Patricia Hardy
A family day home in Portsmouth, Virginia 23702
20 Appomattox Avenue, Portsmouth, Virginia 23702. (757) 537-3494.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 202026 the latest visit on record
- 12 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?
15 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 20, 2026.
6 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
6 deficiencies in 4 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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| 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Apr 28, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-210-A
“Caregivers shall obtain a minimum of sixteen clock hours of training annually in areas relevant to their job responsibilities. Caregiver #1 had 14 and Caregiver #2 had 5 of the 16 required annual training hours documented.”
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8VAC20-800-240-A
“Areas and furnishings of the family day home, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe condition. The provider had an accordion style gate in the main daycare room, posing a pinch hazard when it opens and closes.”
May 21, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-60-A
“The provider shall maintain an up-to-date record at the family day home for each enrolled child. Child #1 did not have 2 required emergency contacts that include: name, address, city, zip code and phone number.”
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8VAC20-800-70-A
“Before the child’s first day of attendance, parents shall be provided in writing required policies. Child #1 and #3 did not have documentation that the parents were provided the home’s termination policy.”
Nov 18, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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A child’s record shall contain immunization records for the child as required by 8VAC20-800-90; and the results of the health examination for the child as required by 8VAC20-800- 100
“Child #2’s record did not have documentation of having had a physical examination or a record of immunizations.”
Apr 25, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-60-A
“Based on a record review the licensee did not ensure all required information was in each child’s record. Evidence: Child #4 did not have documentation of one of the two required emergency contacts.”
May 12, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-830-A
“Based on record review and interview it was determined the provider did not practice emergency evacuation procedures monthly. Evidence: 1. There was no emergency evacuation drill documented for the month of April 2022. 2. Provider confirmed that an emergency evacuation drill was not practiced in April 2022.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 12, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 12, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Jun 15, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 9 months - 8 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 12 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?
- 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 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 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 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Patricia Hardy This child care provider | 6 |
| Angela Hines | 6 |
| Perfect Harmonies Childcare and Development | 42 |
| Creative Learners Academy | 8 |
| Biltmore Baptist Church | Not given |
| Rising Stars Learning Center | 5 |
| La Petite Academy #7139 | 20 |
| Children’s Harbor - Olde Towne | 25 |
| Effingham Street Family YMCA | 32 |
| Terry Landy | 0 |
| Denise Godfrey | 7 |
| Mrs. Sheran Oliver | 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
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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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