Young Men’s Christian Association - JL Francis
A child day center in Richmond, Virginia 23224
5146 Snead Road, Richmond, Virginia 23224. (804) 649-9962.
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The short answer
- 10 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 192026 the latest visit on record
- 56 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 Oct 19, 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
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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 |
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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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 19, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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The license and any other documents required shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
“The findings from the most recent inspection, dated 5/7/2026, were not posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.”
Mar 17, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Systemic Deficiency: Staff are to complete the VDOE sponsored online orientation course within 90 days of hire.
“1. Staff #1 and Staff #2 completed the course more than one month late. 2. Staff #3 completed the course more than six weeks late.”
Dec 17, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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The center shall have a qualified program director or a qualified back-up program director who meets one of the director qualifications who shall regularly be on site at least 50% of the center’s hours of operation.
“Staff stated there was no program director available on site and a director is not on site at least 50% of the hours of operations.”
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Staff are to complete the VDOE sponsored online orientation course within 90 days of hire.
“Staff #1, who is working alone with children, completed this course more than 100 days after hire.”
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There shall always be at least one staff member on duty who has obtained within the last three years instruction in performing the daily health observation of children.
“No staff members on site during the inspection had a valid daily health observation certificate.”
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The required ratio for school age children is one staff per eighteen children.
“Staff #1 was observed supervising twenty-six children on their own from approximately 2:35pm-3:20pm.”
Apr 29, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“The facility failed to have required information in each child’s file. Two of six children did not have documentation of the name, address, and phone number of two (non-parent) designated people to contact in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached.”
Nov 9, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-770-60-B
“Based on review of two staff files, the facility failed to have a completed sworn disclosure statement for each staff at the first day of employment. Evidence: Staff A (date of hire 10/27/2023) signed a sworn disclosure statement form on 9/22/2023, but did not mark an answer to the four questions on the form.”
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“Based on review of five children’s records, the facility failed to have the immunization record for each child before the child can attend the center. Evidence: Child 1 (date of enrollment 9/29/2023) and Child 2 (date of enrollment 8/29/2023) did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on review of five children’s files, the facility failed to have required information in each child’s file. Evidence: Child 1 and Child 4 did not have documentation of the name, address, and phone number of two (non-parent) designated people to contact in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached. Child 1 and Child 4 only had parents/legal guardians listed.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 7, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 30, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 28, 2027.
- Program Located in a Public School.
- Ages: 4 years 9 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 56 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 84 child care providers in the City of Richmond, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 11; 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 |
|---|---|
| Young Men’s Christian Association - JL Francis This child care provider | 10 |
| Oak Grove Child Care Center II | 1 |
| Bringing God’s Word to Life Ministries | 6 |
| Ms. Josephine Campbell | 7 |
| Metropolitan African American Baptist Church | 3 |
| New Direction Childcare & Learning Center | 12 |
| New Birth Fellowship Ministries | 20 |
| Smart Cookie Learning Center II | 21 |
| The Circle Preschool Program | 0 |
| Foundations Learning Academy at Midlothian | 28 |
| The Sprout School at the Children’s Museum of Richmond | 47 |
| The Sprout School on Bainbridge | 14 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond-Bryce Lane | 28 |
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.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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