Apple Tree Kids-#1002
A child day center in Suffolk, Virginia 23434
601 West Washington Street, Suffolk, Virginia 23434. (757) 539-9000.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 222026 the latest visit on record
- 112 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?
23 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 22, 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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.
Dec 30, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-560-G
“When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated. The food container for a child that brings his own lunch was not dated.”
Sep 2, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-510-P
“When an authorization for medication expires, the facility shall notify parents that the medication must be picked up within 14 days of the authorization expiring or that a new authorization should be completed. A prescription medication was on site for a child and the authorization had expired two months ago. The authorization had not been renewed and the medication was not returned or disposed of as required.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #1, enrolled for more than a year, was missing a parent’s work phone number. The record for Child #4, enrolled for more than a year, was missing documentation of verifying proof of child’s identity.”
Jan 28, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. There was a radio in the 2’s classroom on a shelf that was approximately four feet high. The cord was hanging down and within reach of children in the room and could have been pulled causing the radio to fall.”
Jun 17, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“Based on a review of records and interview, the licensee did not ensure that the results of a sex offender registry check is obtained from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Evidence: Five staff records were reviewed. The record for staff #4 (hired 5/20/2024) whose documentation revealed that she resided in Missouri within the past five years, did not contain the results of a Missouri sex offender registry check.”
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“Based on a review of records and interview, staff did not always ensure that children’s hands are washed with soap and running water or disposable wipes before and after eating meals or snacks. Evidence: The licensing inspector observed staff in the toddler classroom bring children to the tables and began distributing bag lunch when the inspector inquired about handwashing. Staff confirmed that the children’s hands had not been washed.”
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8VAC20-780-560-J
“Based on a review of records and interview, staff did not always ensure that tables and high chair trays are sanitized before and after each use for feeding Evidence: The licensing inspector observed staff in the toddler classroom bring children to the tables and began distributing bag lunches when the inspector inquired table sanitizing. Staff confirmed that the tables had not been sanitized.”
Jun 9, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-510-P
The inspectors’ words, 106 words
“Based on a review of medications and authorization forms stored on site, the licensee did not ensure that when an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall is notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization and that medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days are safely disposed of by the center. Evidence: An EpiPen, stored on site for emergency use was authorized by a signed form which expired 3/19/2023. The medication had not been returned to the parent or disposed of within 14 days of the authorization form expiring.”
Dec 9, 2021: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-560-P
The inspectors’ words, 172 words
“Based upon a review of records and interview, the licensee failed to ensure that a child with an allergy is not served any food identified in their written allergy care plan. Evidence: 1. The record for child #1 contained a “Life Threatening Allergy Management Plan” that listed several food allergens, including milk. 2. Staff interviews confirmed that on 9/16/2021 the a 4 year old child requested Ranch Dressing at lunch time and that staff provided Ranch dressing which the child ate with his raw vegetables brought from home. 3. The child’s parent noticed a residue of ranch dressing in her child’s lunch container when he returned home that day and contacted the center. 4. Staff told the parent that they thought it was okay to give child #1 Ranch dressing because child #1 normally brings his own container of Ranch dressing from home each day. 5. The Ranch dressing normally provided by the parent was Vegan and did not contain milk. However, the Ranch dressing they served the child did contain milk.”
All 23 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 27, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 27, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jan 31, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 112 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?
- 4 complaint inspections on record.
- 2 complaint allegations published with Virginia’s findings, 0 of them found valid.
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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Complaint | Allegation: Food service/Nutrition. Virginia’s finding: Not Reported/Found. |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Complaint | Allegation: Food service/Nutrition. Virginia’s finding: Not Reported/Found. |
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 53 child care providers in the City of Suffolk, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 7.
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 |
|---|---|
| Main Street Day Care Center, Inc. | 22 |
| The YMCA of South Hampton Roads-School Age Child Care at Suffolk | 27 |
| The Children’s Center- Executive Court | 17 |
| Quality Time Child Care Center, Inc | 13 |
| Growing Up At Obici | 4 |
| Triple T Sports Center LLC | 9 |
| Apple Tree Kids-#1002 This child care provider | 7 |
| The Children’s Center - Suffolk Head Start | 3 |
| Unique Little Hands Inc. | 27 |
| Mrs. Carlena Scott | 22 |
| Ms. Chrissy Cooper | 11 |
| Ms. Robbin Reid | 12 |
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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