Aparicio-Urrutia, Esmeralda
A local ordinance approved FDH in Alexandria, Virginia 22306
7302 Tavenner Lane, Alexandria, Virginia 22306. (703) 855-0798.
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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 Aug 28, 2026.
13 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
13 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 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.
Aug 28, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
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The vendor shall ensure compliance with the standards, the terms of the vendor agreement, and all relevant federal, state, or local laws and regulations.
“The vendor did not meet the terms of the agreement when the vendor relocated the program and did not notify provider services. Two children receiving subsidy had been in care for 5 months after the relocation and prior to subsidy notification.”
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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.
“There was no record of paper or electronic attendance from August 21, 2026 through August 28, 2026 and Caregiver #1 confirmed children were in care during this time.”
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Vendors shall maintain, and keep information for each enrolled child.
“There were no records available with the required information for Child #3 (2 years old) and Child #4 (3 years old) who had both been in care for over one month.”
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Vendors shall maintain, and keep information for each enrolled child with the required information.
“The record for Child #2 (enrolled over 2 years), did not contain written authorization for emergency medical care should an emergency occur and the parent cannot be located immediately.”
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The vendor shall have a written emergency preparedness plan that addresses caregiver responsibility and home readiness with respect to emergency evacuation, relocation, lockdown, and shelter-in-place procedures.
“The vendor did not have an emergency preparedness plan for the family day home. The emergency preparedness plan on file listed an old address and did not contain the required elements for the current location.”
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The vendor shall maintain a record of the dates of the practice emergency response drills for one year.
“There was no documentation of evacuation drills. Caregiver #1 stated the documentation of evacuation drills had been lost when they relocated.”
Mar 26, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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Repeat Violation The vendor shall ensure that lockdown procedures are practiced at least annually.
“There is no documentation of a lockdown procedure being practiced.”
Apr 3, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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Vendors shall maintain and keep the required information for each enrolled child.
The inspectors’ words, 96 words
“The record for Child #1, enrolled over 2 years, Child #2, enrolled over 1 year and 7 months, Child #3, enrolled over 1 year, and Child #4, enrolled over 2 years, are missing 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 record for Child #2 was missing written authorization for emergency medical care should an emergency occur and the parent cannot be located immediately and a written statement if the child becomes ill and have to be picked up.”
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The vendor shall ensure that evacuation procedures are practiced at least monthly.
“The last documentation of an evacuation drill was 5/15/23.”
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The vendor shall ensure that shelter-in-place procedures are practiced twice a year.
“The last documented date of a shelter-in-place drill was 2/21/2023.”
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The vendor shall ensure that lockdown procedures are practiced at least annually.
“There is no documentation of a lockdown procedure being practiced.”
May 20, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-190-B
“Based on child record review, one record was incomplete. Evidence: Child #2’s record did not contain any signed written agreements between the parent and the Vendor.”
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8VAC20-790-440-B
“REPEAT Based on review of the Vendor’s documented emergency drills, procedures were not practiced. Evidence: 1. The last documented fire evacuation drill was in December 2023. 2. An annual lockdown drill was not documented.”
May 31, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-230-A
“Based on child record review, documentation of immunizations were not obtained for one child. Evidence: Documentation that Child # 3 was adequately immunized was not found.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-2
“Based on review of emergency drills, shelter in place procedures were not practiced. Evidence: Two shelter in place procedures were not practiced in 2022.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-3
“Based on review of emergency procedures, lockdown procedures were not practiced annually. Evidence: An annual lockdown drill was not conducted in 2022.”
Jun 8, 2022: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on observation, the provider did not have a crib for a child from birth to 12 months.
“Evidence: There was an infant in a rocker and a crib was not available for the child in care.”
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Based on observation, the emergency procedures were incomplete.
“Evidence: The emergency plan was not available at the time of inspection”
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Based on record review, the attendance wasn’t updated as it occurred.
“Evidence: The attendance was not update on the day of he inspection and the previous day before the inspection;”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Aug 28, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| May 20, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 31, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires Mar 25, 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 13.
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 |
|---|---|
| Aparicio-Urrutia, Esmeralda This child care provider | 13 |
| Frances Mills | 0 |
| SACC at Hollin Meadows | 2 |
| Yenny Gutierrez-Reyes | 2 |
| Bethany Lutheran Church | 3 |
| Sherry Brown | 41 |
| Greater Mt Vernon Com Head Start - Gum Springs Children’s Center | 13 |
| Frog Pond Early Learning Center | 29 |
| Shaista Mirza | 22 |
| Greater Mt. Vernon Community Head Start-Gum Springs Glen | 4 |
| Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church | 3 |
| Elizabeth Appiah | 27 |
| Mercy Chavez | 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 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.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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