Grace Memorial United Methodist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Sedley, Virginia 23878
31036 Peachtree Avenue, Sedley, Virginia 23878. (757) 562-5464.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jan 212026 the latest visit on record
- 80 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?
10 inspections on record, the latest on Jan 21, 2026.
6 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jan 21, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-A-4
“Staff supervising children are to be certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent the person from caring for children. The record for Staff #4 did not have a current staff health form on file.”
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8VAC20-790-550-5
“The center shall have documentation that required training has been completed for each staff. The record for Staff #4 did not have documentation of orientation training.”
Jan 28, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-600-F
“Staff who work directly with children annually attend the department’s health and safety update course. Staff #1 ‘s training course was overdue by more than 5 months.”
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8VAC20-790-770-D
“Medication must be kept in a locked place using a safe locking methos that prevents access by children. There was a box of individually blister-wrapped, over the counter, homeopathic teething relief medicine on an open shelf at a height of approximately 3 feet next to the diapering table in the restroom that children utilize.”
Jan 31, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-600-C
The inspectors’ words, 96 words
“Based on a review of records and interview, the subsidy vendor did not always ensure that orientation training for staff is completed on the required facility -specific topics prior to the staff member working alone with children and within seven days of the date of employment or the date of subsidy vendor approval. Evidence: Ten staff records were reviewed. The record for staff #3, whose date of employment was documented as 12/15/2023, did not contain documentation of the orientation training on the required facility -specific topics. This staff has been employed for more than 7 days.”
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8VAC20-790-600-F
“Based on a review of records and interview, the subsidy vendor did not always ensure that staff who work directly with children annually complete the department’s health and safety update course. Evidence: Ten staff records were reviewed. The record for staff #7 ,whose date of employment was documented as 10/31/2022 completed the last annual health and safety update training on 10/30/2022, did not contain documentation of an updated annual health and safety update training for 2023. The program director confirmed that staff #3 had not yet completed this training.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 2, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| May 2, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Sep 1, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 year - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 80 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 2 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 2, 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 6 child care providers in Southampton County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 6.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Grace Memorial United Methodist Church This child care provider | 6 |
| The Children’s Center-Courtland Head Start | 3 |
| High Street United Methodist Church | 3 |
| Grace Memorial United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Frenika Hunt | 0 |
| Southampton Academy - Enrichment Program | 4 |
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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026.
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