Abingdon Church of Christ
A religious exempt child day center in Abingdon, Virginia 24211
19508 Dennison Drive, Abingdon Christian Academy, Abingdon, Virginia 24211. (276) 628-6253.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 122025 the latest visit on record
- 40 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?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 12, 2025.
5 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
5 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2024. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 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.
Nov 20, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
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Employees are required to 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.
“Staff # 5 did not have a the required certification and was working with children.”
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A person trained and certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) will be present at the child day center whenever children are present or at any other location in which children attending the child day center are present.
“Staff working did not have certification in first aid.”
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Employees are required to repeat the central registry checks every 5 years.
“Employees #1-4# did not have repat central registry checks completed and were working with children.”
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Employees are required to have a sworn statement disclosing any offenses before being hired.
“Employee #5 was working with children on the day of the inspection and did not have a completed sworn statement.”
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Employees ae required to request the search of central registry results before being hired.
“Staff #5 was working with children and a central registry check had not been submitted.”
Oct 3, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-A
“Based on a review of four staff records, the facility failed to ensure that all staff complete a repeat fingerprint background check at 5 year intervals. Evidence: 1. There are no repeat fingerprint background checks on file for staff # 1-4.”
Nov 3, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“Based on the review of four staff files, the facility failed to ensure that for any employee who reports on the sworn statement having lived outside Virginia in the last five years, an out-of-state central registry clearance is completed within 30 days of employment. And that an out- of -state criminal history name search is completed prior to employment. 1. There is no out-of-state central registry clearance on file for staff #4. (hired 9-1-22) 2. There is no out-of-state criminal record name search on file for staff #4.”
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8VAC20-770-40-D-2
“Based on the review of four staff files, the facility failed to ensure that a central registry clearance is completed within 30 days of employment. 1. There is no Virginia central registry clearance on file for staff #4. (hired 9-1-21)”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Aug 30, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 40 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?
- 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 22 child care providers in Washington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Abingdon Church of Christ This child care provider | 5 |
| Abingdon United Pentecostal Church | 0 |
| Ms. Valerie Cotten | 13 |
| Painter Creek Church of Christ | 31 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire - Watauga Elementary | 1 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia - Abingdon Head Start | 2 |
| Pleasant View Church | 1 |
| St. John Lutheran Church | 1 |
| Sullins Academy, Inc. | 19 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia-Abingdon Early Head Start | 1 |
| Ms. Mary Thomas | 2 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia - Glade Spring | 5 |
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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