Rosa Melara
A local ordinance approved FDH in Alexandria, Virginia 22312
507 NO Armistead Street Unit 101, Alexandria, Virginia 22312. (703) 256-1205.
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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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 30, 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 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 |
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.
Apr 30, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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REPEAT VIOLATION Evacuation procedures shall be practiced at least monthly.
“The provider did not practice an evacuation drill in March 2026.”
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Shelter-in-place procedures shall be practiced twice a year.
“The provider only practiced one shelter-in-place drill in 2025.”
May 8, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
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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 most recent date of documented attendance is 5/1/2025. There has been no attendance documented for the last 5 days.”
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Childrens records shall contain all required information.
“Child #1s record does not contain an emergency contact to be reached if the parents cannot be reached.”
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Before a child may attend the family day home, the vendor shall obtain documentation that the child has been immunized.
“The vendor has not obtained documentation of immunizations for child #1. Child #1 has been enrolled at the local ordinance home since April 2024.”
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Bathrooms shall be equipped with soap, toilet paper, and disposable towels or an air dryer within reach of the children.
“The vendors bathroom did not contain disposable towels.”
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Medication shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
“A bottle of cough medicine, a bottle of ibuprofen and several bottles of various vitamins were observed sitting on the vendors kitchen table.”
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REPEAT VIOLATION Evacuation procedures shall be practiced at least monthly.
“The vendor did not practice evacuation drills in the month of March or April of 2025.”
May 16, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-190-B
“Based on record review and interview, childrens records did not contain all required information. Evidence: Child #2s record did not contain documentation that the vendor had viewed verification of the childs age and identity. The vendor confirmed that the family has not brough in the childs birth certificate.”
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8VAC20-790-430-B
“Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not maintain a record of the dates of the practice drills. Evidence: There was not drill documented for the month of April. The vendor stated that they did a drill but forgot to write it down.”
May 25, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-180-B
The inspectors’ words, 92 words
“Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not maintain a written hard copy of attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child as it occurs. Evidence: The vendors attendance records documented the attendance of one child every day since March 30, 2023. The vendor has three children that attend the family day home on a daily basis. The vendor stated that one family does not sign their children in and out each day and that the vendor has not been signing the children in and out each day.”
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8VAC20-790-430-B
“Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not maintain a record of the dates of practice drills. Evidence: The most recent documented practice drill was dated February 2022. The vendor stated that they were confused by the practice drill log and didn’t know that they needed to write down each drill.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 8, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 6 violations cited |
| May 16, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 25, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires Apr 29, 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 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 |
|---|---|
| Laila Hussain | 2 |
| Mercedes Guerrero | 9 |
| Rosa Melara This child care provider | 10 |
| Tallat Asif | 7 |
| Cruzado, Maria | 4 |
| Shahnaj Sultana | 25 |
| Elizabeth Mejia | 5 |
| The Campagna Center - Douglas MacArthur | 4 |
| Hopkins House - Helen Day Preschool Academy | 61 |
| The Campagna Center - George Mason | 3 |
| The Campagna Center - Naomi Brooks | 1 |
| The Butterfly House | 29 |
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.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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