Rappahannock Area Young Men’s Christian Association-Smith Statio
A child day center in Spotsylvania, Virginia 22407
5700 Smith Station Road, Spotsylvania, Virginia 22407. (540) 735-9622.
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The short answer
- 17 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 182026 the latest visit on record
- 200 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?
18 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 18, 2026.
17 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
17 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. 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.
Mar 18, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years.
“The repeat national criminal background check in the record of Staff #4 was obtained 16 days late.”
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(Repeat Violation) A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening.
“The updated TB screening in the record for Staff #2 was obtained three months late.”
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Annual approval from the health department shall be provided for meeting requirements for water supply; sewage disposal; and food services, if applicable.
“The center’s Report of Environmental Sanitation Inspection was overdue by three months.”
Sep 17, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. Staff #2 updated TB screening was due two months ago and Staff #4 updated TB screening was due three months ago. The updated screenings have not yet been completed.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Staff records shall include an emergency contact to be notified in an emergency and information about any health problems that may interfere with fulfilling the job responsibilities. This information is required to be kept at the center. The record for Staff #1 did not include this information.”
Feb 25, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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All staff who work directly with children are required to have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care within 90 days of the date of employment.
“Staff #2 obtained CPR certification five months after the date of employment and Staff #3 obtained CPR certification four months after the date of employment.”
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All staff who work directly with children are required to have current certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care within 90 days of the date of employment.
“Staff #2 obtained first aid certification five months after the date of employment and Staff #3 obtained first aid certification four months after the date of employment.”
Feb 25, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #4, employed for more than 16 months, did not have documentation of requesting a criminal history check from one state.”
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The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center.
“Child #1, who had been attending for over a month, did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.”
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(Repeat Violation) Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment.
“The TB for Staff #1 was dated two months prior to the date of employment, the TB for Staff #2 was dated more than one year prior to the date of employment, and the TB for Staff #4 was dated nine days after the date of employment.”
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The center is to maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries that contains all of the required information.
“An injury record reviewed was missing any future action to prevent recurrence of the injury and another injury record reviewed was missing documentation of how the parent was notified of the injury.”
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(Repeat Violation) Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment.
“Staff #1 only had one reference verification on file. One of the references on file for Staff #2 was obtained after employment, and the two references for Staff #4 were obtained after employment.”
Oct 31, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-260-B
“Annual approval from the health department shall be provided regarding the water supply and the sewage disposal system. The center’s most recent Report of Environmental Sanitation was dated 2/15/2023.”
May 8, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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Based on review of five staff records, the program did not obtain the results of a national fingerprint-based criminal history record check for one staff prior to employment.
“Evidence: The fingerprint results on record for Staff #4, with a start date of 11/3/23, were dated contained documentation of a national fingerprint results dated 11/6/23.”
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Based on review of five staff records, the center did not obtain documentation of a completed sworn disclosure statement for each staff prior to employment.
“Evidence: The record for Staff #4 with a start date of 11/3/23, the sworn statement on record was dated 11/14/23.”
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Based on a review of five staff records, the center did not obtain documentation of a tuberculosis (TB) screening for staff at the time of employment and prior to coming in contact with children.
“Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #4, with a start date of 11/3/23, contained documentation of a tuberculosis screening dated 11/16/23. 2. The record for Staff #5, with a start date of 8/3/23, contained documentation of a tuberculosis screening dated 8/7/23.”
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Based on a review of five staff files, the center did not obtain documentation that two or more references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked before employment.
“Evidence: 1. The record for Staff # 4, with a start date of 11/3/23, contained documentation of two references dated 11/9/23. 2. The record for Staff #4, with a start date of 8/3/23, contained documentation of one reference dated 8/11/23.”
Oct 13, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Based on observation, the facility staff did not ensure that all hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides were kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Evidence: In the 4?s classroom, there was an unlocked cabinet that had 6 boxes of borax.”
Mar 24, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-340-F
“Based on staff interviews, the center failed to ensure that all children under 10 years of age were within actual sight and sound supervision of staff at all times. Evidence: On March 15, 2022 at approximately 2:30 PM, Child A, 5 years of age, was left alone at Patriot Park, a community park located near Ron Rosner YMCA Recreation Center. According to information obtained through staff interviews and documentation, the child was out of staff sight and sound supervision for approximately 7 minutes.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 24, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 27, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 3 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 200 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 66 child care providers in Spotsylvania County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7.5; this one had 17.
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 |
|---|---|
| The Merit School at The Castle (#9) | 25 |
| Learning Paths Academy at Leavells (#8) | 13 |
| Salem Village Academy | 5 |
| Rappahannock Area Young Men’s Christian Association-Smith Statio This child care provider | 17 |
| Children of America Salem Church, LLC | 4 |
| Ms. Tamara Gilchrist | 12 |
| Madelaine Cuello | 14 |
| Creative Childcare Center | 17 |
| Resurrection Lutheran Church | 0 |
| The Merit School of Southpoint (#45) | 14 |
| Tiny Toes Creative Learning Center | 46 |
| Ms. Lisa Ernest | 0 |
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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