Sattvic Space Inc.
A religious exempt child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23703
4811 High Street W., Portsmouth, Virginia 23703. (757) 822-8675.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 302025 the latest visit on record
- 40 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?
2 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 30, 2025.
8 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
8 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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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.
Jul 30, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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22.1-289.031-A-4
“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. There was no information available for Staff #2, that was working during summer camp, to demonstrate they have been certified being free from any disability which would prevent her from caring for children under her supervision.”
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22.1-289.031-B-2
The inspectors’ words, 106 words
“The center shall establish and implement procedures for appropriate supervision of all children in care. On July 22, 2025, Child #1, two-year-old, left the playground area through a gap in their fence allowing access to a grass front area facing a street with the speed limit of 35 MPH. Staff members were not aware that Child #1 left the playground. Another student saw Child #1 outside the fence and pointed at him alerting Staff #1. At that point, Staff #1 intervened and caught up with the child as he was running into oncoming traffic. A driver reported cars slammed on their breaks to avoid an accident.”
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22.1-289.031-B-4
“The center shall establish and implement procedures for ensuring that all children in the center are in compliance with the provisions of ? 32.1-46 regarding the immunization of children against certain diseases. Staff did not ensure that Child #1, two years old, was in compliance with regulations of being immunized against certain diseases while in attendance at the program.”
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22.1-289.031-B-5
“The center shall ensure that all areas of the premises accessible to children are free of obvious injury hazards. The center’s outdoor playground area had a gap in the fence allowing access to a grass front area facing a street with the speed limit of 35 MPH. On July 22, 2025, a 2 year old child was able to walk out of the playground area through the gap in the fence.”
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“Any individual required to undergo a background check shall provide a sworn statement or affirmation disclosing whether he has ever been convicted of or is the subject of pending charges for any offense within or outside the Commonwealth and whether he has been the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect within or outside the Commonwealth. Two of four staff members that worked during the summer camp did not provide a sworn statement prior to employment.”
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“REPEAT VIOLATION The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Two of the four staff members that worked during the summer camp, did not have central registry checks in their file.”
Jun 13, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-3
“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee’s first day of employment. All Staff members did not have the Virginia central registry search results in their file nor documentation that the results were requested.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“Any individual required to undergo a background check shall authorize the child day center to obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #1 has lived in another state outside of Virginia the past 5 years and no out-of-state background checks were completed.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires Apr 9, 2027.
- Ages: 1 year 6 months - 12 years.
- Capacity: 40 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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Sattvic Space Inc. This child care provider | 8 |
| La Petite Academy #7139 | 20 |
| Mrs. Sheran Oliver | 12 |
| Christopher Academy | 4 |
| Dana Harris | 15 |
| LaShama Porter | 10 |
| Small Voices’ Academy | 15 |
| Raquel Owens | 42 |
| Sweethaven Baptist Church | 0 |
| Ms. Sonitha Blizzard | 5 |
| Scharlese Hicks | 12 |
| YMCA Child Care at Portsmouth YMCA | 47 |
| Ms. Clara Robinson | 5 |
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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