New Building Blocks PreSchool
A child day center in Falls Church, Virginia 22042
7000 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, Virginia 22042. (571) 282-3124.
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The short answer
- 11 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 252026 the latest visit on record
- 77 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?
19 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 25, 2026.
11 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
11 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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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| 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Aug 25, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment. The sworn statement for Staff #1, who is currently working, did not contain the question of whether the staff member had lived outside of Virginia in the past five years.”
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. Staff #2 and Staff #3 were due for an updated screening over one month ago. Staff #4 was due for an updated screening over seven months ago. The updated screenings have not yet been completed.”
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8VAC20-780-350-B-4
“The required ratio for children ages three years up to school age eligible is one staff per ten children. The Pre-K classroom had twenty-one children in attendance with only two staff.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #1, enrolled for over one year, was missing the work phone number of one parent who has custody. The record for Child #2, enrolled for over twenty-two months, was missing the work phone number of one parent who has custody.”
Feb 25, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. Child #2, who had been attending for five months, did not have documentation of an immunization record on file. Child #4, who had been attending for two months, did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Peeling paint was found in the center in areas accessible by children. A fence post on the playground needed repair.”
Sep 23, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A floorboard was broken on the playground, and another board was covering the broken area.”
Feb 25, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #5 did not have documentation of requesting a check of the national sex offender registry.”
Sep 10, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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Based on staff record review, staff working directly with children did not complete he department’s health and safety update course annually.
“Evidence: Staff #2 completed their last health and safety update on 8/9/2023.”
Sep 10, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on observation, the center did not obtain a copy of the results of a sex offender registry check, or a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding 5 years.
“Evidence: 1. Staff #4 did not have results from the out-of-state sex offender registry. 2. Staff #4 did not have results from the out-of-state child abuse and neglect registry.”
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Based on a review of medications, a written care plan for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, was not updated annually.
“Evidence: Child #5’s allergy care plan expired on 09/06/2024. The emergency medication was observed on-site during the inspection.”
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 4, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 10, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 year 5 months - 7 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 77 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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 11.
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 |
|---|---|
| SACC at Beech Tree | 4 |
| SACC at Graham Road Community Building | 11 |
| SACC at Woodburn | 9 |
| Gladis Loch | 24 |
| James Lee Day Care/Preschool | 2 |
| Emma Arteaga | 11 |
| New Building Blocks PreSchool This child care provider | 11 |
| Minu Thapa | 8 |
| Miriam Medina | 28 |
| Montessori School of Northern Virginia - Valleybrook Campus | 1 |
| Elizabeth Sejas | 6 |
| Metaphor International School | 10 |
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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