Patricia Lopez
A local ordinance approved FDH in Alexandria, Virginia 22304
120 Normandy Hill Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22304. (571) 982-5898.
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The short answer
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?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 8, 2026.
15 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
15 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Apr 8, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
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22.1-289.040-A
“Household Member #1 does not have a completed sworn disclosure or criminal background check on file.”
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8VAC20-790-190-B
“Child #1’s record did not include a written authorization for emergency medical care.”
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Caregivers who work directly with children shall annually attend at least 16 hours of training, to include the department’s health and safety update course.
“Caregiver #1 did not annually complete the department’s health and safety update course. It is past due by 3 years 7 months.”
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Evacuation procedures shall be practiced at least monthly;
“The vendor did not have documentation of emergency drills available during the inspection.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-2
“Shelter-in-place procedures shall be practiced twice a year”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-3
“Lockdown procedures shall be practiced at least annually.”
Apr 7, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection7 deficiencies
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The vendor shall ensure that the family day home does not exceed the capacity of children cared for as allowed by law or regulation.
“The vendor had 5 children in care at the time of the inspection. The 5th child had been in care since 9:10.”
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The vendor shall maintain a written hard copy record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
“The vendor has one child signed in, the other 4 children in care are not on the attendance sheets.”
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Vendors shall maintain, and keep at the family day home, written or electronic information for each enrolled child, which shall be made available to the department’s representative upon request.
“One child in care, child 4, is missing a written record. The child’s older brother attends the program.”
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Have mattresses that fit snugly next to the crib so that no more than two fingers can be inserted between the mattress and the crib
“The vendor has one infant in care, the crib used has a piece of very soft foam as the mattress, the Mattress is not snug and the mattress can easily be moved.”
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Medication can be given to children with written authorization from the parent.
“One child has an inhaler without a medication authorization.”
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The caregiver administers only those drugs that were dispensed from a pharmacy and maintained in the original, labeled container
“One medication on site is not in the original labeled container, the inhaler has the child’s namae written in marker on it.”
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Evacuation procedures shall be practiced at least monthly
“The vendor has not recorded drills for the months of September- December 2025”
Apr 15, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-190-B
“Based on the review of children’s records, the vendor failed to get an emergency contact for 1 child. Evidence: Revied 4 children’s files. One child, Child 3, is missing an emergency contact other than the parents. The emergency contacts on the form are the parents.”
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8VAC20-790-360-H-2
“Based on the review of the crib used for sleeping for one of the children, the vendor failed to have a mattress that fit snugly. Evidence: During the inspection the crib had a large foam mattress that had the end folded down, the mattress doe not fit snugly in the crib.”
Mar 1, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation, the vendor did not have a written emergency preparedness plan.
“Evidence: The emergency preparedness plan on file was incomplete.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 7 violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires Apr 7, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Capacity: Not given.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 5, 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 171 child care providers in the City of Alexandria, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 15.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Patricia Lopez This child care provider | 15 |
| The Butterfly House | 29 |
| The Campagna Center-Samuel Tucker | 1 |
| Creative World Learning Center - Landmark | 23 |
| Bright Start Learning Center | 15 |
| Valley Drive Preschool | 2 |
| Bright Start Preschool II | 13 |
| Miriam Ayala | 28 |
| Bright Start Preschool I | 3 |
| The Child and Family Network Centers - Wheeler Site | 22 |
| Vanessa Gutierrez | 2 |
| Miryam Galarza | 36 |
| Kalsoom Akhtar | 5 |
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026.
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