LaToya Wade
A family day home in Portsmouth, Virginia 23701
1122 Lakeview Drive, Portsmouth, Virginia 23701. (757) 618-3780.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jan 292026 the latest visit on record
- 12 children, its licensed capacity
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?
11 inspections on record, the latest on Jan 29, 2026.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Oct 29, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-790
“Provider’s are required to post the responsible person for emergency backup care. There was not any responsible person posted for emergency backup care.”
Sep 4, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-260-B
The inspectors’ words, 94 words
“Based on observation the provider failed to ensure that a non-climbable barrier at least four feet high surrounds outdoor play areas located within 30 feet of hazards. 1 - There is a gap in the fence in the back yard that is approximately 2 feet wide. The opening leads down a steep decline and ends at the edge of a lake. The appears to be large enough for boating. The water was fast moving on this day. 2 - The provider confirms that there is an opening in the fence leading to the lake.”
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8VAC20-800-500-C
“Based on observation the provider failed to ensure that outside play equipment is maintained as required. Evidence: 1- There are four pieces of climb, slide and or swing equipment on the mulched play area. However, there is not six feet between the equipment as required. 2 - One of the four pieces of playground equip, a swing slide combination is not firmly anchored in the ground as required. 3 - The provider confirmed that equipment was close together and that the swing slide combination was not anchored in the ground.”
Jan 8, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-830-B
“Based on documentation review and interview the provider failed to ensure that shelter-in-place procedures are practiced twice per year. Evidence: 1 - There was not any documentation of shelter-in-place drills for the 2023 calendar year. 2 - The provider stated that she did not complete shelter-in-place drills during the 2023 calendar year.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 27, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 27, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Jan 21, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years.
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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Peter Pan Kindergarten & Day Care | 16 |
| HRCAP Cavalier Manor | 8 |
| HRCAP Portsmouth Head Start | 8 |
| HRCAP JFK | 19 |
| Mary Almy | 50 |
| LaToya Wade This child care provider | 4 |
| Ready-Set-Go Child Development Center | 5 |
| AlphaBEST @ Simonsdale Elementary | 49 |
| AlphaBEST @ Hodges Manor Elementary | 14 |
| AlphaBEST @ Lakeview Elementary | 35 |
| AlphaBEST @ Victory Elementary | 48 |
| Toddler Time Child Development Center | 6 |
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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