Norton Christian Church
A religious exempt child day center in Norton, Virginia 24273
1341 Park Avenue NW, EduCare Preschool, Norton, Virginia 24273. (276) 679-1193.
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The short answer
- 14 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 132026 the latest visit on record
- 50 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?
8 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 13, 2026.
14 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
14 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | 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 |
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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
Sep 24, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-550-1
“The center is required to document the date of employment or volunteering. Staff record #3-7 did not have the date of employment or volunteering listed.”
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8VAC20-790-560-A
“REPEAT VIOLATION Each staff shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with the children. Staff #1, employed 2 years; staff #2, employed one year; staff #3, employed six years; staff #5, employed one month; staff #6, employed one month; staff #7, employed two years; had no documentation.”
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8VAC20-790-600-B
“REPEAT VIOLATION Staff are to complete the VDOE sponsored online orientation course within 90 days of hire. Staff #3 & 4, who is working with children, has not completed this course which is overdue by two years.”
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8VAC20-790-600-F
“Staff shall complete a minimum of 16 hours of training annually, appropriate to the age of children in care. Staff #1obtained seven hours of the 16 hours required in 2024. Staff #2,4 and 5, obtained no hours of training in 2024.”
Sep 15, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-B-5
“The center is required to ensure that all areas of the premises accessible to children are free of obvious injury hazards. The two pieces of wooden playground equipment have spindles that are broken. These areas are accessible to the children.”
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22.1-289.035-A
“The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five yeas. The most recent central registry check for staff #3 was overdue by one year.”
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“REPEAT VIOLATION Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #4, who has been employed for two years, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”
Oct 10, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection7 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #3, who had been employed for two months, did not have a central registry search requested. Staff #3 was working alone with children.”
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8VAC20-790-540-B-11
“A written allergy care plan for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction. Child #1, who has been diagnosed with a food allergy two months ago, did not have an allergy plan signed by the physician.”
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Staff shall be evaluated by a health professional and be issued a statement that the individual is determined to be free of communicable tuberculosis (TB). Documentation of the screening shall be submitted at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with children. The documentation shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment and be signed by a physician, physician’s designee, or an official of the local health department.
“Staff #1, employed 14 months, staff #2, employed one month and staff #3, employed two months did not have a TB screen or statement at the time of employment.”
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8VAC20-790-600-B
“Within the first 90 days of employment all staff who work directly with children shall complete Virginia Preservice Training for Child Care Staff. Staff #1, who has been employed for 14 months, did not have the Virginia Preservice Training on file.”
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8VAC20-790-600-D-1
“All staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of employment a current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care. Staff #1, who has been employed 14 months, did not have a current CPR certification.”
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All staff who work directly with children shall have within 90days of the date of employment shall have a current certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care.
“Staff #1, who has been employed for 14 months, does not have a current first aid certificate.”
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8VAC20-790-650-C-3
“The center shall have sinks located near the toilets and that are supplied with running warm water that does not exceed 120?F. The water temperature in the downstairs sinks was 121.5 F and in the upstairs sinks was 133.3 F.”
May 3, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Based on the review of staff files, the facility failed to ensure that all staff complete a fingerprint background check before the first day of employment. Evidence: 1. There are no fingerprint background checks on file for staff #3 (hired 8-16-22) and staff #6 (hired 4-2023). Repeat Violation.”
Nov 4, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Based on the review of six staff files, the facility failed to ensure that all employees complete a fingerprint background check prior to the first day of employment. Evidence: 1. There are no fingerprint background checks on file for staff #3 (hire date 8-16-22) and staff #5 (hire date 8-16-22).”
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8VAC20-770-40-D-2
“Based on the review of six staff files, the facility failed to ensure that all employees complete a central registry check within 30 days of employment. Evidence: 1. There are no central registry checks on file for staff #3 and 5. (hire date 8-16-22)”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 7 violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 3, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 3, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Sep 19, 2027.
- Ages: 1 year 4 months - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 50 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 4 child care providers in the City of Norton, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 14.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Kids Central, Inc.@Esserville Center for Early Learning | 4 |
| Norton Christian Church This child care provider | 14 |
| Kids Central, Incorporated @ Parker D Mullins Center for Early L | 4 |
| Ballad Health Center for Early Learning - Norton | 15 |
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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026.
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