Ms. Mary Thomas
A family day home in Damascus, Virginia 24236
22237 Lincoln Circle, Damascus, Virginia 24236. (276) 475-3935.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 212026 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?
18 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 21, 2026.
2 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
2 deficiencies in 2 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 21, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-A
“The home-based childcare is required to have employees and household members undergo a background check every five years. The most recent national criminal background check for HHM #2 was overdue by nine months.”
Oct 21, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Hot water at taps available to children shall be maintained within a range of 105?F to 120?F.
“The hot water temperature in the bathroom used by the children measured 123 F.”
Oct 18, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-520-A
“Based on observation and interviews the provider failed to ensure that cribs shall be provided for children from birth through 12 months of age and for children over 12 months of age who are not developmentally ready to sleep on a cot, rest mat, or bed. Evidence: The provider has a six and eight month old in care and there are no cribs provided during the inspection.”
May 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-280
“Based on observation the provider failed to ensure that potentially poisonous substances, materials and supplies such as, but not limited to, cleaning agents, disinfectants, deodorizers, plant care chemicals, pesticides, and petroleum distillates shall be stored away from food in areas inaccessible to children. Evidence: Located in the dining room on top of an approximately three foot cabinet was a can of Lysol spray and a can of Febreze spray. These items were accessible to the children.”
Nov 2, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Based on record review the provider failed to have staff submit to a fingerprint background check prior to the first day of employment. Evidence: Staff #2 was hired on 9/19/22 and started working with the children on 10/12//22. The fingerprint background check is dated 10/17/2022.”
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22.1-289.036-B-4
The inspectors’ words, 91 words
“Based on record review and interviews the provider failed to obtain a copy of the results of a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years, by the end of 30th day of moving in. Evidence: HHM #2 moved in May, 2022. HHM #2 lived outside of the state of Virginia in the past five years. HHM does not have an out-of-state background check from that particular state.”
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8VAC20-770-40-D-4-a
“Based on record review and interviews the provider failed to ensure that a central registry check was conducted when a person 18 years or older begins residing in the home. Evidence: 1. Household member #2 began residing in the home in May, 2022. The provider does not have a Central Registry check on HHM #2.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 11, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 17, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 9, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 9, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 2, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 2, 2022 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 26, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 26, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Nov 3, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: Birth - 12 years 11 months.
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 22 child care providers in Washington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 2.
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 |
|---|---|
| Ms. Mary Thomas This child care provider | 2 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia - Abingdon Head Start | 2 |
| Pleasant View Church | 1 |
| St. John Lutheran Church | 1 |
| Sullins Academy, Inc. | 19 |
| Abingdon Church of Christ | 5 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia-Abingdon Early Head Start | 1 |
| Abingdon United Pentecostal Church | 0 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia - Glade Spring | 5 |
| Ms. Valerie Cotten | 13 |
| Cornerstone Christian Academy | 0 |
| Itty Bitties Academy & Study Hall Kidz Club | 27 |
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.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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