Culpeper Human Services - Head Start
A child day center in Culpeper, Virginia 22701
1401 Old Fredericksburg Rd., Culpeper, Virginia 22701. (540) 829-2124.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov.
The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 262026 the latest visit on record
- 260 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?
17 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 26, 2026.
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 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Nov 5, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
-
Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts.
“On October 24, 2025, Child A would not lay on their cot as directed by Staff A. Staff A then used prompts that Staff A knew Child A would not like in an attempt to get Child A to lay down. The prompts were not constructive in nature nor age and stage appropriate.”
Dec 26, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
-
22.1-289.035-B-2
“The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #1, who had been employed for over one week, did not have a complete criminal background check on file until 11/21/2024.”
-
8VAC20-780-270-A
“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. In Classroom #7 there was a plugged in charging cord on the counter that created a shock hazard. In Classroom #5 and Classroom #9 the cords of CD player was accessible and created a falling-object hazard.”
-
8VAC20-780-40-M
“The center is required to keep a current list of all known allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions in each room or area where children are present. The list must be dated and kept confidential. The list in classroom#1 and #2 was posted on the wall in plain sight.”
Mar 15, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
-
8VAC20-780-400-B
The inspectors’ words, 116 words
“Based on staff interviews, review of video footage and documentation, staff of the center failed to ensure behavioral guidance was constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts. Evidence: On March 7, 2024, Staff #2 snatched a foam block from Child #1, three years old, and threw it over the playground fence. Child #1 retrieved another foam block, which Staff #1 attempted to take away. Child #1, holding onto the block, laid on the ground as Staff #1 wrestled the block from Child #1?s hand. Staff #1 looked at Staff #2 and loudly stated ?he needs his ass beat? and threw the block over the fence.”
Oct 18, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
-
8VAC20-780-260-A
“Based on review of documentation, the center failed to obtain an annual fire inspection as required. Evidence: The most recent fire inspection was dated 7/20/2022.”
Oct 26, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
-
Based on review of ten staff files, program failed to ensure that the results of a central registry check were completed within 30 days of employment for one staff.
“Evidence: 1. The first day of employment for Staff #5 was 9/1/2022. There were no results in the file, but a copy of the request that was notarized on 8/26/2022. 2. The Operations Manager followed up with HR and they stated they had not received the request. The request was resubmitted to HR on 10/26/2022 for entry in the portal.”
May 18, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
-
Based on interviews and record review, program did not ensure that smoking was prohibited in the interior of a center.
“Evidence: 1. On several occasions on March 30, 2022, Staff #1 pulled out an electronic smoking device and used it in front of other staff and children that were present. 2. Staff #1 admitted to the Executive Director that she had used an electronic smoking device. 3. While the facility has a no drug policy, it was updated to explicitly state that vaping is prohibited.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 22, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 26, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 18, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Sep 17, 2027.
- Ages: Birth - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 260 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?
- 2 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 23 child care providers in Culpeper County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4; 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 |
|---|---|
| Culpeper Human Services - Kid Central Pearl Sample | 1 |
| Kid Central - Sycamore Park | 0 |
| Kid Central- Farmington | 5 |
| Precious Blood Catholic Church | 6 |
| Culpeper Human Services Kid Central | 4 |
| Kid Central - Emerald Hill | 3 |
| Culpeper Human Services - Head Start This child care provider | 5 |
| Ms. Ritu Bastola | 25 |
| Culpeper Human Services - Yowell | 0 |
| Culpeper United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Mary Dunn | 3 |
| Jami Williams | 12 |
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Virginia Department of Education. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.