Portsmouth Boys & Girls Club
A child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23701
5905 Portsmouth Boulevard, Portsmouth, Virginia 23701. (757) 967-8361.
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The short answer
- 15 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 102026 the latest visit on record
- 150 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?
15 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 10, 2026.
15 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
15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Mar 10, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-150-B
“Each immunization report shall be signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of a local health department. The immunization documentation for Child #1 was not signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of a local health department, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Repeat Violation Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain the required information. The record for Child #1 did not contain all the required information.”
Sep 22, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“At least every two years from the date of the first initial screening or testing, staff members shall obtain and submit the results of a follow-up tuberculosis (TB) screening. The records for Staff #1 (employed for five years), Staff #2 (employed for four years), Staff #3 (employed for four years), Staff #4 (employed for four years), and Staff #5 (employed for two years) show that follow up TB screenings were not submitted at the two year expiration, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-260-B
“Annual approval from the health department shall be provided, or approvals of a plan of correction, for meeting requirements for There was no documentation of an environmental sanitation report available for review.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Repeat Violation Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all the required information. The records for Child #1 (enrolled for one month) and Child #2 (enrolled for one month) did not contain all the required information.”
Apr 15, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-40-M
“The center is required to keep a current list of all known allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions in each room or area where children are present. The list must be dated and kept confidential. The allergy list posted in the kitchen was posted in a way that was not kept confidential. In addition, there was not an allergy list in the areas that children were present in, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Repeat Violation Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all the required information. The records for Child #1 (enrolled for one day) and Child #2 (enrolled for eight months) did not contain all the required information.”
Nov 12, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.011-F
“The license and any other documents required by the Superintendent shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The results of the most recent inspection were not posted, which is required. The inspection findings posted at the center were from 9/2023.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Repeat Violation Areas and equipment of the center, inside, shall be maintained in a safe condition. There was a hole, approximately two inches wide, in the wall of the game room. Children were observed in this room during the inspection.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
The inspectors’ words, 137 words
“Repeat Violation Each center shall maintain a separate record for each child enrolled which contains all the required information. 1.The record for Child #1 (enrolled for three years) was missing the address of one of the required people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached and if the child has any allergies. 2.The record for Child #2 was missing the address of one of the required people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached. 3. The record for Child #3 did not contain the work phone number and place of employment of one parent. 4. The record for Child #4 did not contain the work phone numbers for both parents. 5. The record for Child #5 did not contain the name of the place of employment for one parent.”
Mar 29, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Based on observation and interviews, it was determined the facility did not ensure all areas and equipment of the center were maintained in a safe and operable condition. Evidence: 1.In the large gathering area, there was a broken board on the front of the kitchen play set. 2.The door of a cabinet was broken off and propped against the cabinet in the Innovation Lab. 3.In the Orange classroom there was peeling paint on the wall. 4.The Director confirmed the equipment and peeling paint listed above required repair.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Based on observation and interviews, it was determined the facility did not ensure that hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Evidence: 1.On an open shelf in the large gathering area there was a spray bottle of fabric freshener, a container of disinfectant wipes and a 5-gallon bucket of latex paint labeled ?Keep out of reach of children?. These items were accessible to children.”
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8VAC20-780-340-F
The inspectors’ words, 94 words
“Based on observation it was determined the facility did not ensure that children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff, except that staff need only be able to hear a child using the restroom. Evidence: Child #2, who was 7 years old, was observed three separate times, leaving the gym, going down a hallway and then into the large gathering/cubby area unsupervised. There were no staff members in the room the child had entered and staff members in the gym could not see the child.”
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8VAC20-780-540-C
“Repeat Violation Based on observation and interview, it was determined the center did not ensure that the first aid kits include all of the required supplies. Evidence: 1.The first aid kit did not include triangular bandages. 2.The Director confirmed triangular bandages were not in the first aid kit.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on review of children’s records and interviews, it was determined that the center did not ensure that each child’s record contains all required information. Evidence: 1.The record for child #5 did not include the work phone number for the parent. 2.The record for child #1 did not contain a physical. 3. The Director confirmed the information was not in the record.”
Sep 20, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-40-M
“Based on observation and interviews, it was determined that the center did not ensure that the program maintained a current and dated written list of all children’s allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions. Evidence: 1. The allergy list available to staff was not dated. Staff #1 (Program Director) confirmed the list was not dated.”
