Tree of Life Ministries
A religious exempt child day center in Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
2812 Greenview Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia 24502. (434) 455-0294.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 92026 the latest visit on record
- 200 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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 9, 2026.
8 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
8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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 |
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.
Jul 9, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“Staff #2?s national criminal background check was completed 1 day after hire.”
Sep 16, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Systemic Deficiency
“The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years. The most recent sworn disclosures for staff, 3, 4, 5 and 6, were overdue by a year and two months. The most recent national criminal background for staff # 4, 5 and 6, was overdue by a year and six months. The most recent national criminal background for staff #3, was overdue by two years and 1 month.”
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Systemic Deficiency
“The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment. There was no signed sworn statement for Staff #1, who is currently working,”
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Systemic Deficiency
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #1 and # 2, who had been employed for four weeks, did not have a central registry search requested. Staff #1 and 2 were working with children.”
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Systemic Deficiency
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #1, employed for more than one month, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check and sex offender from one state. Staff #1, employed for more than one month, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check criminal background and sex offender from one state.”
Dec 7, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review of two staff persons, the center failed to ensure that required background checks are repeated every 5 years per the Code of Virginia.
“Evidence: 1.Staff # 4 had a fingerprint eligibility letter dated 2/8/2018. An updated fingerprint eligibility letter was not provided. 2. Staff # 5 had a fingerprint eligibility letter dated 7/10/2018. An updated fingerprint eligibility letter was not provided.”
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Based on record review and interview with staff, the Center failed to obtain the finding from a search of the central registry within 30 days of hire and a signed sworn statement prior to the hire date.
“EVIDENCE: 1. Staff #4 was observed supervising children during the inspection. A return search of the central registry was not in the record. Staff #5 stated their hire date was in 7-2018. 4. Staff #3 was observed working in the center during the inspection. There was no sworn disclosure statement in the record. Staff #3 stated their hire date was in 10/2023.”
Dec 7, 2023: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation, the center failed to ensure that the child day center is in compliance with all safe sleep guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The inspectors’ words, 94 words
“Evidence: 1.Observed 5 infants (two 6 months old, a 3 months old, a 4 months old and a 10 months old) sleeping on boppy pillow in a crib. The AAP recommends to keep all soft objects such as pillows, and pillow like toys from the infants sleeping area. 2.Observed two infants with propped bottles. The bottles were propped with a blanket that was wrapped around the infant’s lower face. The AAP recommends that never attach objects, such as blankets, plush or stuffed toys and other items that may present a suffocation or choking risk.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Aug 1, 2027.
- Ages: 2 months - 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?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 44 child care providers in the City of Lynchburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Heritage United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Tree of Life Ministries This child care provider | 8 |
| Five Star Academy | 12 |
| Ms. Gloria Almond | 0 |
| Caterpillar Clubhouse #2 | 25 |
| Ms. Quiana Jones | 0 |
| New Beginnings Learning Center | 18 |
| Countryside Montessori School Inc. | 9 |
| HumanKind - Lynchburg | 16 |
| Ted & Ted’s Tiny Tots LLC | 16 |
| Learning Tree of Lynchburg | 39 |
| Timberlake Church, Inc. | 3 |
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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