New Divine Worship Center
A religious exempt child day center in Petersburg, Virginia 23805
3277 S. Crater Road, Petersburg, Virginia 23805. (804) 518-5733.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 282024 the latest visit on record
- 40 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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?
5 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 28, 2024.
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
4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. 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.
Oct 28, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-560-A
The inspectors’ words, 94 words
“Staff shall be evaluated by a health professional and be issued a statement that the individual is determined to be free of communicable tuberculosis (TB). Documentation of the screening shall be submitted at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with children. The documentation shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment and be signed by a physician, physician’s designee, or an official of the local health department. The record for Staff #1 contained a TB screening obtained 38 days prior to beginning employment.”
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8VAC20-790-630-A
“8VAC20-790-630. A. Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition. Unsafe conditions shall include splintered, cracked or otherwise deteriorating wood; chipped or peeling paint; visible cracks, bending or warping, rusting, or breakage of any equipment. A floor vent cover in one of the classrooms was rusting and warped, exposing it metal edges. Children were observed in the classroom.”
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8VAC20-790-630-C-2
“In areas used by children of preschool age or younger, electrical outlets shall have protective covers that are of a size that cannot be swallowed by children. Two classrooms were missing protective covers for electrical outlets. Children preschool age and younger were observed in the classrooms.”
Oct 28, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.031-A-6
“The following aspects of the child day center’s operations are described in a written statement provided to the parents or guardians of the children in the center and made available to the general public: physical facilities, enrollment capacity, food services, health requirements for the staff, and public liability insurance. The parent handbook did not included information regarding physical facilities, enrollment capacity and public liability insurance.”
Nov 24, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“Based on review of four staff records and staff interview, the center did not obtain results of a sex offender registry check from any state in which one staff member resided in the preceding five years prior to beginning employment. Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #3 (Date of Employment 10/16/2023) indicated Staff #3 lived in another state outside of Virginia in the past five years. 2. Staff #3 was present at the center caring for children. 3. The director confirmed the information during the inspection.”
Oct 24, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-550-2-f
“Based on review of four staff records and staff interview, the vendor did not obtain results of a sex offender registry check from any state in which one staff member resided in the preceding five years prior to beginning employment. Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #3 (Date of Employment 10/16/2023) indicated Staff #3 lived in another state outside of Virginia in the past five years. 2. Staff #3 was present at the center caring for children. 3. The director confirmed the information during the inspection.”
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8VAC20-790-550-5
“Based on review of four staff records and staff interview, the vendor did not ensure required records were kept for each staff person. Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #4 (Date of Employment 08/01/2023) did not contain documentation of orientation. 2. A member of management stated the orientation had been completed but could not be located.”
Oct 25, 2022: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-560-A
The inspectors’ words, 97 words
“Based on review of five staff records, the vendor did not ensure three staff members obtained a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening within the required timeframe. Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #4 (Date of employment 10/10/2022) contained documentation of a TB screening dated 11/02/2020. 2. The record for Staff #2 (Date of employment 08/08/2022) contained documentation of a TB screening dated 06/27/2022. 3. The record for Staff #3 (Date of employment 08/29/2022) contained documentation of a TB screening dated 09/22/2021. 4. Staff are required to obtain a negative TB screening within 30 days prior to beginning employment.”
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8VAC20-790-640-A
“Based on observation, the vendor did not ensure all hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides were kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevented access by children. Evidence: 1. A can of germicide was sitting on the top of a shelf in the bathroom that was observed being used by children during the inspection.”
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Based on observation, the vendor did not ensure when a child is placed in an infant seat, high chair, or feeding table, the protective belt was fastened securely.
“Evidence: During the inspection, the licensing inspector observed Child #1 sitting in a high chair eating. The high chair contained a protective belt. The protective belt was not buckled around Child #1.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 24, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Jan 31, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 40 children.
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 39 child care providers in the City of Petersburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; 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 |
|---|---|
| New Divine Worship Center This child care provider | 5 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond-Walnut Hil | 0 |
| St. Mark’s United Methodist Church | 3 |
| Beautiful Beginning Daycare and Learning Center | 7 |
| Pamela Shands | 11 |
| Lisa Salih | 8 |
| Ms. Anita Goode | 0 |
| Wiz Kidz Inc. | 13 |
| Crosslight Assembly of God | 14 |
| I’m A Genius Montessori Academy | 6 |
| Shamedra Alston | 21 |
| Divine Kare Learning Center | 19 |
| Buildin Blocks Daycare | 27 |
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.
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Replies
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