The Children’s Center - Suffolk Head Start
A child day center in Suffolk, Virginia 23434
860 Davis Boulevard, Suffolk, Virginia 23434. (757) 809-5557.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 32026 the latest visit on record
- 200 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?
21 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 3, 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 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
Mar 26, 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 large tabletop paper cutter with a sharp blade, on the surface of a student-sized desk in an unlocked storage closet located in the entry hallway to the facility. No children were in the vicinity of this closet at the time of observation.”
May 13, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-40-L
The inspectors’ words, 155 words
“Based on a review of documentation and intervie, staff did not demonstrate that they were informed of children in their classroom with regard to their food allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions. Evidence: When staff working in Room 8 during the inspection were asked if there were children enrolled in this classroom with food allergies, one staff stated that there no food allergies for any children in the class. An allergy list was reviewed which listed “popcorn” as an allergen for child A who was assigned to this class. An Epi-pen was in this classroom’s medication bag along with an allergy plan for exposure or reaction to cashews and pistachios. The second staff in the classroom stated that she was aware of child A’s allergy to popcorn but was not aware of the cashews and pistachios being an allergen for child B. Staff confirmed that child A and child B were both assigned to this classroom.”
Dec 4, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on interviews and written documentation, staff did not always ensure the care, protection, and guidance of children in attendance.
The inspectors’ words, 127 words
“Evidence: The program self-reported the injury of a 3 year old child (child #1) who stuck his finger in the opening of a pencil sharpener while in care on 12/1/2023. Staff #1 was sitting at her desk during rest period when child #1 came and sat in her lap. Child #1 stuck his finger in the opening of a pencil sharpener that was sitting on the desk surface, resulting in a cut to his right pinky finger. Child #1’s injured finger was cleaned and bandaged by staff. However, the cut continued bleeding and was treated by first responders following the center’s 911 call . First responders wrapped child #1’s injured finger in a gauze bandage and advised staff to allow the cut to clot on its own.”
Mar 24, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-320-B
“Based on measurements taken with a digital thermometer on the day of the inspection, 3/24/2023, the licensee did not ensure that restroom areas provided for children have nearby sinks with running warm water that does not exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Evidence: The water from the hot water taps at the handwashing sinks in classrooms 7, 8, 9, and 10 measured between 124 degrees and 124.2 degrees Fahrenheit using a digital thermometer.”
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 13, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 13, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 27, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 12, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 7, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 200 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?
- 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 30, 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 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 3.
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 | 7 |
| The Children’s Center - Suffolk Head Start This child care provider | 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.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Virginia Department of Education. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.
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