Camp Hanover Inc.
A religious exempt child day center in Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111
3163 Parsleys Mill Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111. (804) 779-2811.
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The short answer
- 11 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 282026 the latest visit on record
- 30 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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on May 28, 2026.
11 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
11 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
Mar 4, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies
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Each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.
“The record for staff #5, who was actively working at the time of inspection, did not contain a completed staff health form prior to the end of the inspection.”
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Repeat Violation:
“The center is required to have a daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such screenings. The center did not have a staff on site who was trained in daily health observation at the time of inspection.”
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Repeat Violation and Systemic Deficiency: The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“The record for staff #1, staff #2, staff #4 and staff #5, who are actively employed, did not contain a completed sworn statement prior to the end of the inspection.”
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Repeat Violation & Systemic Deficiency: Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“The record for staff #1, staff #2, staff #4 and staff #5, who are actively employed, did not contain a completed national criminal background check prior to the end of the inspection.”
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Repeat Violation and Systemic Deficiency:
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. The record for staff #1, staff #2, staff #3, staff #4 and staff #5, who are actively employed, did not contain a central registry search request prior to the end of the inspection. Staff #1 and staff #5 were working with children alone at the time of inspection.”
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Systemic Deficiency: Upon enrollment of a child in a regulated child day program, such child day program shall require information from the person enrolling the child regarding previous child day care and schools attended by the child.
“The record for child #1, child #2, child #3, child #4 and child #5 did not contain previous child day care and schools attended by the child.”
Dec 10, 2024: inspection5 deficiencies
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The center is required to have a daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such screenings.
“The center did not have a staff on site who was trained in daily health observation.”
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The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“The sworn statement for Staff #1, who is currently working, was dated three months after their first day of employment.”
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Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“Staff #1, who is currently working, had a completed national criminal background check dated three months after their first day of employment.”
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The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“Staff #1, staff #2, staff #3 and staff #4 did not have a central registry search requested prior to their first day of employment.”
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The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #3, employed for more than three months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state and no documentation of requesting a central registry check from a different state.”
May 9, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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Based on a review of four staff records, three staff did not obtain the required staff health report within the required timeframe.
“Evidence: 1) The record of Staff #2, employed on 02/10/22, did not contain a staff health report. 2) The staff health report in the record of Staff #3, employed on 08/24/22, was completed on 09/06/22. 3) The staff health report in the record of Staff #4, employed on 08/24/22, was completed on 09/06/22. The staff health report for each staff member should have been obtained prior to the staff beginning employment.”
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Based on observation, interview, and staff record review, the center did not establish and implement a procedure to ensure daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such screenings.
“Evidence: 1) The records of the three staff present during the inspection on 05/09/23 were reviewed. The records did not contain documentation of the staff receiving training in daily health screening. 2) During interview, management reported that staff observe children upon arrival for signs of illness, but the staff do not have current certification in conducting daily health screenings.”
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Based on a review of four staff records and interview, the center did not ensure three staff had the satisfactory results of the fingerprint based national criminal background check prior to employment.
“Evidence: 1) The fingerprint-based national criminal background check in the record of Staff #2, employed on 01/10/22, was completed on 02/10/22. 2) The fingerprint-based national criminal background check in the record of Staff #3, employed on 08/24/22, was completed on 09/12/22. 3) The fingerprint-based national criminal background check in the record of Staff #4, employed on 08/24/22, was completed on 09/07/22. 4) During interview, a member of management acknowledged the fingerprint-based national criminal background checks for Staff #2, Staff #3, and Staff #4 were not obtained within the required timeframe.”
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Based on a review of four staff records and interview, the center did not obtain the results of a sex offender registry check and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which two staff members had resided in the preceding five years within the required timeframe.
The inspectors’ words, 119 words
“Evidence: 1) The record of Staff #1, employed on 01/10/22, and the record of Staff #3, employed on 08/24/22, indicated the staff members had resided in another state outside of Virginia within the last five years. The records did not contain a sex offender registry check or a search of the child abuse and neglect registry. The out-of-state sex offender registry check is required to be obtained prior to employment. The out-of-state search for founded complaints of child abuse or neglect is required to be requested within the first 30 days of employment. 2) During interview, a member of management confirmed the required out-of-state background checks were not obtained for Staff #1 and Staff #3 within the required timeframe.”
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Based on a review of four staff records and interview, the center did not ensure four staff had the required background checks within the required timeframes.
The inspectors’ words, 148 words
“Evidence: 1) The record of Staff #1, employed on 01/10/22, did not contain the search of the central registry check or a complete sworn statement or affirmation. 2) The record of Staff #2, employed on 01/10/22, did not contain the search of the central registry check or a complete sworn statement or affirmation. 3) The record of Staff #3, employed on 08/24/22, did not contain the search of the central registry check or a complete sworn statement or affirmation. 4) The record of Staff #4, employed on 08/24/22, did not contain the search of the central registry check or a complete sworn statement or affirmation. 5) During interview, a member of management acknowledged the required background checks were not obtained within the required timeframe. A complete sworn statement or affirmation is required before employment. A search of the central registry check is required within 30 days of employment.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Dec 10, 2024 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| May 9, 2023 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Dec 14, 2026.
- Ages: 5 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 30 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 59 child care providers in Hanover County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 11; this one had 11.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| First Shiloh Baptist Church | 17 |
| Walnut Grove Baptist Church | 2 |
| Skipwith Academy At Pebble Creek (#24) | 13 |
| Childtime Learning Centers - Old Hickory | 19 |
| The Gingerbread Cottage Preschool, Inc. - Mechanicsville | 12 |
| Hanover Evangelical Friends Church | 5 |
| The Goddard School (Hanover Co) | 13 |
| The Cherub School | 19 |
| Camp Hanover Inc. This child care provider | 11 |
| The Nest School | 6 |
| First Steps Learning Center LLC | 33 |
| Oak Tree Christian Montessori LLC | 2 |
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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026.
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