richmond | 47 |
| The Sprout School on Bainbridge | 14 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond-Bryce Lane | 28 |
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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