Green Valley Baptist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Lebanon, Virginia 24266
695 Green Valley Road, Little Ed Learning Center, Lebanon, Virginia 24266. (276) 889-0257.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 182026 the latest visit on record
- 50 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 18, 2026.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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 |
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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.
Mar 19, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #8, who had been employed for one week, did not have a central registry search requested. Staff #1 was working alone with children.”
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22.1-289.058
“Each building that was built before 2015 and that houses a child day program that preschool-age children shall be equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector. The preschool area does not have a carbon monoxide detector.”
Mar 21, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-B-5
“Based on observation the center failed to ensure that all areas of the premises accessible to children are free of obvious injury hazards, including providing and maintaining sand or other cushioning material under playground equipment. Evidence: There is no surfacing under the slide. The ground covering has worked it’s way to the surface of the cushioning materials causing a tripping hazard.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
The inspectors’ words, 106 words
“Based on record reviews the center failed to ensure that staff authorize the child day center, family day home, or family day system described in subsection A to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, 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. Evidence: Staff #5 listed on the sworn statement of intent that the individual has resided in two states in the past five years and there are no out of state background checks conducted.”
Dec 14, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Based on record review the center failed to ensure that all staff submit to a Field print fingerprint background check prior to first day of employment. Evidence: Staff #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 do not have a fieldprint background check. All six staff have hire dates from 9/2020 to 9/2022. All six staff are working with the children as staff or substitutes.”
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8VAC20-770-40-D-2
The inspectors’ words, 160 words
“Based on record reviews the center failed to ensure that Prospective employee, volunteer, or any other person who is expected to be alone with one or more children enrolled in the religious exempt child day center except a parent-volunteer, or a parent or guardian who may be left alone with his or her own child WHAT: Sworn statement or affirmation WHEN: Before employment or commencement of service at the facility WHAT: Search of central registry and criminal history record check, as requested by the individual WHEN: Within 30 days of employment or commencement of service. Evidence: 1. Staff #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 do not have a sworn statement or affirmation on file. All staff have been hired more than 30 days and are currently working with the children. 2. Staff #3, 4, 5, 6 do not have a central registry check on file. All staff have been hired more than 30 days and are currently working with children.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Mar 16, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 50 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?
- 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 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 7 child care providers in Russell County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 4.
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. Darla Martin | 10 |
| Green Valley Baptist Church This child care provider | 4 |
| Discovery Daycare Inc. | 18 |
| Discovery Day Camp | 16 |
| Lebanon Community Fellowship | 3 |
| Ballad Health Center for Early Learning - Lebanon | 20 |
| Bright Beginnings Day Care, Inc. | 3 |
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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