Tara Koontz
A family day home in Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
98 Pleasant Hill Road, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801. (540) 578-3499.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 142026 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 Sep 14, 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 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | 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 |
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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 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 16, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Bottles shall be refrigerated and labeled with the child’s full name and the date, if more than one infant is in care.
“Three bottles in the refrigerator were not labeled with the child’s full name and the date.”
Dec 13, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review the provider failed to obtain a repeat central registry check within 5 years of the prior.
“Evidence: 1. Provider record was reviewed. 2. Last documented Central registry check was dated 08/17/2018. 3. The provider confirmed she did not have documentation of obtaining a repeat Central Registry check.”
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Based on record review the provider failed to obtain a 5 -year repeat Central Registry check for one household member.
“Evidence: 1. One household members record was reviewed. 2. Household member A did not have documentation of a repeat Central Registry check within 5 years of the prior. Last documented Central Registry Check was dated 8/17/2028. 3. The provider confirmed there was no documentation of obtaining an updated Central Registry Check for Household member A.”
Apr 10, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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Based on a review of records, the provider failed to complete an updated sworn disclosure statement every five years.
“Evidence: 1. The sworn disclosure statement on record for the provider expired on 04/02/2023. 2. The provider verified an updated sworn disclosure statement had not been completed.”
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Based on a review of household member records, the provider failed to update the sworn disclosure statements every five years.
“Evidence: 1. The sworn disclosure statements for Household Member #1 and #2 expired on 04/02/2023. 2. The provider verified that an updated sworn disclosure statement had not been completed for the Household Members.”
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Based on review of records, the provider did not ensure they had a current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
“Evidence: 1. The record of the provider contained a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification that expired on 12/31/2022. 2. The provider verified that the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification had expired.”
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Based on review of records, the provider did not ensure they had a current certification in First Aid.
“Evidence: 1. The record of the provider contained a First Aid certification that expired on 12/31/2022. 2. The provider verified that they did not have a current certification n First Aid.”
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Based on review of provider records, the provider failed to ensure that a minimum of sixteen hours of training was completed annually.
“Evidence: 1. The provider had not completed any training for the fiscal year April 2022-April 2023. 2. The provider verified that there had been no training completed within the last year.”
Oct 18, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on review of children records, the provider failed to ensure a review with the parent of emergency contact information was completed at least annually.
“Evidence: 1. The date documented on Child’ # 1’s record of the last review of the emergency contact information was 09/07/2021. 2. The provider verified the date of the last review of information.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 10, 2023 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 21, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Apr 1, 2027.
- Ages: 1 month - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 12 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 30, 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 29 child care providers in the City of Harrisonburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 3.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Learning Paths Academy | 37 |
| City of Harrisonburg | 8 |
| Dominion Educational Ministries, Inc. | 1 |
| Harrisonburg Baptist Church | 0 |
| Community Preschool, Inc. | 1 |
| Woodland Montessori School | 2 |
| Vicki Lucas | 0 |
| Tara Koontz This child care provider | 3 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Harrisonburg andRockingham County-Bluestone | 2 |
| Boys&Girls Club of Harrisonburg andRockinghamCounty-Stone Spring | 12 |
| Brandi Dacko | Not given |
| Shenandoah Valley Child Development Center | 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 Oct 30, 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 30, 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 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026.
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