Relevant Faith Ministries Inc
A religious exempt child day center in Colonial Heights, Virginia 23847
376 Southpark Circle, Shaping up our Future Child Development, Colonial Heights, Virginia 23847. (804) 490-1670.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 302024 the latest visit on record
- 60 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?
6 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 30, 2024.
3 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
3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2024. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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.
Oct 30, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-560-A
The inspectors’ words, 98 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 #2 contained documentation of a TB screening that was dated six weeks prior to beginning employment.”
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8VAC20-790-640-A
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. If a key is used, the key shall not be accessible to children. One container of sanitizing wipes was sitting on a shelf in a classroom. Children were observed present in the classroom.”
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8VAC20-790-790-B-4
“The emergency preparedness plan shall contain procedural components for Staff training requirements, drill frequency, and plan review and update. The emergency preparedness plan indicated the emergency preparedness plan was reviewed in December 2022.”
Sep 27, 2022: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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Based on review of five children’s records, the vendor did not ensure two children’s records contained the required information.
“Evidence: The records for Child #1 and Child #3 did not contain the name, address and phone number of at least one person designated by the parent to contact in case of an emergency and the parents cannot be reached.”
Sep 27, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.058
“Based on observation and interview, the center did not ensure that the building serving preschool aged children was equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector. Evidence: The licensing inspector did not see a carbon monoxide detector installed in the center. Staff #4 stated that a carbon monoxide detector is not currently installed in the building”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 27, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 27, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires May 16, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years 3 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 60 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?
- 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 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 9 child care providers in the City of Colonial Heights, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 3.
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 |
|---|---|
| Relevant Faith Ministries Inc This child care provider | 3 |
| Wesley Children’s Center | 2 |
| Wesley Preschool | 9 |
| Skipwith Academy @ Colonial Heights (#49) | 9 |
| Discovery World Child Care | 3 |
| Deborah King | 12 |
| Carolyn Thomas | 3 |
| The L.E.E. Academy | 16 |
| Destiny Baldwin | 3 |
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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