STEPS Head Start & Childcare - Nottoway
A child day center in Blackstone, Virginia 23824
615 East Street, Blackstone, Virginia 23824. (434) 315-5909, ext. 34.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- Apr 172026 the latest visit on record
- 40 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?
10 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 17, 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 Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
Mar 20, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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The program is required to submit results of potable water testing to VDH.
“The program did not have evidence of submitting test results to VDH”
Apr 16, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.036-A
“Based on a review of 9 board member/agent records, and interview, the center did not ensure to obtain the results of repeat background checks every 5 years for 2 agents as required. Evidence: 1. The record of agent #1 contained fingerprints dated 02/28/2018. 2. The record of agent #5 contained a central registry dated 09/07/2018.”
Sep 6, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Based on a review of staff records, the center failed to ensure that each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment. Evidence: The record for staff #2, date of employment 07/31/2023, contained documentation of tuberculosis screening dated 08/05/2023.”
Apr 19, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on a review of 9 board member/agent records and interview, the center did not ensure to obtain the results of a repeat central registry background check every 5 years for 1 agent as required.
“Evidence: 1. The record of agent #9 contained a central registry background check dated 11/9/2015. 2. Administration acknowledged that they had not received the results of the repeat background check.”
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Based on a review of 9 board member/agent records and interview, the center did not ensure that 3 records contained the results of a fingerprint background check by the end of the 30th day of taking office as required.
“Evidence: 1. The record of board member #3 (DTB:7/1/2020) contained a fingerprint background check dated 3/21/2022. The record of board member #5 (DTB: 1/23/2020) contained a fingerprint background check dated 3/21/2022. The record of board member #6 (DTB:7/1/2021) did not contain the results of a fingerprint background check. 2. Administration acknowledged that the background checks were not completed within the required time frame.”
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Based on a review of 9 board member/agent records and interview, the center did not ensure that 3 records contained a completed sworn statement and the results of a central registry background check by the end of the 30th day of taking office as required.
“Evidence: 1. The record of board member #3 (DTB: 7/1/2020) was missing the results of a central registry background check and contained a sworn statement dated 4/11/2022. The record of board member #5 (DTB:1/23/2020) contained a central registry dated 4/18/2022 and a sworn statement dated 3/15/2022. The record of board member #6 (DTB:7/1/2021) was missing the results of a central registry background check and a completed sworn statement. 2. Administration acknowledged that the background checks were not received within the required time frame.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 6, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires May 20, 2028.
- Ages: 3 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 40 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?
- 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 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 6 child care providers in Nottoway County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 17; this one had 2.
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 |
|---|---|
| Lunenburg-Nottoway Educational Foundation | 27 |
| Lion of Judah Ministries Incorporated | 13 |
| Pickett Park Day Care Center | 4 |
| STEPS Head Start & Childcare - Nottoway This child care provider | 2 |
| Kingdom Community Church-KCC | 21 |
| Building Hope Fellowship Community Center, Inc. | 59 |
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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