Heart n Hand Early Learning Center
A child day center in Christiansburg, Virginia 24073
75 Hampton Boulevard, Suites D & E, Christiansburg, Virginia 24073. (540) 382-1085.
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The short answer
- 9 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 172026 the latest visit on record
- 50 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?
20 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 17, 2026.
9 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
9 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 |
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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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jan 30, 2025: inspection8 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“There was no sworn disclosure statement on file for staff #2 who was hired 4 months ago and has actively been working with the children since hire.”
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“There was no finger print results letter on file for staff #3 who was hired 4 months ago and has been actively working with the children since hire.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“There was no Central Registry letter on file for staff #1 and #3 who were hired 4 months ago and have been actively working since hire.”
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“There was no completed physical in the record of child #5 who was enrolled 3 months ago and has been receiving care.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“There were no tuberculosis testing statements on file for staff #1, #2, and #3 who were hired 4 months ago and have been actively working with the children since hire.”
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8VAC20-780-550-E
“Documentation showed that there was only 1 of the 2 required shelter-in-place drills conducted in 2024.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“There was only 1 of the required 2 emergency contacts documented in the file of child #2 who was enrolled 4 months ago and has been receiving care.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“There were no references or proof of education on file for staff #1, #2, and #3 who were hired 4 months ago and have been actively working with the children. There was no proof of education on file for staff #4 who was hired over 8 months ago and has been actively working with the children.”
Jan 5, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on review of documents and discussion with administration the center failed to ensure that there was a written care plan for a child with a medically diagnosed food allergy as required.
“Evidence: Child A had an emergency medication for a medically diagnosed food allergy with no allergy action plan obtained. The date of the medication authorization was 8/1/23.”
Feb 14, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-770-60-C-2
“Based on the review of four staff files, the facility did not ensure that each employee has a central registry clearance on file by the 30th day of employment. Evidence: 1. There is no central registry clearance on file for staff #3. Hire date 12-8-22.”
All 20 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Inspection | 8 violations cited |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 28, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jan 28, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 50 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 2 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 2, 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 40 child care providers in Montgomery County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 1; this one had 9.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| St. Paul United Methodist Church | 0 |
| Ms. Teresa Sowers | 9 |
| Ms. Carolyn Dowdy | 33 |
| New River Community Action-Christiansburg | 0 |
| Dwelling Place Christian Fellowship | 1 |
| Christiansburg Foursquare Church | 0 |
| Ms. Michelle Taylor | 0 |
| Faith Missionary Baptist Church | 0 |
| Open Arms Inc. | 0 |
| Heart n Hand Early Learning Center This child care provider | 9 |
| Christiansburg Mennonite Fellowship | 0 |
| Heart n Hand Early Learning Center - Falling Branch Elementary | 0 |
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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026.
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