Merin Sultana
A local ordinance approved FDH in Arlington, Virginia 22204
750 South Dickerson Street, Unit 110, Arlington, Virginia 22204. (571) 317-8425.
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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 Oct 19, 2026.
10 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
10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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 |
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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 19, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
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The vendor will ensure household members over the age of 14 years shall undergo a central registry background check.
“The central registry background check for Household member #1 was not available for review.”
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The child’s information shall include the address of at least one person designated by the parent to contact in case of an emergency if the parent cannot be reached.
“The records for Children #1, #2, and #3 were missing the address of their emergency contact. Child #1 and #2 have been in care for over five months, and Child #3 has been in care for more than two years.”
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A written care plan for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and the steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction.
“Child #2, who has been enrolled for over five months, has a diagnosed food allergy and did not have a written care plan in their file.”
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Before a child may attend the family day home, the vendor shall obtain documentation that the child has been immunized.
“There was no documentation of immunizations for child #2, who has been in care for more than five months, or for child #3, who has been in care for over two years.”
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Vendors who work directly with children shall complete the annual Virginia Health and Safety Training course.
“The vendor did not have documentation of completion for the annual Virginia Health and Safety Training for 2025.”
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Evacuation procedures shall be practiced at least monthly.
“The vendor did not complete an evacuation drill for the months of July, August, and September 2026.”
Oct 22, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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Caregivers shall undergo TB screenings at least every two years.
“The caregiver’s TB screening was overdue by 10 months.”
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The emergency preparedness plan shall be reviewed annually.
“The annual emergency preparedness plan review was overdue by 1 year.”
Oct 21, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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The vendor will ensure self and household members over the age of 14 years will have an initial Central Registry search, and subsequent recheck every 5 years.
“The vendor, and household member 1 did not have central registry results on hand.”
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A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required for the vendor and household members over the age of 18.
“Household member 2 has not had an initial TB screening, which was due over one year ago.”
Oct 27, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-170-C
“Based on record review, Criminal Records checks ( CRC ) are over 5 years old and were not renewed prior to expiration. Evidence: The Vendor’s CRC expired 8/24/2023 and a Household Member’s (HHM) expired 8/23/2023.”
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8VAC20-790-180-B
“Based on record review and vendor statement, written attendance has not been taken consistently in the past 2 months. Evidence: Attendance for September and October was not taken daily and did not record time in and time out of children in care.”
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“Based on vendor statement and training review, the annual health and safety update was not taken for the current year. Evidence: The most recent training certificate was dated 2022.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-1
“Based on vendor statement and log, monthly evacuation drills were not conducted. Evidence: No drill was documented for June, July, August and September 2023.”
Nov 28, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-170-C
“Based on vendor statement, a household member (HHM) does not have a Central Registry Check when he turned 14 years of age. Evidence: HHM was missing a CPS check when they turned 14 years of age in 2019.”
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8VAC20-790-210-B
“Based on record review and vendor statement, repeat TB screenings have not been completed every two years. Evidence: HHM #2’s TB expired 1/29/2020 HHM’s #3 TB expired 2/5/2020”
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“Based on provider statement, the vendor has not taken the the department’s health and safety update course for 2022. Evidence: The provider did not have the certificate and was unable to verify that the course was taken for 2022.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires Oct 18, 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 157 child care providers in Arlington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 10.
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 |
|---|---|
| Merin Sultana This child care provider | 10 |
| ARLINGTON Parks and Recreation at Carlin Hall | 5 |
| Funshine Preschool | 16 |
| Dora Silva-Celi | 1 |
| Grace Paniagua | 9 |
| Isabel Torrico | 4 |
| Children’s International - FSI | 23 |
| Magaly Paz-Quiroga | 5 |
| Full Circle Montessori School | 3 |
| Carmen Crespo | 2 |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | 4 |
| Congregation Etz Hayim | 4 |
| Janeth Torrico | 7 |
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.
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 Nov 5, 2026.
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