Strong Foundation Academy II
A child day center in Dumfries, Virginia 22026
17944 Main Street, Dumfries, Virginia 22026. (703) 441-7828.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 232026 the latest visit on record
- 67 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.
7 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 1 month of the last 36. Last cited May 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 | 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.
May 28, 2025: inspection7 deficiencies
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The Center is required to post the license in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
“The license was posted inside a locked office not in a conspicuous place.”
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(Repeat Violation) The Center is required to ensure that all areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, were maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition.
“The light in the classroom where children were eating was not working.”
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The Center is required to keep hazardous substances in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
“1)During inspection in the kitchen directly off the front room and where children have access, 1 container of disinfecting wipes containing a label that stated ?Keep out of Reach of Children? and the word ?Caution? were stored on the counter in an unlocked area. 2)In the classroom where children were present, 1 container of disinfecting spray containing a label that stated ?Keep out of Reach of Children? and the word ?Caution? on the label was stored on top of a high cabinet in an unlocked area.”
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The Center is required to ensure that it has sinks supplied with running warm water that do not exceed 120 degrees F.
“During inspection, it was determined that there was no running warm water in any of the sinks at the center.”
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The Center is required during the stated hours of operation, to always have on the premises when one or more children are present, one staff member who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director and an immediately available staff member, volunteer or other employee who is at least 16 years of age, with direct means for communication between the two of them.
“Upon arrival for the inspection, there was only 1 staff member present at the center with 7 children.”
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The Center is required to ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water or disposable wipes before and after eating meals or snacks..
“During inspection in the classroom, when the children finished eating lunch, 5 children left the table and began reading a book on their nap mats and did not wash their hands with soap and running water or disposable wipes after eating as required.”
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The Center is required to keep a written record of daily attendance for each group of children documenting the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
“During inspection in the classroom, there were 7 children present, but the written record reflected there were 9 children present.”
Jul 11, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-270-A
The inspectors’ words, 108 words
“Based on observation, the facility did not ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Evidence: 1) observed that there were two access boxes with water valves accessible to children in the main preschool room, and the small “green” room. The main preschool box had tape keeping it shut, and the green room box would not close. 2) observed that there were 2 nap mats with tears in them. One nap mat had tears along the seam, and the other nap mat had tears along the body of the mat, exposing the absorbent material beneath.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 28, 2025 | Inspection | 7 violations cited |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 24, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jul 19, 2027.
- Ages: 1 year 4 months - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 67 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 299 child care providers in Prince William County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 7.
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 |
|---|---|
| Strong Foundation Academy II This child care provider | 7 |
| La Petite Academy - Dumfries | 42 |
| Ms. Linda Thompson | 4 |
| Word Performance Church | 14 |
| Ms. Trevor Carter | 22 |
| AlphaBEST at Dumfries Elementary | 1 |
| AlphaBEST at Swans Creek Elementary | 2 |
| AlphaBEST at Williams Elementary | 0 |
| AlphaBEST at Pattie Elementary | 1 |
| Strong Foundation Academy | 25 |
| AlphaBEST at Covington-Harper Elementary | 11 |
| Blue Ribbon Results Academy, Dumfries Campus | 17 |
| Davida Cole | 25 |
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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