Trisha Shanholtz
A family day home in Stephens City, Virginia 22655
120 Refuge Church Road, Stephens City, Virginia 22655. (540) 327-3603.
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The short answer
- 1 deficiency in the last three years
- Mar 232026 the latest visit on record
- 12 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?
8 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 23, 2026.
1 violation cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | 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 |
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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 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
Sep 2, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“Staff #4, who had been employed for two months, did not have a central registry search requested.”
Sep 14, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on observation, the provider did not ensure that all caregivers washed their hands with liquid soap and warm running water after diapering a child.
“Evidence: 1. LI observed Staff 2 conduct a diaper change and Staff 2 did not wash their hands after the diaper change was completed.”
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Based on review of documents, the provider did not ensure the emergency plan at least annually be reviewed, updated, and documented in writing each review and update to the emergency plan.
“Evidence: 1. The emergency plan had not been updated or documented that it had been updated since 2019. 2. The provider confirmed that it has not been reviewed or updated since 2019.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Three Year license, expires Sep 26, 2028.
- Ages: 2 months - 12 years 11 months.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 27, 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 27, 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 24 child care providers in Frederick County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 1.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Abundant Life Church | 3 |
| Stephens City United Methodist Church | 2 |
| Children of America (Stephens City), LLC | 15 |
| Legacy Christian Fellowship | 4 |
| Trisha Shanholtz This child care provider | 1 |
| Kidtime Christian Academy Ltd. | 7 |
| The School at Sharon’s LLC | 4 |
| Church of Christ at Mountain View | 8 |
| Shenandoah University | 1 |
| The Winchester Montessori School, Inc. | 0 |
| Macedonia United Methodist Church | 3 |
| Judy Tingle | 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 Oct 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2026.
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