Karen De La Paz Aviles
A local ordinance approved FDH in Alexandria, Virginia 22306
7914 Flamingo Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22306. (703) 786-3358.
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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?
6 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 14, 2026.
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
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. 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.
Apr 14, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.040-A
“The provider must obtain fingerprint search results and a sworn statement within 30 days of a household members 18th birthday. Household member #2 does not have completed fingerprint results or sworn statement. The results are overdue by 11 days.”
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Vendors shall maintain a written record for each enrolled child. Child #1 record did not contain the following: Name, home address, and telephone number for each parent who has custody;
“Name, address, and telephone number for each custodial parent’s place of employment or school attendance, Written authorization to administer prescription or nonprescription medications if the vendor agrees to administer medication”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-1
“Evacuation procedures shall be practiced at least monthly. The provider did not complete a March 2026 fire evacuation drill.”
May 2, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“REPEAT VIOLATION: Caregivers are to complete annually the departments health and safety update training course. The caregiver has not completed the annual health and safety course.”
May 8, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“Based on record review and vendor interview, the vendor has not taken the annual health and safety update course. Evidence: The vendor stated she has not taken the annual health and safety update course.”
Jan 11, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.036-B-2
“Based on a review of records and vendor interview, the vendor has not obtained fingerprints for a household member who has reached the age of 18 years. Evidence: Household #1 has turned 18 years, there is no fingerprints on file for them.”
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22.1-289.036-B-3
“Based on a review of records and vendor interview, the vendor has not obtained the results of the central registry for any household member 18 years of age. Evidence: The vendor has not obtained the central registry search for household member #1 who has turned 18 years.”
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8VAC20-790-180-B
“Based on a review of records and vendor interview, the vendor is not maintaining a written hard copy of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child. Evidence: There was no written record of daily attendance for the 3 children in attendance this day. The vendor has not maintained an attendance for almost a year.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-1
“Based on a review of fire evacuation drills, the vendor has not conducted monthly evacuation drills. Evidence: The vendor did not conduct evacuation drills in September, October, November, December 2022.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 2, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 11, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Local Ordinance Approved FDH: Local Ordinance Approved FDH, expires Apr 13, 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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; 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 |
|---|---|
| Karen De La Paz Aviles This child care provider | 5 |
| Frances Mills | 0 |
| SACC at Hollin Meadows | 2 |
| Yenny Gutierrez-Reyes | 2 |
| Bethany Lutheran Church | 3 |
| Sherry Brown | 41 |
| Greater Mt Vernon Com Head Start - Gum Springs Children’s Center | 13 |
| Frog Pond Early Learning Center | 29 |
| Shaista Mirza | 22 |
| Greater Mt. Vernon Community Head Start-Gum Springs Glen | 4 |
| Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church | 3 |
| Elizabeth Appiah | 27 |
| Mercy Chavez | 4 |
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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