Nurturing Minds of Value Academy
A child day center in Norfolk, Virginia 23505
722 Miller Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23505. (757) 563-4858.
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The short answer
- 22 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 132026 the latest visit on record
- 26 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?
12 inspections on record, the latest on May 13, 2026.
22 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
22 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
May 13, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection8 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #2 did not have a central registry search requested until 3 weeks after the documented date of employment.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening that is dated within 30 days of employment and signed by a physician, physician’s designee, or an official of the local health department. The documented TB screening available for Staff #2 did not include the date or a signature.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
The inspectors’ words, 131 words
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in safe condition. There are many plastic shopping bags stored within reach of children in the infant room, posing a suffocation hazard. There is a four foot self in the toddler room that is not secured to the wall, posing a toppling hazard. There is a box large plastic kitchen trash bags within reach of children in the bathtub in the bathroom on the main floor of the center. This bathroom is used by children in care. There are missing floor tiles on the bathroom floor in the toddler room. There are missing wall tiles in the bathroom on the main floor. Both bathrooms are used by children in care. The edges of tiles a sharp and or jagged.”
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8VAC20-780-340-A
“When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care and protection. An 8-month-old infant was sleeping in a crib where the electoral cord from a plugged-in tablet was weaved over the top end rail and inside a slat of the crib. Approximately 2 feet of electrical cord was inside the crib with the sleeping child.”
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8VAC20-780-440-L
“Pillows and filled comforters shall not be used by children under two years of age. In the infant room there was a three-month-old was sleeping on top of a fiber filled blanket which was placed over a fiber filled nursing pillow. In the toddler room a 16-month-old was sleeping under a fiber filled blanket.”
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8VAC20-780-560-G
“Unused portions of opened food shall be discarded by the end of the day or returned to the parent. There was an infant bottle in the refrigerator in the infant room dated 5/12/2026.”
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8VAC20-780-570-E
“Prepared infant formula shall be refrigerated, dated and labeled with the child’s name. There is one infant bottle in the refrigerator in the infant room that does not have any date on it.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“The following staff records shall be kept for each staff person including verification of age. The record for Staff #1 does not include documentation of age verification.”
Apr 15, 2025: inspection10 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Caregiver #4, who had been employed for more than a month, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Staff #4, who had been employed for more than a month, did not have a central registry search requested.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #1, employed for more than 6 months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check or criminal history from a state the staff lived in within the past 5 years.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean and safe condition. The safety gate at the bottom of the stairs in the infant room was not latched were Child #2, an infant in care was observed gaining access to the steps. Additionally, the nipple while attached to an infant bottle fell on the floor and the nipple was later seen leaning against a wall, was given to the infant for feeding without cleaning the nipple or bottle first.”
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8VAC20-780-340-F
The inspectors’ words, 102 words
“Children under 10 years of age always shall be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff, except that staff need only be able to hear a child who is using the restroom. During the inspection Staff #1 walked out of the ?turquoise? classroom and across the hall to a bathroom leaving six children, ages 4 and 5 years old without actual sight and sound supervision of any staff. Additionally, twice during the inspection children under the age of 10 years old were sent to the bathroom which not located so that staff are able to hear children while in the restroom.”
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8VAC20-780-40-M
“The center shall maintain, in a way that is accessible to all staff who work with children, a current written list of all children’s allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions documented in the allergy plan required. This list shall be dated and kept confidential in each room or area where children are present. The allergy list are posted in two classrooms in such a way that all the information including the children’s names are visible to any entering the classroom and therefore are not kept confidential.”
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8VAC20-780-520-B
“Sunscreen shall be labeled with the child’s name. There was a tube of sunscreen without any name on the container, that was available for staff to administer.”
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8VAC20-780-520-C
“If diaper ointment or cream is used, the following requirements shall be met, written parent authorization noting any known adverse reactions shall be obtained. There is not any written authorization for the diaper cream that is available for staff to apply to Child #1.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Staff records are required to be kept for each staff and contain all required information. The record for Staff #2 and #3 do not contain documentation of education required by the jobs positions they hold. The record for Staff 4 did not contain documentation of references.”
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8VAC20-820-120-A-7
“Certain documents related to the terms of the license are required to be posted on the premises of each facility including the findings of the most recent inspection of the facility. The most recent inspection findings were displayed in way that the report could be read.”
Apr 15, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-50-B
“Records and reports on staff required by this chapter shall be maintained and made accessible for two years after separation from employment. The record for Staff #1 was not accessible. Reportedly, the staff was separated from employment five months earlier.”
Nov 25, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-330-B
The inspectors’ words, 104 words
“Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards when tested in accordance with the procedures described in the American Society for Testing and Materials. Fall zones are defined as the area underneath and surrounding equipment that requires a resilient surface. A fall zone shall encompass sufficient area to include the child’s trajectory in the event of a fall while the equipment is in use. The playground had less than six inches of required resilient surface under around in the fall and use zone of climb and slide equipment that was in use by children in care during the inspection.”