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8VAC20-780-540-C
“Based on observation and interview, it was determined the center did not ensure that the first aid kits include all of the required supplies. Evidence: The first aid kit did not include a thermometer. Staff #1 (Program Director) confirmed a thermometer was not in the first aid kit.”
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Based on record review and interviews, it was determined the center did not ensure that emergency drill documentation included all of the required information,
“Evidence: 1. The evacuation documentation did not include the identity of the person conducting the drill. 2. The evacuation documentation did not include the method used for notification of the drill.”
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8VAC20-780-550-P
“Based on record review and interviews, it was determined that the facility did not ensure that the center maintain a written record containing all of the required information of children’s serious and minor injuries. Evidence: The injury report for Child #6 and Child #7 did not include the time the parent was notified of the injury.”
Aug 15, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on observation and interview, it was determined that the licensee did not ensure that there was at least one carbon monoxide detector present in the facility.
“Evidence: 1. There was no operating carbon monoxide detector present in the facility during the inspection. 2. Staff #2 (Program Director) confirmed there was not a operating carbon monoxide detector present in the facility during the inspection.”
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Based on interviews, it was determined that the licensee did not ensure that when food is brought from home it is labeled with the child’s name and date.
“Evidence: 1. The lunch boxes and water bottles for the children in care were not labeled with the child’s name or date. 2. Staff #2 (Program Director) confirmed that the lunch boxes and water bottles for the children in care were not labeled with the child’s name or date.”
Apr 12, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies
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Based on a review of five staff records, it was determined that the facility did not ensure that an employee is allowed to begin employment without a completed national criminal history record check (finger printing).
“Evidence: 1. The record for staff #5, working during the inspection did not contain documentation of a completed national criminal history record check (finger printing). 2. Staff #6 (Program Administrator) reviewed the record for the staff #5 and confirmed that she had not received the results of the national criminal record check (finger printing).”
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Based on a review of five staff records, it was determined that the facility did not ensure that the facility did not ensure that an employee must not be employed until a sworn statement or affirmation has been completed.
“Evidence: 1. The record for staff #5, working during the inspection, did not contain a sworn statement or affirmation. 2. Staff #6 (Program Administrator) reviewed the record for staff #5, and confirmed the sworn statement or affirmation was not completed prior to employment.”
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Based on a review of five staff records, it was determined that the facility did not ensure that each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening prior to beginning employment.
“Evidence: 1. The record for staff #5, working during the inspection, did not contain documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening. 2. Staff #6 (Program Administrator) reviewed the record for staff #5, and confirmed that the documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening had not been received prior to employment.”
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Based on a review of documentation and interview, it was determined that the facility did not ensure that an annual inspection report from the appropriate fire official having jurisdiction was completed.
“Evidence: 1. The most recent annual fire inspection report inspection available for viewing during the inspection was dated 2/19/21. 2. Staff #3 (Program Director) confirmed that the annual fire inspection report had not been completed.”
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Based on observation, a review of five staff records and interviews, it was determined that the licensee did not ensure that in each grouping of children at least one staff member who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director shall be regularly present.
“Evidence: 1. Staff #5 working alone with a group of School Age children outside. The record for staff #5 did not contain documentation to demonstrate that staff #5 was Program Leader qualified. 2. Staff #6 (Program Administrator) reviewed the record for the staff #5, and confirmed that staff #5 was not Program Leader qualified.”
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Based on a review of five children’s records and interview, it was determined that the facility did not ensure that they maintain and keep at the center a complete record for each child enrolled that contains all required information.
“Evidence 1. The record for child #3 did not contain the phone number for both emergency contacts. 2. Staff #3 (Program Director) confirmed that the record for child #3 did not contain all of the required information.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Sep 30, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 5 years - 12 years.
- Capacity: 150 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 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 15.
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 |
|---|---|
| Portsmouth Boys & Girls Club This child care provider | 15 |
| Peter Pan Kindergarten & Day Care | 16 |
| HRCAP Cavalier Manor | 8 |
| HRCAP Portsmouth Head Start | 8 |
| HRCAP JFK | 19 |
| Mary Almy | 50 |
| LaToya Wade | 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.
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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