YMCA SACC at Winding Creek Elem School
A child day center in Stafford, Virginia 22554
475 Winding Creek Road, Stafford, Virginia 22554. (540) 371-9622.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 82026 the latest visit on record
- 75 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?
22 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 8, 2026.
7 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
7 deficiencies in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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.
Oct 8, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual training shall be relevant to staff’s job responsibilities and the care of children, and include signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect and requirements for mandated reporters.
“The record for staff A, employed for 13 months, had not completed training on signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect and requirements for mandated reporters.”
Sep 10, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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The center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each enrolled child.
“Child #1, Child #3, and Child #5 were enrolled and present at the time of inspection and did not have records on site.”
Jan 12, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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The current license and findings of the most recent inspection of the facility shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
“The license and findings of the most recent inspection of the facility, conducted on 9/30/2025, were not posted in a conspicuous place.”
Sep 30, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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The center shall obtain parental authorization for all prescription medications.
“Child #5 has two emergency medications on site and Child #6 has two emergency medications on site. Neither child’s medications were accompanied by written parental authorization granting the center permission to administer the medications.”
Feb 4, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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The center shall ensure lockdown drills are conducted at least annually.
“The annual lockdown drill is overdue by over four months.”
Sep 17, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the first day of employment for all contractors who are left alone with children.
“Contractor #1, who has been working at the center approximately three weeks, did not have a central registry search requested. Contractor #1 was working alone with a child at the time of inspection.”
Dec 7, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on medication review and record review, the center did not obtain a written care plan for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and the steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction.
“Evidence: Child #7 is allergic to peanuts and has an emergency medication on site. The center does not have a written allergy care plan signed by the child’s doctor on file.”
Mar 22, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“Based on review of three staff records it was determined that not all records contained documentation of a TB (tuberculosis) screenings every two years. Evidence: The most recent TB screening on file for staff A is dated 12/23/2020.”
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8VAC20-780-510-P
“Based on review of medication it was determined that not all medication was picked up with 14 days of expiration of the authorization for medication form. Evidence: The authorization form for child A expired 09/05/2021. The authorization form for child B expired 01/21/2023.”
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8VAC20-780-550-F
“Based on review of documentation it was determined that lockdown procedures were not practiced annually. Evidence: There was no documentation on the drill logs for the year 2022 and 2023 that indicated a lockdown drill had been completed.”
Dec 3, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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22VAC40-185-340-C
“Based on interviews it was determined that there were not always two staff members present when one or more children were in care. Evidence: Staff A was observed caring for 13 children alone during the morning operating hours of the school age program on Friday, December 3, 2021. Staff reported that the second staff person scheduled to work did not report for their shift.”
All 22 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 19, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Oct 22, 2028.
- Program Located in a Public School.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 5 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 75 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?
- 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 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 87 child care providers in Stafford County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 7.
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 |
|---|---|
| Aquia Harbour Preschool | 10 |
| KinderCare Learning Center | 34 |
| Ms. Sheila Johnson | 6 |
| Ebenezer United Methodist Church | 5 |
| Regester Chapel United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Ms. Deborah Williams | 5 |
| YMCA SAC At Widewater Elem School | 11 |
| YMCA SACC at Winding Creek Elem School This child care provider | 7 |
| YMCA SACC At Anthony Burns Elementary School | 11 |
| YMCA SACC at Hampton Oaks Elementary | 18 |
| YMCA SACC at Park Ridge Elementary | 25 |
| Mercedes Martell | 23 |
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.
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 5, 2026.
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