Silvia Gomez-Portillo
A local ordinance approved FDH in Alexandria, Virginia 22309
3815 El Cerrito Place, Alexandria, Virginia 22309. (703) 531-7143.
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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?
6 inspections on record, the latest on May 18, 2026.
5 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
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 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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| 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.
May 18, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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The child’s information shall include required information.
“The records for Child #1,2,3,and 4 did not contain written authorization to administer prescription or nonprescription medications if the vendor agrees to administer medication. The record for Child #1, enrolled for four months, did not have documentation of proof of the child’s identity.”
May 27, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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Caregivers who work directly with children shall annually complete the department’s health and safety update course.
“Caregiver #1 did not complete the department’s annual health and safety update course.”
May 30, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-180-B
“Based on documentation review, the vendor did not maintain a written hard copy record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. Evidence: 1. The vendor did not have a written hard copy of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child as it occurs. Documentation of attendance had not been taken since 05/18/2024.”
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“Based on documentation review, and interview caregivers who directly work with children did not complete the department’s health and safety update course. Evidence: 1. Caregiver #1 did not complete the department’s health and safety update course. Caregiver #1 confirmed that the department’s health and safety update course had not been completed.”
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8VAC20-790-430-B
“Based on documentation review and interview, the vendor did not maintain a record of the dates of the practice drills for one year. Evidence: 1. The vendor did not have documentation of the practice emergency drills at the time of the inspection. Caregiver #1 confirmed that the practice drills were conducted; however, they could not locate documentation of the drills.”
Jun 2, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-190-B
The inspectors’ words, 130 words
“Based on record review, children’s records did not contain required information. Evidence: 1. Child #1’s(Start date-07/01/2022), Child #2’s(Start date-05/11/2023) and Child #3’s record (Start date-08/09/2021) did not contain documentation of written authorization to administer prescription or nonprescription medications if the vendor agrees to administer medication. 2. Child #2’s record (Start date-05/11/2023) did not contain documentation of name, home address, and telephone number for each parent who has custody, name, address, and telephone number for each custodial parent’s place of employment, information on allergies, names of persons authorized to pick up the child, name, address, and telephone number of at least one person designated by the parent to contact in case of an emergency , written authorization for emergency medical care should an emergency occur, and proof of the child’s identity.”
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not complete the department’s health and safety update course. Evidence: 1. Staff #1’s record did not contain documentation of the department’s health and safety update course. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that the department’s health and safety update course had not been taken this year.”
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8VAC20-790-390-A-3
“Based on observation, the caregiver did not wash their hands with soap and water before and after changing a diaper. Evidence: 1. Staff #1 did not wash their hands with soap and water before and after changing a child’s diaper.”
Jun 9, 2022: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review, the evacuation drills were not practiced monthly.
“Evidence: The Evacuation drills for the month of May 2022 were not documented.”
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Based on record review, the attendance was not complete as it occurs.
“Evidence: At the time of inspection the attendance was not up to date.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 27, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 30, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires May 17, 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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Silvia Gomez-Portillo This child care provider | 5 |
| Nicole Ferguson | 6 |
| Engleside Baptist Church | 0 |
| Aquinas Montessori School | 3 |
| SACC-Riverside | 8 |
| SACC at Washington Mill | 1 |
| SACC at Woodley Hills | 4 |
| Fauzia Zubair | 7 |
| Sunita Malvea | 7 |
| Elizabeth Tsamah | 9 |
| Dilshad Begum | 15 |
| Idalia Vigil Gomez | 12 |
| Cintia Alvarado | 10 |
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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