Effort Baptist Church
A religious exempt child day center in Palmyra, Virginia 22963
7820 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy, Palmyra, Virginia 22963. (434) 808-2447.
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The short answer
- 0 deficiencies in the last three years
- Dec 42025 the latest visit on record
- 250 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?
8 inspections on record, the latest on Dec 4, 2025.
0 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
4 visits on record, nothing cited. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 2, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection8 deficiencies
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Based on observation, the center failed to ensure all hazardous substances such as cleaning materials are kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
“Evidence: 1. In the art room, on a low shelf accessible by children, was Lysol wipes, Febreze room deodorizer and Disinfectant Wipes. 2. In theFamily Center art room was a spray bottle of Shout on a high shelf. 3. In the Family Center chapel under the sink in an unlocked cabinet was bleach and disinfectant wipes. 4. In the Eagles Nest girls bathroom was bleach in an unlocked cabinet above the changing table.”
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Based on observation, the center failed to ensure the sinks located near the toilets are supplied with running warm water that does not exceed 120?F.
“Evidence: In the Family Center boys restroom the water temperature was 125?F.”
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Based on observation, the center failed to have all the items required in the diapering area.
“Evidence: 1. In the Family Center girls restroom the diaper pad was covered with a nonabsorbent surface. 2. In the Family Center girls restroom the diapering area did not have a disposal container that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member’s hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal.”
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Based on a review of the emergency plan, the evacuation plan did not contain all the required information.
“Evidence: The evacuation plan did not contain the following: - Methods to alert staff and emergency responders. - Method to move to a relocation site. - Method of communication with parents after the evacuation or relocation. - Method to ensure medications is taken to the assembly point and relocation site.”
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Based on a review of the emergency plan, the center failed to ensure the shelter-in-place procedures included all the required information.
“Evidence: The shelter-in-place plan did not contain the following: - Method of communication after the shelter-in-place. - Accommodations or special requirements for children with special needs to ensure their safety during shelter-in-place. - Method to ensure special health supplies are carried into the designated assembly points”
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Based on a review of the emergency plan, the center failed to ensure the lockdown procedures contained all the required information.
“Evidence: The lockdown procedures did not contain the following: - Methods of communication with parents and emergency responders. - Accommodations or special requirements for children with special needs to ensure their safety during lockdown.”
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Based on a review of the emergency plan, the center failed to document the centers plan to review and update the emergency plan.
“Evidence: The emergency plan did not contain a plan to review and update the emergency plan.”
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Based on a review of the emergency plan, the center failed to include a plan for continuity of operations procedures to ensure that essential functions are maintained during an emergency.
“Evidence: The emergency plan did not contain a continuity of operations procedure.”
Jan 11, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on a review of the parent handbook and interview, the center failed to provide a written disclosure to parents that includes information regarding the fact the center is exempt from licensure, the qualifications of personnel and failed to post the fact that the center is exempt from licensure in a visible location on the premises.
The inspectors’ words, 92 words
“Evidence: 1. The director provided the documentation given to parents. The information did not contain the fact the center is exempt from licensure or the qualifications of the personnel. 2. The director verified the documentation given to parents does not contain information regarding the center’s exemption status or the personnel’s qualifications. 3. During the tour of the facility a posting of the center’s exemption status was not found. 4. The director stated the exemption letter is posted in the director’s office which is not in the same building as the preschool classes.”
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Based on a review of the parent handbook and interview, the center failed to provide a written disclosure to parents and guardians of the children in the center and the general public that includes information regarding the physical facilities, enrollment capacity, health requirements of staff and public liability insurance.
“Evidence: 1. The information provided to parents was reviewed. The physical facilities, enrollment capacity, health requirements of staff and public liability insurance was not documented in the information provided to parents. 2. The director verified the required information was not provided to parents.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to have staff sign a sworn disclosure statement prior to the first day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. The record of staff 1, start date 3/10/21, has a sworn statement dated 11/16/22. 2. The director verified the sworn statement dated 11/16/22 is the only sworn statement they have on record.”
Jan 11, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to ensure all staff supervising children have been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision prior to working with children and yearly there after.
“Evidence: 1. Staff 1’s start date was 7/14/21. The staff health report is dated 8/3/21. 2. Staff 2’s start date was 8/23/21. Staff 2 does not have a staff health report. 3. Staff 4’s start date was 8/2/19. The most current staff health report is dated 8/7/19.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to establish and implement a procedure to ensure a daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children completed by a trained person.
“Evidence: The director stated a procedure is in place to check children as they arrive each day. However, the director was not aware the check was to be completed by trained person.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 8 violations cited |
| Jan 11, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Dec 5, 2026.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 250 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?
- 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 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 0.
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 |
|---|---|
| Child Connections Development Center, Inc. | 30 |
| Mrs. Regina Christmas | 4 |
| Effort Baptist Church This child care provider | 0 |
| Beautiful Gate Ministry, Inc. | 10 |
| Natural Steps Child Development Center | 13 |
| The Light Academy Inc. | 0 |
| Payne’s Precious Angels Christian Daycare Center | 4 |
| Life’s Precious Angels Childcare Center Corp. | 19 |
| Open Door Church | 3 |
| Barbara Jackson | Not given |
| Ms. Shawn Wells | 13 |
| 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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