God’s Bright Hope
A religious exempt child day center in Chesterfield, Virginia 23838
11400, 11410 & 11412 Beach Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23838. (804) 790-1501.
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The short answer
- 2 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 292025 the latest visit on record
- 113 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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?
6 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 29, 2025.
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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2024. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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 10, 2024: complaint inspection2 deficiencies
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The child day center is required to maintain a ratio of one staff member to four children from ages zero to 16 months.
“Staff #1 was the only staff supervising nine children under 16 months of age in room #2 and room #4 with an adjoining door. Four infants were in room #1 without staff supervision. Two infants were in room #3 without staff supervision. Staff #6 was observed supervising 6 children (youngest child 15 months).”
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The child day center is required to maintain a ratio of one staff member to five children from ages 16 months to 24 months.
“Staff #7 was observed supervising 6 children (youngest child 23 months).”
Mar 27, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
The inspectors’ words, 91 words
“Based on record review, the center did not ensure three of five staff records contained documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results prior to employment. Evidence: 1. The record of staff #2 (employment date: 11/1/2022) had documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results dated 11/9/2022. 2. The record of staff #3 (employment date: 1/24/2022) had documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results dated 2/1/2022. 3. The record of staff #4 (employment date: 1/20/2022) had documentation of fingerprint based national criminal history search results dated 2/1/2022.”
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8VAC20-770-40-D-2
“Based on record review, the provider did not ensure two of five staff records had documentation of central registry results within 30 days of employment. Evidence: 1. The record of staff #2 (employment date: 11/01/22) had documentation of central registry results dated 12/16/2022. 2. The record of staff #4 (employment date: 1/20/22) had documentation of central registry results dated 2/24/2022.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| May 19, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Oct 23, 2027.
- Ages: 2 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 113 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?
- 4 complaint inspections on record.
- 1 complaint allegation published with Virginia’s findings, 1 of them found valid.
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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2024 | Complaint | Allegation: Supervision. Virginia’s finding: Reported/Valid. |
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 165 child care providers in Chesterfield County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 2.
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 |
|---|---|
| God’s Bright Hope This child care provider | 2 |
| Gill Grove Baptist Church | 1 |
| Chester Child Development and Day Care Center, Inc. | 23 |
| Kid’s World Learning Center - Ironbridge | 36 |
| A Child’s Place Preschool & Child Care Centers Lucks Lane Campus | 3 |
| Chester Family YMCA | 27 |
| Matoaca Baptist Church | 11 |
| Winfree Memorial Baptist Church | 3 |
| Kids World Learning Center | 14 |
| Chester United Methodist Church | 5 |
| St. Mark’s United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Redeemer Lutheran Church | 4 |
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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