Dawn Sullivan
A family day home in Front Royal, Virginia 22630
2601 Strasburg Road, Front Royal, Virginia 22630. (540) 622-2236.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 92026 the latest visit on record
- 5 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?
22 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 9, 2026.
5 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
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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.
Sep 9, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-A
“The center is required to have employees complete a sworn statement every five years. The most recent sworn statement for staff #1 was overdue by eight months.”
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22.1-289.036-A
“The child based center is required to have household members complete a sworn statement every five years. The most recent sworn statement for household member #1 was overdue by eight months.”
Jul 17, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-180-A
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. An updated TB screening for Household Member #3 was not completed and was overdue by nine months.”
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8VAC20-800-280
“Potentially poisonous substances, materials and supplies shall be stored away from food in areas inaccessible to children. In the bathroom, accessible to children, was Lysol, 2 cans of air freshener, rubbing alcohol, disinfecting wipes and toiler bowl cleaner.”
Mar 19, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-180-A
“Based on review of record, the provider failed to obtain for each caregiver and adult household member a current Report of Tuberculosis Screening form every two years. Evidence: 1. The provider’s tuberculosis (TB) screening was dated 01/10/2022. 2. Household member #1?s TB screening was dated 01/10/2022. 3. The provider confirmed that the TB screenings had not been updated every two years.”
Jul 11, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-320-G
“Based on review of documentation and interview, the provider failed to ensure that wood burning fireplaces and associated chimneys are inspected annually. Evidence: 1. Documentation showed that the date of the last inspection of the fireplace was 03/01/2022 2. The provider confirmed that a fireplace inspection had not been conducted since 03/01/2022.”
Jun 6, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-560-A
The inspectors’ words, 169 words
“Based on interview, the provider failed to provide direct care and supervision of each child in care at all times, specifically awareness of and responsibility for each child in care, including being near enough to intervene if needed. Evidence: 1. The provider reported to the licensing inspector on 05/26/2023 that on 05/25/2023 Child #1 had left the house through the back door, rode a Power Wheels tractor down the driveway and into the main road (Rt. 55/Strasburg Road). 2. A 45 second video, posted by a passerby on Facebook (FDH-1108924(06-06-2023)v1.mov), shows Child #1 getting off the Power Wheels tractor in the middle of the road, turning it around, and driving back down the middle of the road in the direction of the family day home. Cars are stopped on each side of the road. 3. The provider confirmed that she was not aware that the child had left the house and once she found Child #1, she was the end of the driveway, returning from driving in the road.”
Jun 6, 2023: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-790-220-B
The inspectors’ words, 115 words
“Based on interview, the provider failed to inform the department’s representative as soon as practicable, but no more than two business days, of any injury to a child while under the vendor’s supervision when a referral is made for treatment from a medical professional. Evidence: 1. On 05/30/2023, the Department received a complaint regarding an injury that occurred on 05/25/2023. 2.Interview with the vendor on 06/06/2023 confirmed that on 05/25/2023, Child #1 received medical treatment due to a knee injury that occurred from jumping off a piece of play equipment while Child #1 was under the supervision of the vendor. 3. The vendor confirmed that she failed to report the injury to the department’s representative.”
Oct 14, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-770-40-D-4-a
“Based on review of records and interview, the provider failed to ensure that central registry results were obtained within 30 days of residency for household members. Evidence: 1. The provider confirmed that Household member #2 began living in the home in early July of 2022. 2. The provider did not have documentation of a central registry check for House Member #2. 3. The provider confirmed that they did not obtain central registry results for Household Member #2 within 30 day of residency.”
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8VAC20-800-170-A
“Based on review of records and interview, the provider failed to ensure that each adult household member obtained a tuberculosis screening. Evidence: 1. The provider did not have documentation of Household Member #2?s tuberculosis screening. 2. The provider confirmed that Household Member #2 did not obtain a tuberculosis screening.”
All 22 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 5, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 5, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 1, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Mar 2, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 3 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 5 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?
- 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 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 13 child care providers in Warren County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Angel’s Korner Day Care and Learning Center | 3 |
| Skyline CAP, Inc. - Warren County Head Start | 1 |
| Mountain Laurel Montessori School, Ltd. | 7 |
| Warren County School Age Care | 2 |
| First Baptist Church of Front Royal | 3 |
| Dynamic Life Ministries | 1 |
| Apple Dumpling Learning Center, LLC | 37 |
| Dawn Sullivan This child care provider | 5 |
| Like Arrows Learning Center, LLC | 0 |
| Samantha Ruibal | 0 |
| Riverton Church | 0 |
| Fabiola Bruch | 40 |
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.
From the provider
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