Morena Mejia
A local ordinance approved FDH in Alexandria, Virginia 22304
413 S. Van Dorn Street, Apt 103, Alexandria, Virginia 22304. (571) 357-1040.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov.
The short answer
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 Mar 26, 2026.
10 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
10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Mar 26, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
-
The vendor shall maintain a written hard copy of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
“At the time of the inspection, documentation of a written record of attendance was not available. The vendor could not locate the record of attendance.”
-
Children’s information did not contain required information.
“Children’s information did not contain proof of the child’s identity. The record for Child #1, 4 months, did not contain proof of the child’s identity. Child #1 has been in care for 13 days. The vendor confirmed that proof of Child #1’s identity was not viewed.”
-
Repeat Violation
“Before the child may attend the family day home, the vendor shall obtain documentation that the child has been immunized. The record for Child #1, 4 months old, did not contain documentation that the child has been immunized. Child #1 has been in care for 13 days.”
-
The vendor shall maintain a record of the dates of the practice drills for one year.
“The vendor did not maintain a record of the dates of the practice drills for one year. The vendor confirmed that the drills were conducted, but a log was not maintained.”
Apr 2, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
-
Children’s information shall include permissions for field trips.
“Child #1, Child #2, and Child #3’s record did not contain documentation of permissions for fieldtrips.”
-
Before a child may attend the family day home, the vendor shall obtain documentation that the child has been immunized.
“Child #2 does not have documentation that they have been immunized in their record. Child #2 has been in care for 10 months.”
-
Caregivers who work directly with children shall annually attend at least 16 hours of training.
“Caregiver #1 had documentation of nine of 16 hours of annual training.”
Apr 4, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
-
8VAC20-790-230-A
“Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not obtain documentation that the child has been immunized. Evidence: 1. Child #2’s and Child #4’s record did not contain documentation that the child has been immunized. 2. The vendor confirmed that documentation of immunization records for Child #2 and Child #4 had not been obtained from the parents.”
-
8VAC20-790-250-F
“Based on record review and interview, caregivers who work directly with children did not complete the department’s health and safety update course. Evidence: 1. The vendor did not complete the department’s annual health and safety update course. 2. The vendor confirmed that the department’s annual health and safety update course was not completed.”
-
8VAC20-790-430-B
“Based on documentation review and interview, the vendor did not maintain a record of dates of the practice drills for one year. Evidence: 1. Documentation of emergency evacuation drills, shelter in place, and lockdown drills were not maintained. 2. The vendor confirmed that the practice drills were conducted, but documentation was not maintained.”
Apr 6, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection5 deficiencies
-
8VAC20-790-180-B
“Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not maintain a written hard copy record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. Evidence: 1. There was no documentation of daily attendance at the time of the inspection. When the inspector arrived at the home, there were two children present. When the inspector asked the vendor for attendance for the two children in care, the vendor confirmed that they did not have a written hard copy of daily attendance.”
-
8VAC20-790-190-A
“Based on record review and interview, vendors did not maintain, and keep at the family day home, written or electronic information for each enrolled child. Evidence: 1. The vendor had three children in care at the time of the inspection. The vendor did not maintain children’s records for each child. 2. The vendor confirmed that the three children did not have written or electronic information for each enrolled child.”
-
8VAC20-790-230-A
“Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not obtain documentation that the children in care have been immunized. Evidence: 1. At the time of the inspection, there were three children in care. Each child did not have documentation of immunizations. 2. The vendor confirmed that they had not obtained the immunizations for Child #1 (Start date-02/12/2023), Child #2 (Start date-10/11/2022) and Child #3(Start date-04/06/2023).”
-
8VAC20-790-250-F
“Based on record review and interview, caregivers who work directly with children did not have 16 hours of annual training. Evidence: 1. Caregiver #1 did not have documentation of 16 hours of annual training. Caregiver #1 did not complete the department’s health and safety update course. 2. Caregiver #1 confirmed that they did not complete 16 hours of annual training to include the department’s health and safety update training.”
-
8VAC20-790-430-B
“Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not maintain a record of the dates of the practice drills for one year. Evidence: 1. The vendor did not maintain a record of the dates of the emergency evacuation, shelter in place, and lockdown drills. 2. The vendor confirmed that the practice drills were conducted, but they did not keep a record of the drills for the year.”
Jan 18, 2022: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
-
22VAC40-665-400-A
“Based on document review, it was determined the Vendor’s written emergency preparedness plan did not address the location in the event of a Lockdown scenario. The plan stated will decided a place.”
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires Mar 25, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Capacity: Not given.
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 171 child care providers in the City of Alexandria, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 10.
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 |
|---|---|
| Morena Mejia This child care provider | 10 |
| The Butterfly House | 29 |
| The Campagna Center-Samuel Tucker | 1 |
| Creative World Learning Center - Landmark | 23 |
| Bright Start Learning Center | 15 |
| Valley Drive Preschool | 2 |
| Bright Start Preschool II | 13 |
| Miriam Ayala | 28 |
| Bright Start Preschool I | 3 |
| The Child and Family Network Centers - Wheeler Site | 22 |
| Vanessa Gutierrez | 2 |
| Miryam Galarza | 36 |
| Kalsoom Akhtar | 5 |
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
From the provider
The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.
Replies
None. Replies aren’t open yet. When they open, the provider will be able to answer any finding for free, and the reply will show beside that finding, unedited and dated.
Paid listing
None. Paid listings aren’t open yet. When they open, anything paid for will say “Paid by the provider”, and paying will never change a finding, a rating or the order of results.