AlphaBEST at Baldwin Elementary
A child day center in Manassas, Virginia 20110
1978 Eagle Way, Manassas, Virginia 20110. (571) 585-0571.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 232026 the latest visit on record
- 90 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?
16 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 23, 2026.
3 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
3 deficiencies in 1 month 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 23, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening.
“The repeat TB screening for Staff A was due twenty days ago and had not yet been completed.”
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The center is required to ensure that there is always at least one staff member on duty who has received daily health observation training within the past three years.
“On 9/23/26 staff reported that the center did not have anyone currently trained in daily health observation.”
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The centers procedures for administering long term prescription and over-the-counter medication require written authorization from the child’s parent and physician.
“There was not written parent and/or physician authorization to administer long term medications to Child A. The medication has been onsite for over 1 month.”
Feb 10, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-540-E
“Based on observation, the facility did not ensure that they had one working, battery operated emergency radio. Evidence: observed that the battery operated radio was not working at the time of the inspection. The staff replaced the batteries, but the radio still would not turn on.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on review, the facility did not ensure that children’s records were maintained with the required information. Evidence: reviewed 5 children’s records and found that Child 5 did not have documentation of work information for parent 1 and parent 2.”
Sep 29, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“Based on review, the facility did not ensure that they obtained documentation of a physical examination for each child in care before the first day of care or within 30 days after the first day of care. Evidence: Reviewed 5 children’s records and found that Child 1 did not have documentation of a physical examination.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Based on review, the facility did not ensure that staff submit documentation of a tuberculosis screening at the time of employment or prior to coming into contact with children. Evidence: reviewed 1 staff record and found that they did not have documentation of tuberculosis screening.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 10, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 10, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 28, 2027.
- Program Located in a Public School.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 5 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 90 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?
- 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 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 29 child care providers in the City of Manassas, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 3.
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 |
|---|---|
| AlphaBEST at Baldwin Elementary This child care provider | 3 |
| La Petite Academy - Dumfries Road | 61 |
| Alpha-Bet Preschool | 37 |
| Childtime Learning Center #1052 | 50 |
| Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church | 5 |
| The Merit School of Old Town Manassas | 9 |
| Grace Children’s Learning Center | 20 |
| The Merit School of Wellington (#20) | 12 |
| Georgetown South Child Development Center | 6 |
| St. Thomas United Methodist Church | 6 |
| The Gardner School of Manassas | 70 |
| NVFS Child Development Center | 17 |
| The Merit School of Manassas (#47) | 6 |
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.
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