STEPS Head Start & Childcare- Charlotte
A child day center in Charlotte Court Hous, Virginia 23923
401 Thomas Jefferson Hwy, Charlotte Court Hous, Virginia 23923. (434) 315-5909, ext. 51.
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The short answer
- 1 deficiency in the last three years
- Sep 182026 the latest visit on record
- 78 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?
15 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 18, 2026.
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 22, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 22, 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 22, 2026. Updated weekly.
Aug 21, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-150-B
“Immunization records are required to be signed and dated by a physician, his designee, or an official of the local health department. The immunization record for child #3, in care for 1 month, was not signed.”
Oct 3, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on observation, and staff record review, the center failed to ensure that program leaders met one of the requirements for their position.
“Evidence: Staff # 2 record indicated that the job title for staff # 2 was a program leader. The staff person did not have the required 6 months of supervised programmatic experience in a childcare setting.”
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Based on review of medications, the center failed to ensure that all medications were labeled with the child’s name.
“Evidence: Medication for child # 2 did not have the child’s name on the medication box. The box was still sealed by the manufacturers.”
Mar 31, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation, the center failed to ensure that all chemicals were locked in a way that prevents entry.
“Evidence: 1.In the preschool room, a was using a spray bottle of water to help clean the tables. The child was finished cleaning the tables and the two staff were occupied with other children. The child went into the cabinet and took out another spray bottle of soap and water. The child had access to the spray bottle with bleach water.”
Oct 26, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on review of four staff records, board officers and agents the center failed to obtain the finding from a search of the central registry within 30 days of hire.
“Evidence: 1. Staff # 2 had a hire date of 5/17/2022. A return search of the central registry was not in the record. Staff # 7 did not provide documentation when requested.”
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Based on observation of the infant room, the center failed to ensure that all hands were washed with soap and water or with a wipe.
“Evidence: 1.Child # 1 was feed a bottle and the infant’s hands were not washed after eating.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 26, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 15, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 13, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 78 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 22, 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 22, 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?
- There aren’t enough providers in this county to compare.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| STEPS Head Start & Childcare- Charlotte This child care provider | 1 |
| Ash Camp Baptist Church | Not given |
| Midway Baptist Church | Not given |
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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 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 22, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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