Open Door Church
A religious exempt child day center in Troy, Virginia 22974
551 Lake Road, Troy, Virginia 22974. (434) 589-3673.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Apr 162026 the latest visit on record
- 42 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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 16, 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 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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| 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 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
Apr 16, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-A
“The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years. The most recent central registry check for staff #2 was overdue by a one month, fingerprint-based background check was overdue by two months, and sworn statement was overdue by one year and four months.”
Jun 3, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on a review of the staff handbook and interview, the center failed to establish and implement a procedure to ensure that all areas of the premises accessible to children are free of obvious injury hazards, including providing and maintaining cushioning material under playground equipment.
“Evidence: 1. A spray bottle of Windex was on the water fountain outside of the children’s classroom. The administrator stated the policy for hazardous substances is that they are to be kept out of children’s reach. 2. There was no cushioning material under the playground equipment on the older children’s playground. The administrator stated there was some under the swings.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to request a search of central registry background check within the first 30 days of employment, a search of sex offender registry prior to the first day of employment, and a criminal history name check prior to the first day of employment for any state in which a staff member resided in the preceding five years.
“Evidence: The sworn statement for staff 3, start date 3/6/23, documented staff 3 lived in another state within the last five years. The record did not contain documentation of a central registry search, sex offender search, or criminal history name search being completed in that state. Staff 3’s employment date was”
Jul 18, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to obtain fingerprint-based criminal history check determination letters prior to the first day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. Per the administrator staff 1 started work on 6/14/22 but was not left alone with children for several days. 2. The results for the fingerprint background check are dated 6/16/22.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 23, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 18, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires May 26, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years 6 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 42 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 11 child care providers in Fluvanna County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 3.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Open Door Church This child care provider | 3 |
| Ms. Shawn Wells | 13 |
| Child Connections Development Center, Inc. | 30 |
| Mrs. Regina Christmas | 4 |
| Effort Baptist Church | 0 |
| Beautiful Gate Ministry, Inc. | 10 |
| Natural Steps Child Development Center | 13 |
| The Light Academy Inc. | 0 |
| Barbara Jackson | Not given |
| Payne’s Precious Angels Christian Daycare Center | 4 |
| Life’s Precious Angels Childcare Center Corp. | 19 |
| Antioch Baptist Church | 11 |
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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2026.
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