5 Stone Church
A religious exempt child day center in Powhatan, Virginia 23139
2065 New Dorset Road, Powhatan, Virginia 23139. (804) 598-2857.
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The short answer
- 1 deficiency in the last three years
- Sep 132024 the latest visit on record
- 136 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?
2 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 13, 2024.
1 violation 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
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2024. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
Sep 13, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.031-A-9
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to be in compliance with all safe sleep guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Safe sleep guidelines state that infants who fall asleep in a sitting device should be moved to a crib or other safe sleep surface. Evidence: Licensing inspector observed an infant sleeping in a ?4 Mom’s Seat? in the Infant I room.”
Mar 16, 2023: complaint inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on observations, documentation review and interviews, the center did not ensure that all areas of the premises accessible to children were free of obvious injury hazards, including providing and maintaining sand or other cushioning material under playground equipment.
The inspectors’ words, 159 words
“1. Witness #1 stated a child under the age of two years was observed on the top platform of the wooden playground structure located on the Toddler/Two Playground in February 2023. 2. During the March 16, 2023 inspection, four staff members stated the Toddlers and Twos classrooms use the playground equipment with signage stating, ?THIS PLAYSET IS INTENDED FOR CHILREN AGES 3 TO 10?. 3. The licensing inspector observed the top platform of the playground structure was approximately six feet in height. 4. The end of three slide chutes were observed resting on the bare ground, without sand or other cushioning material. 5. On March 16, 2023, the licensing inspector observed the Older Infants and Toddlers playing in the Ball Room. A 7-Foot tall, enclosed trampoline was in the Ball Room. The manufacture tag stated recommend for children ages 3-10 years. Staff members stated the Toddler children use the trampoline when the Infants are not in the Ball Room.”
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22.1-289.031-B-5
The inspectors’ words, 172 words
“Based on observations, interviews and documentation review, the center did not maintain the required staff to child ratio of one staff member for 10 children present from ages 36 months to five years. When a group of children receiving care includes children from different age brackets, the age of the youngest child in the group shall be used to determine the staff-to-children ratio that applies to that group. Evidence: During the March 16, 2023, inspection the following was observed: 1. From approximately 7:45am to 8:00am, the licensing inspector observed 19 children present in the Pre-K classroom with one staff member, Staff #1. 2. Staff #1 stated she had five Pre-K children (ages four to five years) and 14 school age children in the classroom. Staff #1 states another staff member was due to arrive soon. 3. The daily attendance record indicated 19 children were in the classroom. 4. The age of the youngest child in the group is required to be used to determine the staff-to-children ratio that applied to the group.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 16, 2023 | Complaint inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Jan 31, 2027.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 136 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?
- 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 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 14 child care providers in Powhatan County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 1.
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 |
|---|---|
| Powhatan United Methodist Church | 1 |
| Laura Baltz | 3 |
| Kidzalat, LLC | 15 |
| Faces of the Future Academy, Inc. | 25 |
| The Blessed Sacrament Huguenot School | 8 |
| 5 Stone Church This child care provider | 1 |
| Melissa Cottone | 0 |
| Apple Seed Academy | 21 |
| 5 Stone Church | 20 |
| AppleTree Preschool | 20 |
| May Memorial Baptist Church | 12 |
| Cherry Tree Academy | 20 |
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.
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 27, 2026.
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