Greater Mt. Vernon Community Head Start-Gum Springs Glen
A child day center in Alexandria, Virginia 22306
7839 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, Virginia 22306. (703) 664-6421.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Apr 132026 the latest visit on record
- 76 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?
12 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 13, 2026.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Apr 13, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Provide a sworn statement or affirmation disclosing whether he has ever been convicted of or is the subject of pending charges for any offense within or outside the Commonwealth and whether he has been the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect within or outside the Commonwealth;
“The center did not have Staff #1 complete the sworn statement of affirmation by their fist day of employment as required.”
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Employees are required to authorize the child day center to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history check, a sex offender registry check and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years within 45 days of employment.
“Staff #1 lived out of state within the preceding five years and did not have the request or results of a sex offender registry check and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from the state in which the individual resided at the time of the inspection.”
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Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening.
“Staff #1 did not have documentation of a completed Tb test by the first day of employment.”
Dec 1, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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The center is required to keep a current list of all known allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions in each classroom or area where children are present. The list must be dated and kept confidential.
“The list of dietary restrictions and allergies was posted on a board by the cabinets without a cover.”
May 12, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review, one staff record does not contain documentation of a completed Sex Offender search, or Child Abuse and Neglect search for a residence outside of the state of Virginia in the past 5 years.
“Evidence: Staff #1 record did not contain documentation of the results of a Sex Offender search for an out of state residence prior to employment. Date of Employment 11/21/2022.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 29, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 12, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jan 31, 2028.
- Ages: 1 month - 3 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 76 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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Frances Mills | 0 |
| SACC at Hollin Meadows | 2 |
| Yenny Gutierrez-Reyes | 2 |
| Bethany Lutheran Church | 3 |
| Sherry Brown | 41 |
| Greater Mt Vernon Com Head Start - Gum Springs Children’s Center | 13 |
| Frog Pond Early Learning Center | 29 |
| Shaista Mirza | 22 |
| Greater Mt. Vernon Community Head Start-Gum Springs Glen This child care provider | 4 |
| Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church | 3 |
| Elizabeth Appiah | 27 |
| Mercy Chavez | 4 |
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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