Hearth Record

Dana Harris

A family day home in Portsmouth, Virginia 23703

4005 Ebbtide Lane, Portsmouth, Virginia 23703. (757) 484-8159.

Virginia’s own record, on legacy.dss.virginia.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 15 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Every month

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?

15 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 9, 2026.

15 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

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

15 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

15 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

Feb 10, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-790-170-G

    “The vendor shall maintain, in a way that is accessible to all caregivers, a current written list of all children’s allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions. This list shall be dated and kept confidential. The provider did not have a current written list listing food sensitivities and dietary restrictions for child 4 and child 5.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-170-G.

  • 8VAC20-790-250-F

    “Caregivers who work directly with children shall annually complete the department’s health and safety update course. Caregiver 1 and caregiver 2 did not complete the 3-hour annual subsidy health and safety course for 2025.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-250-F.

  • 8VAC20-800-100-A

    “The provider shall obtain documentation of a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician prior to a child’s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There was no documentation of a physical exam on file for child 3. Child 3 has been in care for more than 30 days.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-100-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-890

    “When food is brought from home, the following shall apply: The food container shall be clearly labeled in a way that identifies the owner. One container of frozen breast milk, for child 1, was not labeled with the child’s name.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-890.

  • 8VAC20-800-90-A

    “Before a child may attend the family day home, the provider shall obtain documentation that the child has been adequately immunized according to the requirements of ? 32.1-46 A of the Code of Virginia and applicable State Board of Health regulations. The immunization record for child 3 did not provide documentation that child 3 was adequately immunized according to his age.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-90-A.

  • 8VAC20-800-960-E

    “Bottles shall be refrigerated and labeled with the child’s full name and the date, if more than one infant is in care. A bottle containing breast milk, for child 2, was not labeled with the child’s full name and date.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-960-E.

Aug 6, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • 8VAC20-800-180-A

    “The provider shall obtain for each caregiver a current Report of Tuberculosis Screening form, in accordance with the requirements in 8VAC20-800-170, every two years from the date of the first screening. The tuberculosis screening for caregiver 1 and caregiver 2 was completed in June of 2023.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-180-A.

Nov 4, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
  • The vendor shall maintain a written hard copy record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.

    “The attendance record for the family day home did not include written documentation to indicate the time of arrival and departure of children in care.”

    Rule 8VAC20-790-180-B.

Nov 4, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
  • A substitute provider shall record and sign the time of arrivals and departures on each day that the substitute provider works.

    “Caregiver 1, who has functioned as a substitute provider, had not signed into any type of record to indicate days and times worked in the family day home.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-140-D.

  • Children shall be protected from materials that could be swallowed or present a choking hazard. Toys or objects less than 1-1/4 inches in diameter and less than two inches in length shall be kept out of reach of children under the age of three years.

    “Child 1 was observed with a plastic gray object in his mouth. The object was round and approximately 1/2 inch in diameter and appeared to be a wheel that had fallen off of some type of plastic toy. Child 1 is under the age of 12 months.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-250-B.

  • Infants and toddlers shall spend no more than 30 minutes of consecutive time during waking hours, with the exception of mealtimes, confined in a crib, play pen, high chair or other confining piece of equipment. The intervening time period between confinements shall be at least one hour.

    “Child 2, who was awake, was observed in an infant seat from approximately 9:30 am - 10:34 am when he was placed in a crib for a nap. At 11:14 am child 2 was removed from the crib and placed in an infant seat until 12:10 pm. Child 2 was awake during this time.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-600-B.

  • Caregivers shall ensure that children’s hands are washed with liquid soap and warm running water after diapering.

    “Caregiver 1 did not wash the hands of child 1 after a diaper change at approximately 9:50 am. Caregiver 2 did not wash the hands of child 2 after a diaper change at approximately 11:50 am.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-680-B.

  • The provider shall review the emergency plan at least annually and update the plan as needed. The provider shall document in writing each review and update to the emergency plan.

    “There was no written documentation to indicate that the emergency plan for the family day home has been reviewed, and updated, annually. Written documentation on file indicates the plan was last reviewed by the provider on 10/14/2023.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-800-B.

  • Bottles shall be refrigerated and labeled with the child’s full name and the date, if more than one infant is in care.

    “Bottles of formula were not dated and labeled for two infants in care.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-960-E.

Mar 1, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency
  • Based on record review and interview, the provider failed to ensure compliance with the home’s policies that have been disclosed to the parents as required by 8VAC20-800-70.

    The inspectors’ words, 92 words

    “Evidence: 1. The provider failed to ensure compliance with written termination policies as demonstrated by the following: a. The written termination policy for the FDH, which is outlined in the parent agreement, states that a two-week notice will be given if the child’s enrollment is terminated by the provider. b. Written documentation indicated that child 1 was terminated from care on 01/31/2024 and that the termination was immediate. c. The provider verified that child 1 had been terminated from care without the two-week noticed outlined in the parent agreement for the FDH.”

    Rule 8VAC20-800-30-B. From a complaint.

All 15 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 9, 2026Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Feb 10, 2026Subsidy health and safety inspection6 violations cited
Aug 6, 2025Inspection1 violation cited
Aug 6, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Mar 13, 2025InspectionNo violations cited
Mar 13, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Nov 4, 2024Inspection6 violations cited
Nov 4, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspection1 violation cited
Mar 1, 2024Complaint inspection1 violation cited
Mar 1, 2024InspectionNo violations cited
Mar 1, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Jul 19, 2023InspectionNo violations cited
Nov 18, 2022InspectionNo violations cited
Jun 3, 2022InspectionNo violations cited
Nov 22, 2021InspectionNo violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Dec 6, 2026.
  • A current subsidy provider.
  • Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

Has Virginia acted against it?

  • 1 complaint inspection on record.
  • No complaint allegations published with findings.

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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 15.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.

11 of the 88 in the City of Portsmouth, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
La Petite Academy #713920
Mrs. Sheran Oliver12
Christopher Academy4
Dana Harris This child care provider15
LaShama Porter10
Small Voices’ Academy15
Raquel Owens42
Sweethaven Baptist Church0
Ms. Sonitha Blizzard5
Scharlese Hicks12
YMCA Child Care at Portsmouth YMCA47
Ms. Clara Robinson5

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

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.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 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

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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