AlphaBEST at Swans Creek Elementary
A child day center in Dumfries, Virginia 22026
17700 Wayside Drive, Dumfries, Virginia 22026. (703) 453-7108.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 22026 the latest visit on record
- 75 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?
18 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 2, 2026.
2 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2024. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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 | 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Apr 12, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-510-B
“Based on a review of documentation, the facility failed to obtain written authorization for all medication present at the center. Evidence: There was no written authorization for child A’s medication.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on a review of documentation, the facility did not ensure that all children’s records contained the required information. Evidence: Child A’s record did not have a written care plan for a diagnosed food allergy.”
Sep 13, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on record review, the center did not ensure that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center.
“Evidence: Child #1 (Start Date: 8/22/22) did not have immunizations on file.”
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Based on medication review, the center did not obtain parental authorizations for medication administration for all medications on site.
“Evidence: Child #6 had two emergency medications on site and did not have parental authorizations on file granting the center permission to administer the emergency medications.”
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Based on record review, the center did not obtain a written care plan for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and the steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction.
“Evidence: Child #6 has a diagnosed food allergy to eggs and peanuts and has two emergency medications on site but does not have a written allergy care plan signed by a doctor on file.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 9, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 13, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 13, 2022 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Sep 30, 2027.
- Program Located in a Public School.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 5 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 75 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 5, 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 299 child care providers in Prince William County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 2.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| La Petite Academy - Dumfries | 42 |
| Ms. Linda Thompson | 4 |
| Word Performance Church | 14 |
| Ms. Trevor Carter | 22 |
| AlphaBEST at Dumfries Elementary | 1 |
| AlphaBEST at Swans Creek Elementary This child care provider | 2 |
| AlphaBEST at Williams Elementary | 0 |
| AlphaBEST at Pattie Elementary | 1 |
| Strong Foundation Academy | 25 |
| AlphaBEST at Covington-Harper Elementary | 11 |
| Blue Ribbon Results Academy, Dumfries Campus | 17 |
| Davida Cole | 25 |
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026.
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