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8VAC20-780-350-B-2
“The specified staff-to-children ratios are required whenever children are in care. 16 months up to 24 months 1:5. From approximately 9:45am until after 10:20am there were six children in care with one staff. The youngest child present was 23 months old. Therefore, a second staff was required.”
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8VAC20-780-560-F
“Centers shall follow the most recent, age-appropriate nutritional requirements of the Child and Adult Care Food Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Children were served 2-3 chicken nuggets = 13 grams of protein pre nugget, French fries and apple sauce served measured approximately 1/8 ? 1/4 cup of each. These measurements do not meet USDA requirements for the ages of children being served.”
Sep 12, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that resilient surfacing is in compliance with minimum safety standards. Evidence: 1 - There is less than six inches of resilient surface under around and into the fall/use zone of climb and slide equipment on the playground. 2 - Staff present on the playground confirmed that there was not six inches of resilient surface under around and in the fall/use zone of climb and slide equipment.”
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8VAC20-780-500-B
“Based on observation the center failed to ensure that the diapering surface is nonabsorbent. Evidence: The diaper changing pad in the toddler room is torn and therefore not a nonabsorbent surface.”
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8VAC20-780-510-P
The inspectors’ words, 96 words
“Based observation and interview the center failed to ensure that medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days will be disposed of by the center by either dissolving the medication down the sink or flushing it down the toilet. Evidence: 1 - There is a rectal medication in the locked medication location. However, the child has not been present for care since the beginning of the summer session and the medication was not disposed of as required. 2 - The owner confirmed that the medication had not been disposed of as required.”
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8VAC20-780-520-A
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure nonprescription drugs and over-the counter skin products are not be kept beyond the expiration date of the product. Evidence: 1 - There is a tube of diaper cream in the infant room that has an expiration date of February 2023. 2 - The owner confirmed that that diaper cream has expired.”
Jun 16, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
The inspectors’ words, 113 words
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that areas and equipment are maintained in safe condition. Evidence: 1 - Child 2 was observed sleeping in a half size, hard sided port-a-crib on top of a small dog’s cushion which was in the crib on top of the mattress. 2 - Staff 3 stated that the dogs bed was purposefully placed in the crib for child 2 to sleep on. 3 - The fence enclosing the outside play space is leaning outward with a broken post and broken pickets exposed. The exposed edges of the broken post and pickets have sharp jagged edges within reach of children playing on the playground.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Based on observation the center failed to demonstrated that hazardous substances are kept in a locked place. Evidence: 1 - There was a package of disinfecting wipes on a table in the classroom where the three and four-year-old children ate snack. The table is a child height, an unlocked location and accessible to children in care. 2 - There was a package of disinfectant wipes in an unlocked cabinet in the room where four and five-year-old children were napping.”
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Based on observation the center failed to demonstrate compliance with playground safety requires for resilient surface and fall/use zones. Evidence: 1 - There is less than the required footage around and between the four pieces of equipment. Each piece of equipment requires a six foot fall/use zone that does not overlap with another fall/use zone. 2 - There is less than a six-inch depth of resilient surface throughout the playground under, around and into the fall/use zones of the climb and slide equipment on the playground.”
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8VAC20-780-350-C
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that required ratios are followed. Evidence: 1 - There were nine children present in the infant room with 2 staff were three staff are needed. a. Children present ranged in age from six months through 18months. 2 - Staff 1, 6 and 7 confirm that there were nine children present in the classroom.”
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8VAC20-780-410-1
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to demonstrate compliance in that exercise as punishment is a forbidden action. Evidence: Upon arrival child 1 was observed in the hallway doing push-ups. Staff 2 stated that ?he was moving around and disrupting other children so he was doing push-ups.?”
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8VAC20-780-570-E
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that prepared infant formula is dated and labeled with the child’s name. Evidence: There is an infant bottle in frig in the infant room that is not labeled with the child’s name or date. There are two bottle fed infants in care.”
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8VAC20-780-80-A
“Based record review and interview the center failed to ensure that for each group of children a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child as it occurs is maintained. Evidence: The attendance documentation for children in care in the three - four-year-old room was not available for review including the arrival and departure of each child as it occurs.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 8 violations cited |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Inspection | 10 violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Inspection | 7 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jul 5, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years.
- Capacity: 26 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?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 143 child care providers in the City of Norfolk, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 22.
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 |
|---|---|
| YMCA School-Age Child Care @ Suburban Park Elementary | 17 |
| Talbot Park Baptist Church | Not given |
| Loch Meadow Kindergarten, Inc. | 4 |
| Mount Pleasant Baptist Church | 11 |
| Episcopal Church of the Ascension | 2 |
| Norfolk Christian Schools - Norfolk Campus | 8 |
| KCE Champions LLC @ Camp Allen Elementary | 34 |
| Ebony Tetteh | 11 |
| Tabernacle Church of Norfolk | 12 |
| Mary Green | 4 |
| Nurturing Minds of Value Academy This child care provider | 22 |
| KCE Champions LLC @ Sewells Point Elementary | 12 |
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.
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 2, 2026.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
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Paid listing
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