The Children’s Center-Courtland Head Start
A child day center in Courtland, Virginia 23837
22015 Aurora Street, Courtland, Virginia 23837. (757) 653-9792.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 242026 the latest visit on record
- 120 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?
14 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 24, 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 Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 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.
Feb 6, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-260-A
“The center shall ensure there is an annual fire inspection report from the appropriate fire official having jurisdiction. The fire inspection is currently overdue by eight months.”
Apr 7, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-40-M
“The center is required to keep a current list of all known allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions in each room or area where children are present. The list must be dated and kept confidential. The lists that were reviewed were not dated.”
Nov 12, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-440-G
“Centers shall use cribs for children under 12 months of age. An infant, age 11 months old, was observed sleeping on a napping mat.”
Oct 23, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation, facility did not ensure there is resilient surfacing in fall zones at least 6’ around the perimeter of play equipment that is climbing and/or has moving parts.
“Evidence: On the infant playground, there is 2’ - 2’ 6” of fall zone around the perimeter of the slide play structure between the structure and the plastic border and between the structure and the post for the shade tent covering the playground.”
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 2, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 120 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?
- 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 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 3.
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 |
|---|---|
| The Children’s Center-Courtland Head Start This child care provider | 3 |
| High Street United Methodist Church | 3 |
| Grace Memorial United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Frenika Hunt | 0 |
| Southampton Academy - Enrichment Program | 4 |
| Grace Memorial United Methodist Church | 6 |
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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