Ms. Christine Mensah
A family day home in Bristow, Virginia 20136
13778 Tartan Hills Parkway, Bristow, Virginia 20136. (703) 622-7094.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 132026 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?
11 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 13, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Nov 17, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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The Provider is required to obtain a sworn statement from staff prior to the first day of employment.
“1) The record for Staff #1 contained a sworn statement that was completed 9 days after hire. 2)The record for Staff #2 contained a sworn statement that was completed 6 days after hire.”
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The Provider is required to obtain documentation of the results of a national fingerprint background check prior to the first day of employment.
“The record for Staff #2 contained fingerprint check that was completed 6 days after hire.”
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The Provider is required to request a Central Registry check prior to employment.
“1)The record for Staff #1 contained a Central Registry check that was sent 8 days after hire. 2)The record for Staff #2 contained a Central Registry check that was completed 10 weeks after hire. The Provider could not provide documentation of the date the background check had been sent.”
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The Provider is required to obtain a report from each caregiver at the time of hire and prior to coming into contact with children a current tuberculosis (TB) screening documenting the absence of tuberculosis.
“The record for Staff #2 contained a negative TB report that was completed 2 days after hire.”
Dec 2, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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The Provider is required to ensure that medication was kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
“Evidence: Antibiotic ointment was stored on the counter in the children’s programmatic space in the first aid kit that was unlocked.”
Dec 11, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on review of 3 Household member records, the Provider did not obtain the results of a central registry check or Criminal History check from all states in which Household members have resided within the last five years by the end of the 30th day of residence
“Evidence: The record for Household Member #3 (Date of Move in 8/25/23), did not contain documentation of a completed Central Registry record check or Criminal History check from all states where they resided within the last five years completed by the end of the 30th day of beginning residence in the home.”
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Based on review of 3 Household member records, the provider did not obtain documentation of the results of a Central Registry background check by the end of the 30th day of residence.
“Evidence: The record for Household Member #3 (Date of Move in 8/25/23) did not contain documentation of a Central Registry background check by the end of the 30th day of beginning residence in the home.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 17, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Jan 4, 2027.
- Ages: 2 months - 12 years 11 months.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 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 2, 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 299 child care providers in Prince William County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 7.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Linton Hall School | 6 |
| Narinder Saini | 7 |
| KinderCare Learning Center at Braemar | 17 |
| KinderCare Learning Center #301808 | 8 |
| The Merit School of Braemar (#22) | 14 |
| Little Rocketeers Child Care | 6 |
| Ms. Christine Mensah This child care provider | 7 |
| Ms. Fatoumata Scott | 10 |
| Bristow Montessori School | 15 |
| Kawthar Abdulla | 1 |
| Mrs. Katiuska Bonilla | 3 |
| Primrose School of Bristow | 19 |
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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026.
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