Mrs. Cassandra Duff
A family day home in Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
129 Dogwood Place, Lynchburg, Virginia 24502. (434) 401-0906.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jun 82026 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?
10 inspections on record, the latest on Jun 8, 2026.
3 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 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 |
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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jun 3, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Children’s records shall contain the information required by the standards.
“The records for Child 1, 3 and 5 were missing required information.”
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Before a child may attend the family day home, the provider shall obtain documentation that the child has been adequately immunized.
“The immunization record for Child 5 was dated 2 days after the child’s first date of attendance.”
Dec 18, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.036-A
“Household members in family day homes are required to have a repeat background check done every five years. The sworn disclosure statement for household member 2 was due approximately five months ago.”
Oct 3, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on provider and household member record review, the provider failed to obtain TB screenings every two years.
“EVIDENCE: The TB screenings for Staff 1 and household member 1 are both dated 7/25/2021.”
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Based on record review, the provider failed to have parents do an annual review of emergency contact information.
“EVIDENCE: The record for Child 3 has not had a review of emergency contact information since the child stared on 8/16/2021.”
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Based on record review, the provider failed to provide in writing to a parent the provisions of the emergency preparedness and response plan.
“EVIDENCE: Child 1 began attending on 5/5/2023 and the record does not show documentation that the written provisions of the emergency preparedness and response plan have been provided.”
Dec 5, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation, the provider failed to ensure that programs that serve preschool-age children shall be equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector.
“Evidence: The program was not equipped with a carbon monoxide detector. The children in care were preschool-age children.”
Dec 1, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on review of two children’s record, the provider failed to ensure that all immunizations were obtained by the first day of attendance.
“Evidence: 1. Child # 2 start date was 8/16/2021 and the immunization record was dated 11/19/2021.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 1, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 5, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Dec 21, 2026.
- Ages: 2 months - 10 years.
- Capacity: 12 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 17 child care providers in Campbell County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 3.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Altavista Area YMCA -Tomahawk Elementary | 4 |
| Altavista Area YMCA - Leesville Road | 5 |
| St. Andrew Presbyterian Church | 3 |
| Mrs. Cassandra Duff This child care provider | 3 |
| Caterpillar Clubhouse #4 | 15 |
| Tamia Colbert | 2 |
| Caterpillar Clubhouse #5 | 23 |
| Altavista Area YMCA - Yellow Branch | 1 |
| Altavista Area YMCA - Concord | 3 |
| Altavista Area YMCA - Rustburg | 5 |
| Brookneal Baptist Church | 2 |
| Hyland Heights Baptist Church | 1 |
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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026.
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